Posted on 11/10/2006 6:29:02 PM PST by elkfersupper
Coming soon to a location near you.
My favorite quote from the article: "the option of pleading guilty without having to go to court may discourage accused persons from needlessly challenging the charges."
Ping.
For every one person they pull over and harass with .05, the real problem driver .13 or .14 and above are slipping by. Most of the .05s will probably be discovered when pulled over for something other than driving erratically.
1 drink, not cool ...
That means the real problems start at .03.
You can get that from mashed potatoes stuck in your bridgework.
In most jurisdictions less than 0.006 BAC is sober as a judge.
That would be one real beer or a case of Bud?
Nope, it's getting close to natural alcohol production (or things that can be interpreted as such) for folks with less than perfect dentition and/or metabolism.
At my weight .05 is one drink. It is .08 in CA which is two drinks for me.
I see the complete demise of an American icon … the local tavern … or perhaps, the beginning of a new cottage industry, the professional designated driver?
Excuses me, I meant …Canadian icon. Forgot which country I lived in for a minuet. Same will be true in US before long.
Yet again ... correction
Minuet = minute
It I try enough times, I might get it right.
Eventually, you will be considered legally drunk if you have even a trace amount of alcohol...basically "one sip = legally drunk". I guess they need to bring in new employees for the prison economy.
I saw this story after Radley Balko and DUIblog posted about it. If this doesn't show MADD as a group of neoprohibitionists, then I don't know what will.
"perhaps, the beginning of a new cottage industry, the professional designated driver?"
What a cool, new concept! Maybe give him a cool designation, like "taxi" driver! ;)
I don't know.
2 million arrests per year since 1993. Each of those either impacts or tells another 5 people at least....
I sense a backlash.
Thank God, most of America doesn't have taxis.
Amen.
This one is an example, but there are others.
Glitch?
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