| Mr Khan said: I thought of one: Drunk-driving/other DUI laws. |
Objection. I obviously think drinking and driving is wrong, but I don't think there should be specific laws just for drunk driving alone.
My point is if you had 3 or 4 beers and are at about a 0.09% BAC and you are driving perfectly fine, but get stopped at a random police checkpoint looking for drunk drivers why should you be ticketed and have a DUI go on your criminal record when you were driving perfectly fine and had no reason to be stopped and checked?
But my compromise is more severe penalties if you cause and accident or are driving recklessly and alcohol was in your system. So say a perfectly sober guy is recklessly driving (swerving everywhere because he is just a shitty driver to begin with) and is 20mph over the speed limit then normally his ticket might be $500 (I just pulled that number out of my ass)...but if someone is driving the same way but he's at a 0.10% BAC and the reckless driving/speeding is due to alcohol consumption then he should get severe penalties like $1,000 in tickets and have his license taken away (plus DUI on his record)
My reasoning for being this way is because some people can drive just fine at a 0.08% BAC and some can't. If you can drive perfectly safe at a 0.08% then why do you deserve a ticket? I don't want to pay $20 for a cab ride home because I had 2 or 3 beers at the bar and I know I'm fit to drive but am in danger of a ticket. I'd just be in favour of more severe penalties if you do choose to drive buzzed (0.08% isn't even remotely close to actual drunk) and cause an accident or potential threat. There are statistics that someone who is driving after being awake 18 hours is driving the same as someone at a 0.05% BAC (which is enough for the police to throw your ass in the drunk tank for the night but not charge you) and after 24 hours awake is an even higher BAC equivalent.
It's kinda funny how all the propaganda worked so well and now anyone who drives after a couple beers is automatically an asshole, but I could go pull an all nighter and be up for 36 hours and drive home and nobody would look at me any differently.
