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The law of .08 was more targetted at intimidating those that are irresponsible IMO. In other words, what you can function at is irrelevant. IF that makes sense.
I agree with your cell-phone synopsis, and I think new laws are falling into place. The way I see D-D is that much of the law is democratically imposed, if you will. Public pressure on legislation has pushed the laws to these extreme levels.
I do agree with them, I also think that I "could" drive at .08, however I will not because I don't trust others making the same decisions. Most people that say they are .08 are buzzed never seem to be in my eyes. I also think holding one law hostage because another law isn't suffice is dangerous...if that makes sense?
In other words, it is a slippery slope to say "murder should be ok because war justifies killing..." You catch my drift on my bad example....
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I explained it as best as I could and if you disagree with my last post then there isn't much more I can say to change your mind. I will take another chop at it though.
Regular people really don't want to go through the hassel of .08 DUI charges because they went out and legally drank the booze. These people don't intend to go in the car and end up getting in an accident. Most of the people don't even know they are above the legal limit, therefore, they don't even know that they are breaking the law. When you murder someone, you have intent to kill them. When you speed, you have the intention to speed. When you have 3 beers and drive home you aren't looking to hurt anyone, and you have no idea if you are over the legal limit. Then you find yourself in the back of a police cruiser going to jail over nonsense.
This is about the plain folks to me. About the people stopping to have a beer or 2 after a long day at work. These people aren't dangerous and they definitely don't intend to go out and hurt people after they have a few drinks. They really don't even know if they are over the legal limit, because to them, they are FINE. It is IMPOSSIBLE to tell if you are over the legal limit, if you feel fine then you're fine. If you're completely trashed, then you know you're trashed and you shouldn't drive. I don't think everyone should be punished for the idiots that drive at .30 and end up killing themselves or other people.
It is all about the people IMO.