Should the legal limit be higher???

[Sucky]

Personally I think it should be, I drove home last night and blew a .10 and was perfectly fine driving ( my buddy owns a breathilizer)

Just wondering what you folks think

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I'm not perfect; I've driven drunk many, many times. With that said, I don't think the limit should be raised.

I have a friend that got a DUI recently. He blew a .24. I've read you're approaching death when you hit .26. He says he has no recollection of that night and obviously he was behind the wheel..

I think that this is part of the issue. If you have a mentality that you can drive safely while buzzed, it's pretty tough to know where the line is. So, people drive when they shouldn't be and are unable to even tell that they are driving unsafely.

Basically, drunks are horrible at judging their own abilities, so it's best to just not do it, period.

[Brock]

The limit is more likely to be made zero than to go up.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

I wish I had a quality, well calibrated breathalyzer for my own use. I almost never drive after even one drink, let alone enough to approach the limit. Still, when I was younger I drove a couple times I probably shouldn't have. Even still, I think I was more paranoid about being pulled over than buzzed. I'd be surprised if I was 0.1.

I've seen little cheap ones for sale, but I'm pretty sure they're worthless.

I've thought about wasting money on one just to have some perspective on all of the "I was perfectly fine" stories I've heard and to see if .08 is actually drunk driving or buzzed driving or slightly tipsy driving, etc. Of course, I wouldn't jump in my car at .075 or use it to justify drinking and driving in the future... simply curious how many it takes to get there (for me, anyway) and how I'd feel about driving at different levels.

[JD10367]

Here's an idea: ban drinking and driving altogether. Not a single drink. You're operating a two-ton speeding death machine, and most people drive for shit when fully sober and supposedly trying their best. States are starting to ban cellphone use. They don't allow for "a little" cellphone talking. So why the **** do we allow for "a little" drinking? And use arbitrary numbers that take few real world variables into effect? Men get drunk slower than women. Fat people get drunk slower than skinny people. People who aren't eating get drunk quicker than people who are. People who are drinking through a straw, or drinking something carbonated, get drunk quicker. For ****'s sake, we need to actually discuss HOW ****ed up is too ****ed up? How's this: you want to drink, don't ****ing drive, AT ALL. Jeez.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by sedated

I seriously doubt they would raise it to .24 so Im not sure of the point of this story.

What in God's name did you read that made you think that's what I was suggesting? I made mention of my drinking and driving habits, then my opinion on the legal limit. Then in completely separate paragraph format I told a story about a friend that got caught DWI. It was a follow up to all the talk about impaired judgement. My friend went out drinking, had a shit ton, thought he was good to drive (as well as the others in the car with him), yet didn't even recall the event the next day.

Originally Posted by DaFace

I think that this is part of the issue. If you have a mentality that you can drive safely while buzzed, it's pretty tough to know where the line is. So, people drive when they shouldn't be and are unable to even tell that they are driving unsafely.

Basically, drunks are horrible at judging their own abilities, so it's best to just not do it, period.

This is pretty much what it comes to. "I'm good". Hear that all the time when, in fact, people really aren't.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I think that this is part of the issue. If you have a mentality that you can drive safely while buzzed, it's pretty tough to know where the line is. So, people drive when they shouldn't be and are unable to even tell that they are driving unsafely.

Basically, drunks are horrible at judging their own abilities, so it's best to just not do it, period.

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