Every year people under the age of 21 die from alcohol poisioning. How did this happen with them being under the legal age? Would raising the age to 23 have prevented these deaths?
How many people a year die from cocaine, heroin, and other drugs? Maybe they should be made illegal and then those deaths will not happen.
2. At 0.05% BAC one is considerably impaired by alcohol. 0.07% is a liberal limit and would get the borderline drunks off the highways.
Define "considerably". And every person handles alcohol and greatly different manners. Some people are severely impaired by less than one drink, which will not get their BAC even close to 0.05%. Others can have BACs well above .05% and you would never know it.
3. If people cannot refrain come consuming alcohol for a twenty-four hour period, especially on our Lord's day, they have a considerable drinking problem. Families travel our highways on Saturdays and Sundays more than any other days of the week. Why shouldn't we give them extra protection from drunks for at least one out of two of those days?
This is one of the most laughable reasons I have ever read. It is not a matter of being able to refrain from drinking for 24 hours. It is a matter of the government overstepping its legitimate authorities. And regarding "Our Lords Day", will your suggested law have an exception for the consumption of alcohol at religious services? And if so, why? And if not, why not? And your "lords day" is not everyone else's "lords day". We do have a seperation of church and state in this country, which unfortunately has been taken far beyond the Founders intent by courts over the years.
4. In Ohio, an Ohio State Trooper can be stopped at a red light, look over and see young youngsters drinking beer or a porch (or even worse, smoking pot or crack) and he hasn't the legal authority to do anything about it because he is only sanctioned on state and public property. Come on, surely this would not violate any body's civil rights!
So what your saying is that I can sit on my front porch in Ohio doing bong hits and if a cop sees me he has no legal authority to come and arrest me? There is no way that is true. Find me one case where a cop saw someone doing drugs in the open, on their land where the cop arrested them and they were released because of "lack of authority".
5. If you are too drunk or impaired to drive, you are too drunk or impaired to drive. Why shouldn't your driving privileges be revoked until you sober up?
If I am found to be drunk in public and my source of returning home is my vehicle I should be prevented from driving. If I am found to be drunk in a hotel that I am staying at why should my drivers license be revoked for 72 hours? Plus, I will be sober in the morning or several hours. It doesnt take 72 hours to sober up. In fact, I would have to consume 70+ drinks in an hour to need 72 hours to sober up.