When is someone drunk?
Does lowering the BAC capture the wrong folks? I was looking at a new invention and stumbled on the blog article.
Here is the invention I wanted to review- wheel. Would any middle-class parent not pay $6-800 to keep a teenager from driving drunk?
posted by clue @ 6/01/2005 09:09:00 PM
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I understand the point about a lower BAC limit leading to more arrests of mildly impaired drivers and a further straining of already stretched thin law enforcement resources. And, as the studies referenced by the author show, the majority of accidents are caused by drivers far in excess of the legal limit, not those in the gray area of .1 to .08. However, I don't think limited resources is a good enough reason to ignore this potentially dangerous segment of the driving population. Even if someone in the .08-.10 BAC range drives without incident 9 times out of 10, there's still that 10% chance they're going to be involved in a potentially fatal accident. I would hate to be told that someone that I loved was killed by an impaired driver (not necessarily drunk, but it doesn't take much to slow the senses/decision-making capabilities) because the police didn't have the money to keep the roads safe. If we are committed to combating drunk/impaired driving by lowering the BAC, then there needs to be a total effort--lowering the BAC is the first step, increasing funding to law enforcement and the court system to enforce these new standards is the logical progression.
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