dbattman

You will never have a perfect system. Evidence indicates that alcohol is a significant factor in traffic fatalities, and alcohol consumption is measurable. As an alternative to the status quo what would you recomend (Not looking for what you wouldn't reccomend) I have neither recommended or not recommended anything. Jim started this suggesting (in not the best wording, admitedly) the whole thing is starting to spiral to absurdety and I agree. Down here, impairment is now at the discretion of the officer regardless of what you blow and combined with other forces campaigning for even lower restrictions and tougher penalties amounts to nothing more than fearmongering. Consider this: Bobosa Smith the DUI lawyer gets a few thousand just to talk to you. Possibly $10k or more if he goes to a few court dates. The great state of 'whatever' gets a high three to low four figure fine. The insurance industry sticks you high risk for another $3k a year Those Defensive/DUI schools all over metro Atlanta get $300 a pop That is an awful lot of money to throw towards tougher restrictions, more manpower at roadblocks and other things of questionable benefit. I'm gong to polish off my beer and head home. You guys have a good one.

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Yeah I know. But I seem to recall that there is a negligence charge for simply getting behind the wheel when you know you are exhausted (recall this from driver school) That's not my point. You can ratchet down BAC limits to 0.06, or .05, or .02, or even

You can be charged for doing ANYTHING and causing an accident, or doing nothing at all.

Heck, my first was a Timex Sinclair 1000 bought out of the local Swap Sheet for $50. Even had the memory expansion that plugged onto the back taking it from 2k to 16k. Membrane keyboard, one character at a time until a truck drove by outside and the vibrations reset it. Never did get the damn tape drive to work properly.

The capacity is somewhat diminished, when you consume alcohol. Again we are dealing with marginal changes and at speeds marginal differences in timing and reflex can be the difference between getting home without incident or tragedy. Remember when you are on the road you also have an obligation to factor in the other drivers carelessness. Even if you are driving carefully after 4 beers, if some other idiot does something unexpected your ability to react is not the same as when you have had nothing even if 4 beers does not leave you feeling buzzed. Exactly. One of the best arguments for roadside checks. If we're going to be concerned to that level than I think we should have 'mental acuity checkpoints' and 'field alertness tests' to be checking for drivers that didn't get enough sleep the night before.

One of our guy awhile back had a really bad spot and had to put it down on the highway during rush hour. Whew- better him than me!

That's actually an interesting question for the officers on this board. Where do you start to see alcohol related accidents? .15, .12, .1, .08, lower? Was going from .10 to .08, and now pushing for even lower pops by modern day prohibition groups, necessary or was it just something arbitrary like the FAA pushing pack cycles back to 90 days over reserve malfunctions.

I'll have the ham and cheese on rye with a Bud.

Ah Ah Ah Ah Stayin' Alive Stayin' Alive

It surely helps if you follow the link and read the article, or at the very least the highlights. I must admit, I'm a little curious as an outsider looking in. Franco's regime has been gone a long time. Why does this continue?

[Jack Sparrow voice] I'm having a thought here, Judge. [/Jack Sparrow voice]

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FARK Hussein headline thread Couple of good ones here.

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And a joyous Ramachaunakwanzmas to you as well!

What's the point?

Mom and dad are in bed. Sis and hubby are up with the 19 mo. old and a tummy ache. Bored. But......I thought ahead and laid in a stash in my crash pad (the den) for tonight.

I just have this picture of you cringing every time someone says "Merry Christmas" and you thinking to yourself "It's Winter Solstice, Asshole!"...or actually saying it. FallRate Merry solstice

Ah, touche.

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