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From: grwalter@watnot.UUCP (grwalter)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: DWI crackdowns, BAC, testing
Message-ID: <11320@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 13:48:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 13:48:29 1985
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <486@h-sc1.UUCP> desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins) writes:
>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

Unfortunitely that amount varies with alot of things (ie did you have a big
meal before drinking ?) and so you may be drunk (gee, only 2 drinks - on an
empty stomach) without realizing it. I don't know about you but a lot of
the drunks I know don't 'feel' drunk while they are wasted. They realize
once they've sobered up 'gosh I was drunk and shouldn't have driven home'
but until they've sobered up they refuse to admit they're impaired. So I
think having a breathalizer in each bar is a good idea because it forces
the people/drunks to realize 'hey I'm drunk and if I drive I could get
caught and in trouble'.

fred