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arbitrary: Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle: (stopped at the first motel we passed, an arbitrary choice.)

Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference: (The diet imposes overall calorie limits, but daily menus are arbitrary.)

Established by a court or judge rather than by a specific law or statute: (an arbitrary penalty)

Not limited by law; despotic: (the arbitrary rule of a dictator.)

(("But, my error as to WHAT the specific number of the BAC is, makes NO difference to my point, that is, that the BAC is an arbitrary number."))

Ok lets explore the defenitions I have laid out here GRASSHOPPER.

BAC is not determined on a whim or a chance. It is formed by lengthy studies and data accruued, so the primary defenition does not fit.

Field sobriety tests rely on an arbitrary decision on the part of an officers own observations, Bac does not. SO this one doesn't fit either.

BAC levels are a law legislated as they are supposed to be, that is to say not by a court or a judge, so this one is also out as you use it.

BAC is limited by law so the last one isn't it either.

Now you tell me how your point is made that BAC is arbitrary.

Bac in your blood is what it is, are you attempting to debate the defenition of the 'is'? I seem to recall another fella that did such a thing.

If you care to ask why the test is arbitrary then i ask you when the law is made to take a test by the legislative body it isn't arbitrary at all. Either way you use the word improperly. But see you said "that the BAC is an arbitrary number." So that fits about as well as your use of the word arbitrary. It is not an arbitray number by any defention posted here.

By all means show me what defenition you are using to claim it is arbitrary. These defentions come from here: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=arbitrary

Feel free to educate me in terms of your use of the word arbitrary.

Gee I have a feeling of deja vu......