If intoxication with pot can’t be judged by existing field sobriety tests, is there really any indication that the person is impaired?
I’m not saying a person should drive impaired, I’m saying if you examine a driver and can’t see any signs of them being intoxicated, they should be let go.
It’s not a matter of detection. It’s a matter of a scientific lab test that gives constant results.
Any officer can stop any suspect driver and administer a field sobriety test and use that to determine their fitness for driving. However, writing a law that says drivers are at the mercy of an officer’s interpretation of a field sobriety test is a law that is begging to be abused.
That’s why establishing a blood/thc level that is legally passed by the legislature and signed by the executive is the certain way (and the fair way) to establish a system truly concerned about sober driving.
DWI laws aren't about safety at this point, they are about revenue (for states, insurance companies, lawyers, politicians and MADD).
The CDC is now pushing to lower the BAC to 0.05. Some groups in the US want it to go to 0.03. In Sweden it is 0.01.
Pot smokers need to be held accountable for their "impaired" driving as well. Heck, how cellphone drivers' are not held accountable, I'll never know.