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I'm not saying go out, get wasted and drive, but the above reply raises some good points. The legal limit used to be a lot higher. So, back when it was 0.15, you could drive around at 0.14 and be "sober." Here in OH, it is now 0.08, so now if you drive at 0.14 you're "drunk." And the whole "buzzed driving is drunk driving" is just a load of crap. It's not drunk driving by the legal definition unless you're over the legal limit. Can you be buzzed and still be under the legal limit? I think so.
Again, I'm not advocating drunk driving, but I find it hard to believe everyone always has a DD or calls a cab. These clowns driving around on their cell phones 24/7 are just as bad  |
Here's a interesting tid bit.........
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Compared with drivers who have not consumed alcohol, drivers with BACs of .15 or above are 380 times more likely to be involved in a single-vehicle fatal crash than a non-drinking driver. (Source: Zador, P.L. Alcohol related relative risk of fatal driver injuries in relation to driver age and sex. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 52(4):302-310, 1991.) Download and share our 2007 report, Stopping Hardcore Drunk Driving: Offenders' Perspective on Deterrence.
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.........should also make one wonder how many innocent passengers whether they've consumed or not are killed along with the mix of these drunken drivers.