Feds want to lower DUI standard.

[BeastlyChange]

"States should lower the benchmark for determining when a driver is legally intoxicated to 0.05 blood-alcohol content rate from current 0.08, federal safety officials recommended today."


A decade-old benchmark for determining when a driver is legally drunk should be lowered in an effort to reduce alcohol-related car crashes that claim about 10,000 lives each year, U.S. safety investigators said on Tuesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that all 50 states lower the threshold from 0.08 blood-alcohol content (BAC) to 0.05.

The idea is part of a safety board initiative outlined in a staff report and approved by the panel to eliminate drunk driving, which accounts for about a third of all road deaths.

The board acknowledged that there was "no silver bullet," but that more action is needed.

"This is critical because impaired driving remains one of the biggest killers in the United States," NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman said ahead of a vote by the panel on a staff report.


Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/us/nts...hol/index.html

[SkinnyBeast24]

This is new and exciting!

lol hi lord gyles.

[WAviking24]

Haven't seen any long threads on this topic today

[CarlMcGuirk]

s'a pretty good idea tbqh

srsly just get a dd or a taxi or drink at home if this bothers you to the point of rage

[rogan12]

Im OK with this, I dont think anyone should drink and drive. A couple beers is ok, after that you should find a ride.

[habibtizz]

not even a federally mandated law. Give me another beer b!tch

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[frozenbarb]

I overhead a classmate in my class talking about her friend that was DUI and got into a car accident. All 4 friends in the car with the driver ditched and ran away leaving the driver.

Now the driver is all ****ed up in the face with his life basically ruined at 21. The police guarding the room won't let anyone in but immediate family members.

Retardss...

[SkinnyBeast24]

i overhead a classmate in my class talking about her friend that was dui and got into a car accident. All 4 friends in the car with the driver ditched and ran away leaving the driver.

Now the driver is all ****ed up in the face with his life basically ruined at 21. The police guarding the room won't let anyone in but immediate family members.

Retardss...

good --> more stupid decisions should have high risk like this. be less of these stories going around the world.

[chevy72blu]

I overhead a classmate in my class talking about her friend that was DUI and got into a car accident. All 4 friends in the car with the driver ditched and ran away leaving the driver.

Now the driver is all ****ed up in the face with his life basically ruined at 21. The police guarding the room won't let anyone in but immediate family members.

Retardss...

And this law would have changed what exactly?

[Sakeoe]

In before all the Misc DUI *******s that claim they can drive just fine when intoxicated.

[epicfail101]

Im OK with this, I dont think anyone should drink and drive. A couple beers is ok, after that you should find a ride.

Lol u wot m8. According to this. A couple beers would land you in jail.

[StarfaceChris]

this chit is pathetic. lol at those clowns thinking driving on a few beers is gonna turn you into a reckless driver. if you can walk you can drive.

[CarlMcGuirk]

this chit is pathetic. lol at those clowns thinking driving on a few beers is gonna turn you into a reckless driver. if you can walk you can drive.

I can only hope that you're the only victim of your stupidity.

[swaptrex]

Lol u wot m8. According to this. A couple beers would land you in jail.

This.

[PhrygianLydian]

Are you dickholes saying this is a great idea serious? The average man can drive fine after drinking 3-4 beers. End of story. That would put you above this new legal limit I'm sure, and that is bull****. There is a huge difference between driving when you're ****faced drunk and driving after a reasonable number of drinks that aren't enough to impair your judgement/reaction time. You ***gots are just chomping at the bit to have the government impose more laws on you though. The best part is that i'm sure a bunch of cock smokers will quote this and tell me how wrong I am. Regardless of whether or not they lower the limit, dangerous drunk drivers will still drive, the only thing this is going to do is screw people who had a couple beers and were unlucky enough to get pulled over or hit a checkpoint.

