The NTSB recommends dropping that to a BAC level of .05.

[brutal]

It had a lot to do with being the LEAF grant coordinator for the agency and having overtime money to earn. Plus, patrol guys who were more than happy to pawn off their suspected DUI drivers to the DUI car!

So you're saying you got to clean up a lot of puke and piss?

[Clint45]

Over in NY, where citizens have no rights at all, if someone had too much to drink and decides to sleep it off in the back of their car, with the keys in their pocket rather than the ignition, that is considered DWI. Being drunk in a vehicle with keys is all you need to be convicted. Engine can be cold and you could've been sleeping for hours . . . and if you don't unlock the door to get arrested, they can bust the window and unlock it for you. I've heard of dozens of cases like that. One was even a guy sleeping in a motor home.

[Irving]

Over in NY, where citizens have no rights at all, if someone had too much to drink and decides to sleep it off in the back of their car, with the keys in their pocket rather than the ignition, that is considered DWI. Being drunk in a vehicle with keys is all you need to be convicted. Engine can be cold and you could've been sleeping for hours . . . and if you don't unlock the door to get arrested, they can bust the window and unlock it for you. I've heard of dozens of cases like that. One was even a guy sleeping in a motor home.

Same here. "Here" as in Colorado.

[DFBrews]

Why isn't a cognitive reactionary type test offered where you can set your own limit...
You run through these tests after having various amounts of alcohol. When you miss a problem or exercise your limit is .02 below that level so if you get pulled over and blow at your listed level or above. No license for a year 30 days jail the works. Automatically

so you have petite little blonde that can barely drive as it is because omg Harry kissed Stacy and posted it to Facebook her test level is .04 or
A 250lb muscular gentleman who went a the way to .1 safely I know who I would rather be on the road with.

Some of the people I see driving at all or while texting talking on the phone etc is 100 times worse than me having two beers at dinner.

[GilpinGuy]

Why isn't a cognitive reactionary type test offered where you can set your own limit...
You run through these tests after having various amounts of alcohol. When you miss a problem or exercise your limit is .02 below that level so if you get pulled over and blow at your listed level or above. No license for a year 30 days jail the works. Automatically

so you have petite little blonde that can barely drive as it is because omg Harry kissed Stacy and posted it to Facebook her test level is .04 or
A 250lb muscular gentleman who went a the way to .1 safely I know who I would rather be on the road with.

Some of the people I see driving at all or while texting talking on the phone etc is 100 times worse than me having two beers at dinner.

You kid, I get that. But there is an argument to be made about why there's a "limit" for EVERYONE.

We're not all the same, though Socialists like to to think we are. I don't have a solution for drunk driving though.

But drunk driving is definitely going to happen more often when the limit is set lower (get it?). Soooooooooo, MADD is yet another lefty self sustaining organization. Asshats. 0.03 is next, then .02, then...just sniff a beer and you're fucked! As long as the org can make $$, it'll keep pushing.

[splogan]

Here in Japan it is already low, pretty much one and your walking. Lots of cab rides and walking

[Graves]

Bleh, I have a CDL so I'm already held to a higher standard. No biggie for me.

[Byte Stryke]

I would honestly have no problems with this if there were actual evidence it would do something.

The turnstyle/revolving door justice system does nothing but generate revenue... often at taxpayer expense (Need more Publice defenders over here...)
There should NEVER be someone with 3 DUIs in 5 years... unless he got his 2nd and 3rd DUI in a cell block



and yes, I agree with the sentiment that "Because they are doing it" isn't a valid argument.

[Bailey Guns]

I made a LOT of DUI arrests and, yeah, I kinda had a twist in my knickers about people driving drunk. Maybe it was because I was hit by drunk drivers 3 times...twice head on in my car and once on the side of the road while making a DUI arrest (didn't get seriously hurt...but my gun did. The impact tore my holster/gun off my duty belt and we found it about 200' up the road. I just had a bad case of car rash on my hip and leg). I worked a ton of LEAF shifts...mostly for the extra gun money.

And for people bitching about how all DUI reports read the same or say the same things... You can thank lawyers for that. There's a very specific procedure that has to be followed in a DUI arrest and it starts with observing how the vehicle is being operated. And yes, there are certain things that have to be said to prove you followed procedure (with the evidence to back up the statement). It's no different than an officer's notes on the back of a speeding ticket though it's more complicated. Things go in a report a certain way because that's the way the courts want to see it.

Of course, all you police experts already knew that.

[bigshane]

NBC Nightly News from last night:


WTF???

ETA: Source