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Gary Pinkel Drinky-drivey

kalbuff said:
Over .05 is legally impaired. The definition of that in the instruction is that your ability to drive is "....impaired to the slightest degree!!!" Driving under the influence is .08. It used to be 1.5!!!! The problem is that people handle alcohol so differently. I would suppose most of you tailgaters here are pretty good drinkers and can drive safely even at 1.0. For a 160 lb. man that's about three or four beers in an hour or more if the time is longer. It also depends on what is in your stomach. But there are so many serious accidents out there that the law is pretty hard on this. Personally I have always thought that there are really two considerations in a bad accident, the drinking and the driving. Often when someone is drunk and causes a bad accident, it is someone that would be just as likely to cause a bad accident sober. i. e. a bad, aggressive driver. But it is hard to legislate in this area.
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Agreed. Drunk driving is ******, but is it ****tier than driving and texting, or driving and talking on the phone? Studies say no. The problem is that the stigma of drunk driving carries embarrasable consequences, while the other two do not.

To clarify, I certainly am not advocating for drunk driving, just agreeing it is difficult to legislate in this area.
 
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