[Bulkytheboot]

only reason to do this is more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[anonymous]

Are you dickholes saying this is a great idea serious? The average man can drive fine after drinking 3-4 beers. End of story. That would put you above this new legal limit I'm sure, and that is bull****. There is a huge difference between driving when you're ****faced drunk and driving after a reasonable number of drinks that aren't enough to impair your judgement/reaction time. You ***gots are just chomping at the bit to have the government impose more laws on you though. The best part is that i'm sure a bunch of cock smokers will quote this and tell me how wrong I am. Regardless of whether or not they lower the limit, dangerous drunk drivers will still drive, the only thing this is going to do is screw people who had a couple beers and were unlucky enough to get pulled over or hit a checkpoint.

driving "fine" and driving at your best are completely different

[Bulkytheboot]

Im OK with this, I dont think anyone should drink and drive. A couple beers is ok, after that you should find a ride.

.05 is a couple of beers to most people lol

[captinfocker]

they are lowering the bac level thus increasing the strictness for those who cant read.

[wheelerx50]

Im OK with this, I dont think anyone should drink and drive. A couple beers is ok, after that you should find a ride.

strong understanding of a couple of beers.

[Spenocracy]

Won't do jack **** except land more people in jail. It's already been proven that drunk driving laws don't do a whole lot to stop drunk drivers.
In Ontario, as soon as you hit .05, you get an immediate roadside suspension and lose your licence for 3 days. At .08, you're getting really comfy with the inmates.

[Darkhare]

s'a pretty good idea tbqh

srsly just get a dd or a taxi or drink at home if this bothers you to the point of rage

this does nothing though, all it does is punish more people for being sober and driving after 2 drinks... ur not catching hammered guy at .11 driving, you're catching .06's who aren't even buzzed

[PhrygianLydian]

driving "fine" and driving at your best are completely different

If what I see on a daily basis is people driving at their best, than god help us all

[Bluestar92]

I subscribe to the belief that someone with a DUI that blew a .08 shouldn't be subject to the same punishment as someone who blew a .19+. They need concentrate their efforts on the real problems and not just make more laws and hope everything will be better.

[Darkhare]

Im OK with this, I dont think anyone should drink and drive. A couple beers is ok, after that you should find a ride.

.05 is 2 beers within an hour everyone is different, they dont' have a perfect science for it. you literally could have 1 drink every 2 hours and still be fine, anything mroe and u might get screwed...

[Darkhare]

I subscribe to the belief that someone with a DUI that blew a .08 shouldn't be subject to the same punishment as someone who blew a .19+. They need concentrate their efforts on the real problems and not just make more laws and hope everything will be better.

correct, they need to work on the systemic problems that lead to this, the culture and public transportation system.

People need more education not more laws.

[AcEXBOX]

I can't drive with any alcohol in my system. Was fukked up one night, took a cab back to the room me and my friends were staying in. I was completely blacked out and for whatever reason I decided to drive. Next thing I know I am on the freeway on my way home. Got pulled over for doing 103mph. Cop said I was driving fine, just speeding. I blew a .16 but the BAC was a .19

One of my ex's told me she was glad I was caught because otherwise I could have ended up in jail like her dad for killing someone. No thanks jeff.

Now I just have someone take me to the bar, or take a taxi there. Can't drive without my car being there, and because I don't trust myself because I am very stubborn.

The problem in America is that our public transportation sucks balls. If we had a better bus, subway, train systems in place then I can see that DUI number dropping substantially.

.05 means that two beers with get you a DUI. Everyone is different though. I can personally say I drank a 60oz beer on Sunday and felt totally fine. Were my reflexes slowed at all? I'm sure, but I couldn't tell at all.

Moral of the story, Don't drink and drive.

[turk75]

Don't get behind the wheel when you're drinking and you'll be just fine.

[TJMachine]

This is just a scheme to make more money.
The whole DUI system is a racket.
In Cali you're gonna spend around $10,000 before all is said and done.
AA Meetings are another joke.

I weigh around 220 right now. at .05, I couldn't even have 4 beers. Bull****.