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kane, just because a person in an auto accident had a .08 blood/alcohol level does NOT mean that alcohol caused the accident. They are surmising that shit after the fact.
Reality is that auto accidents happen every second. The guy who has never had a drink in his life could pull out in front of a perfectly fine driver who has a .08 level and cause the accident...but the cops will call it "alcohol related".
Not saying that nobody ever drives drunk and gets in a wreck. The law of averages says that too happens all the time...which is my point: the DUI laws are set up to make money. And IF they just happen to every once in hundred thousand times prevent an accident that is great.
But of course...we'll never know if the person pulled over for DUI ever WOULD have had an accident.
That's the evil of preemptive action. You never know what would have happened.
So the cops pat themselves on the back and post stats showing that alcohol "related" (meaning passengers who are drunk, pedestrians who are drunk, bicyclists who are drunk and yes drivers) driving deaths are down.
Meanwhile overall driving deaths are down by 20,000 a year since 1980...while the population is 70 MILLION more.
Again....better cars, air bags, seat belt use, better roads.
And I agree...people do have different tolerances. Some folks drink two drinks and hit the ground. Other people can drink a bottle of Jack and have better hand to eye coordination than 99% of other people.
Making it .08% isn't stopping DRUNK driving. It's making money for the local police dept. and the insurance companies.
Somewhere, some common sense needs to take place.
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