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Originally posted by masraum
So as long as they are just a little buzzed it's no big deal?
I think that's the problem. It doesn't take much alcohol to impair your ability to function at 100%. When driving a car you need to be at 100% (most folks should probably be at 120%). Consequently, it only makes sense that you shouldn't drink and drive.
I don't see how anyone rational and intelligent can conclude otherwise.
I also think this needs to get strict because drunk driving and the results of it are rampant. I don't have any personal experience with loss due to drunk driving other than having driven when I shouldn't a few times when I was younger and being lucky to have not gotten caught.
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When I was a kid, it was still legal to drive in TX with a beer in your hand. When I moved to NJ, every single family in our neighborhood was a recent transplant from TX and a lot of them drove with a drink in their hands in NJ. I don't see a problem with having a beer while you drive, as long as you're not drunk. I see legal and deadly stuff every day behind the wheel, mostly cell phone chatters and women putting on make up. I've even seen a guy eating a bowl of cereal while driving a pick up truck. I fear this stuff far more than someone who has a beer or two in them. Yet, that stuff is totally legal.