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re: Utah to drop blood alcohol limit to .05
Posted on 12/18/18 at 7:44 am to UGATiger26
Posted on 12/18/18 at 7:44 am to UGATiger26
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There's a plethora of things which would impair a person's ability to drive more than a .05 BAC would. Phone usage, fatigue, stress, doing makeup, telling the kids in the backseat to shut up, etc. etc. Should we start arresting these people too? Maybe we should all just Uber everywhere and all the time just to be safe. Hopefully the Uber drivers aren't tired or stressed either.
But the other plethora of reasons don’t account for 1/3 of traffic deaths. Alcohol accounts for 32%, speed 31%, distracted driving 16% and weather 11%.
A simple solution would be don’t make the choice to drink and drive. As I stated before, I don’t know if I agree with .05. You have a lot of factors. Say you have a guy who is 220 lbs and has been drinking for 10 years 2-5 a month. He consumes two beers at dinner, and drives. His ability to drive will not be diminished compared to a 110 lb female who has never drank before.
I don’t believe this will be implemented throughout the US.
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Posted on 12/18/18 at 7:49 am to xxGEAUXxx
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But the other plethora of reasons don’t account for 1/3 of traffic deaths. Alcohol accounts for 32%, speed 31%, distracted driving 16% and weather 11%.
Ah, but we're not talking about ALL alcohol-related fatalities. We're talking about .08 and below.
Which - in 2010 - accounted for 5% of traffic fatalities.
So yes, distracted driving is basically 3x more problematic than people driving around with .06 BACs.
Being against this law doesn't mean I support drinking and driving. It means I am against criminalizing the behavior of millions of - otherwise law-abiding - people.
When I say "millions" I am referring to if this law were to be hypothetically enacted across the U.S.
How many in Utah alone? Dunno. But I'd be willing to bet there are at least 100,000 folks in a state of 3.1 million driving around with a .05-.07 BAC on any given Friday or Saturday evening.
This post was edited on 12/18/18 at 7:53 am
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