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Raised Blood Alcohol Levels For Driving


trichcycler

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DUIL levels most effected by MothersAgainstDrunkenDrivers. imho 

 

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Blood alcohol content

Prior to the MADD's influence, drunk driving laws addressed the danger by making it a criminal offense to drive a vehicle while impaired — that is, while "under the influence of alcohol"; the amount of alcohol in the body was evidence of that impairment. The level specified at that time--commonly, 0.15%--was high enough to indicate drunkenness rather than impairment. In part due to MADD's influence, all 50 states have now passed laws making it a criminal offense to drive with a designated level of alcohol of .08% or higher, based on the presumption that all persons are impaired at the level specified."

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Not to diminish their effect on the following stats, I'm sure they were significant. Others would be better designs and use of safety features ie air bags, increasing use of seat belts, ... 

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news flash:  drunken passenger aboard virgin italian flight storms cockpit, indonesian cops surround flight upon landing, and take the man away.  the evils of excess alcohol... certainly the airline, in this case, virgina airlines, serve without sense...airlines lobby for the right to serve drinks in the sky.   

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