Anybody read about the six innocent people who were killed in Sandusky last week.
The driver that was responsible was "legally" drunk. i.e. his blood alcohol content was 0.025% and he said he had drank two beers nine hours before the accident (a likely story- if he had drank two beers nine hours before he would have had no trace of alcohol in his blood).
Six lives gone forever, because a drunk chose to drive. What a waste.
Ohio Responsible Drinking Initiative (ORDI) wants to lower Ohio's BAC to 0.07% down from the 0.08% that it is now. Hopefully Ohio's General Assembly will listen. How many children have to be killed before they will do anything.
Oh, by the way, Ohio State Senator Jay Hottinger, who last year bragged about wanting to lower the state's BAC even further, has not responded to ORDI about supporting the 0.07 initiative or any of the other three. If anyone out there is in his district, ask him why. And if YOU can't get a response, VOTE HIM OUT, along with any other member of the House or Senate who won't support ORDI.
LET'S LOWER OHIO'S BAC NOW!!!!! AND KEEP LOWERING IT IN THE FUTURE!!!!
Raising the drinking age will not change anything.
17 year olds will still illegally obtain booze, still get shnockered, and still drive like lunatic morons bent on self destruction.
(As is the case with some of the area kids near me.)
And making people previously 21 and over legal suddenly 'underage' will tick off quite a few.
I don't advocate drinking, I don't drink except in very rare occasions and only very little, but i do not drive at all.
Driving while intoxicated s already illegal.
Enforce the laws that do exist, and stop the wrist slapping for it.
You're drunk right now, aren't you?
Hell no, lower the drinking age to 15 and raise the driving age to 25.
Dark pass me another beer. Does anyone else want one?
Too many numbers in this post for me to read when I'm drunk like this. Well I have to go now and drive 100 miles to pick up some little children. Better fill my cooler up first it's a long drive in the rain.
It would be more effective to mete out severe punishments for drunk driving BEFORE the drunk kills someone. As it stands now, someone who is stopped for out-of-control driving and found to be drunk (or under the influence of some other recreational drug) rarely even spends a day in prison. A year in the slammer for first offense driving drunk, without hitting anything, and people would stop thinking it's fun and cool to get behind the wheel after a couple of drinks. Ten years for a second offense.
Hell no
lets lower the drinking age to 18, which is when you can enlist in the Army....if you are able to die for your country, you should be able to at least have a beer legally...
and yes, over regulation will cause the kids to get the beer illegally too...its not that hard...
Drug prohibition has been a wonderful success, why not try it with alcohol ?
(sarcasm\)
Statistics show that by far most drunk driving accidents are caused by drivers way over 0.08%. Lowering it more will just outlaw people from not having a glass of wine with diner. My take on the story is, if you really want to save lives, don't let anyone under 25 drive.....Good luck with that.
I suppose no one is killed by sober drivers.
I'm sorry if I've offended anyone. I posted my earlier note under the heading "Raise the drinking age to 25?" because there was a prior heading of letters under that title.
I want to make it clear that my letter was not to support raising the drinking age limit to 25. ORDI (Ohio Responsible Drinking Initiative) calls for, among other things, raising Ohio's drinking age to "23" not "25". The other initiatives of ORDI are a. lowering the legal blood alcohol content limit from 0.08% to 0.07% (only 0.01%),
b. banning all sales, purchases and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sundays, c. mandatory 72 hour license suspensions for any licensed driver who is over the legal BAC (but not driving or in physical control of a vehicle), and finally d. give the Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers jurisdiction on private as well as public properties when investigating DUI, underage drinking, or illegal drug activity.
These five initiatives will help in the fight against drunk/impaired drivers. Sure, it wouldn't stop a drunk driver with a 0.025% BAC that kills six innocent people and children, but it is a start. Lower the BAC to 0.07% today and maybe tomorrow it with be lowered more.