Saturday, October 15, 2005
Drunk Driving Nutsiness
The other day my sister sent me an e-mail about the DUI laws in DC. It appears that you can get popped for a DUI in the District with as low as a .02 BAC. Now when you consider that most people don't notice any effects of alcohol intoxication until .05 and not any serious effects until .10 (which thanks to mommy government is now above the legal limit in all the states) this strikes me as silly.
I could have two shots of Nyquill and meet this limit depending on the timing.
The good news is that this has begun to reach the national media. Hopefully it will begin to alert those out there that don't otherwise pay attention to these types of things of the way the abolishonists have wormed their way into the body politic.
when PA drooped the level for a DUI to .08, they had the little sense needed to say that there are levels of DUI. IF you are just past the level and not significantly drunk, you're not as bad as the asswipe who is getting pulled over because he's weaving over the road and has a BAC of .20. Knowing my size and the amount of ETOH I can put into it, I know that's a drunk driver. Some poor wretch who gets pulled over because she had her daytime running lights on instead of her headlights on and getting popped is stupid.
MADD has gone from being a legitimate, worthy organization, to one that has become a prohibitionist one. Alcohol is not a bad thing. Being out of control (whether through booze or other reasons) is.
No wonder that people are beginning to talk about joining DAMM. Drinkers against mad mothers.
I could have two shots of Nyquill and meet this limit depending on the timing.
The good news is that this has begun to reach the national media. Hopefully it will begin to alert those out there that don't otherwise pay attention to these types of things of the way the abolishonists have wormed their way into the body politic.
when PA drooped the level for a DUI to .08, they had the little sense needed to say that there are levels of DUI. IF you are just past the level and not significantly drunk, you're not as bad as the asswipe who is getting pulled over because he's weaving over the road and has a BAC of .20. Knowing my size and the amount of ETOH I can put into it, I know that's a drunk driver. Some poor wretch who gets pulled over because she had her daytime running lights on instead of her headlights on and getting popped is stupid.
MADD has gone from being a legitimate, worthy organization, to one that has become a prohibitionist one. Alcohol is not a bad thing. Being out of control (whether through booze or other reasons) is.
No wonder that people are beginning to talk about joining DAMM. Drinkers against mad mothers.
