Been out around, but come home and see this on the morning news...made me go hmmmm.
Particularly in light of what I've been posting in the opiate thread. To be clear...I abused alcohol as a youngin'...back when it was "OK" to drive afterwards if impaired
....if course it never was. Times change....can't remember the last time I even had one beer, so this has no impact on me whatsoever...none.
The local news is having a poll, and the consensus is that there should be zero tolerance...even .05 is too high.
Oh, you don't have to blow even .08 here (legal limit)....if you have a hint of alcohol on your breath, you "can" be charged if you fail the roadside sobriety test...and usually will be, especially if involved in an accident.
But lowering BAC to .05 as an "arbitrary #" pretty much means if you have a glass of wine or a single beer while in a restaurant, then you "might" be legally impaired....depending upon body weight imo.
Am I missing something? Why the double standards....it seems we have collectively lost our common sense these daze.
Let's bring cell phones into the equation....
Yes, we have....lost common sense that is
Discuss....