Threshold for Drunken Driving

Sean Kenny

Fri May 24

Red Day, Block 2

Threshold for Drunken Driving

     I believe what the author of this article is saying, is very true. They say lowering the threshold of blood-alcohol content from .08%, to .05%, is useless, because 99% of people who are currently breaking the first law, are getting away with it anyway. Nobody is going to start following the rules, just because they would only be further breaking them otherwise.

The author says that, before making people less drunk on our roads, lets take care of the people who are already going past the legal limit, with checkpoints, and taxes on alcohol. By doing this, 85% of those already breaking the law (the binge drinkers), will be forced to drink less by the tax infringed on them, and the money made by the government, can be used to build the checkpoints, busting the people who still are going beyond the legal limit.

I completely agree with what he/she is saying. The logic in his/her theory makes perfect sense.