Farmington (NM) attorney arrested; blood-alcohol level 0.02

kobtv.com ^ | 11/4/05 | KOB-TV Staff

[Old Seadog]

"Thash okay, I've never(hic) been an .02."

[elkfersupper]

If you have even 1 drink of Alcohol, don't drive a vehicle.

It's worse than that.

Why Breathalyzers Don’t Measure Alcohol

[308MBR]

It would also include moms driving minivans full of kids while talking on cell phones, people eating while driving, and 75% of the population over the age of 70.

[hermgem]

sarcasm
If a driver with .02 is judged by a cop of being unable to drive, this judgment needs to be applicable when a fully able driver comes in with above those .08's.
Since these differences of .06 are a low limit, a upper limit of .14 should then be the upper most barrier for the hardiest drivers.

[308MBR]

But, but, but if we waited for a deed to have a victim before we called it a crime, we wouldn't need to have all these bloated PDs with their roadblocks, DUI schools and their fees, and all the attorneys could starve.

[Atlas Sneezed]

If you have even 1 drink of Alcohol, don't drive a vehicle.

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Good advice in a police state, but dumb advice if you allow greater impairments to be legal, like being over 70, under 20. a little tired at the end of the workday, listening to the radio, chatting with a passenger, etc.

Don't buy the MADD propaganda.

[elkfersupper]

Freedom. Liberty. Can't have that.

[Timm]

ALL the roadside exercises, (there are not legally tests) are only 60% accurate. Would anyone get on an airplane that was only 60% functional?

If you had a source, that would be even more appreciated. I would guess that various studies would show varying accuracy for these roadside tests, too.

Nevertheless, I am sure you are right that these tests are not reliable. An airplane is one comparison. Perhaps a more telling one would be to ask whether you would consent to expensive medical procedures-- as expensive as a DWI conviction, say-- on the basis of gymnastics tests eyeballed not by a doctor by a community-college educated technician, a technician with the equivalent of a weekend seminar's education on interpreting the tests. Sound reasonable to you? Does it sound any better when we are discussing criminal conviction?

[Spitzensparkin1]

The local paper...

http://www.daily-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/NEWS01/511040308/1001

[elkfersupper]

Councilor Mary Fischer said she would like to see the city continue to follow state law. "I didn't know that there had been any change in policy or philosophy that we were prosecuting anything else," Fischer said. "It was a complete surprise to me that anyone would be arrested for a (BAC) 0.02."

Well, Councilor, when you codify MADD's agenda, that's what you get.

[inneroutlaw]

Bump.

[CSM]

Thanks for the ping. This thread is curiously missing the prohibitionists.