The legal blood-alcohol limit should be be about 1.5, seeing that the vast majority of drunk-driving accidents are caused by those with this level of alcohol in their blood or higher. But most importantly blood-alcohol should cease being a sole-sufficient criteria for DUI conviction. It should be required to stand alongside the evidence of field sobriety tests and other factors.

Most people who are killed on our highways by drunk drivers are killed by people who are shit-faced with BAC levels of .2 and above and are almost as likely to be multiple offenders. Essentially alcoholics who insist on driving when they are loaded are the enemy here. Our laws need to such that these people understand and understand quickly that we don’t care how much they drink, but if they’re drunk then they will not be tolerated on the public roadways. If we limited the system to apprehending, arresting, prosecuting and convicting impaired drivers, we could justify a 5-8 year prison sentence for second offenders.

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peter.