On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:58:25 -0700, Ed White
Unless you are an alcoholic it does, even though the impairment may be small. And if you are an alcoholic your driving is already impaired when you are sober.
No, a driver, who has had 5 beers is definitely worse.
Their reflexes are significantly worse than if they were sober, which is the only thing that counts. You are required by law to minimize the risk for others on the road and driving drunk is the exact opposite of this, which is why it is illegal.
No, the drunks just make much more bad decisions.
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There is no such thing as driving 'in a safe manner' when drunk. Your reflexes are slowed, your ego is boosted (which is why most drunks think they are driving in a safe manner) and your situational awareness goes down the drain.
.08% is a very generous number in my opinion. Most European countries are down to .05% and alcohol related rests went down with it. If you don't want to be jailed, don't drink and drive, it's that simple.
The facts say that stricter rules would save more lives than all speed enforcements together. Unfortunately the alcohol lobby is going to stop that from happening, which is why drunk buttholes continue killing people and thinking 'it can't happen to me'.
Chris
