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From: desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: DWI crackdowns, BAC, testing
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 10:01:03 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 10:01:03 1985
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>      I'm all for removing the drunk driver from the road. However there
> must be a way to know when your are over the legal limit, and should not
> drive. In my case I can have a beer and look and feel wasted, however I
> don't know if I would fail the blow test, since there is no way to tell
> what is in your blood, unless you are pulled over and tested. I would rather
> know before I decide to drive if I am safe from a DWI arrest

I sincerely hope you wouldn't drive after having a beer if you "feel
wasted" just because you are under the legal limit.  Don't you under-
stand the whole purpose behind the law?  It is to prevent accidents
caused by impairment of driving ability stemming from intake of 
alcohol, not to ensure that you have less than some particular
percentage of alcohol in your blood!  Just because the law has to
have a measurable test for drunkenness does not mean that you have
a perfect right to go zooming around at a .001% alcohol level if
your ability is impaired at this level.

Yes, I agree that it would be a good idea to have a breathalyzer
available, but it is a much better idea to use common sense and
realize (in advance if necessary) how much alcohol it takes to
get YOU drunk.

	marie desjardins park