why at one point was the bac to be DUI .20 then dropped too .15 then .10 now point .08?
did the human body change?
No, only the study and understanding of what constitutes "impairment". In the old days they used to adhere to the sloppy drunk princliple where a person had to be sufficiently drunk to be intoxicated. They have since discovered that one does not have to be intoxicated (as in being sloppy drunk - or, as would permit a pubilc intoxication arrest) to be too impaired to be a danger.
nope pressure on the government from loby groups... madd is a 51 million dollar organization.. with a adjenda.... part of this was to get the BAC dropped nation wide to .08 why do you think they Highway transportation agaency said to each state drop you bac too .08 or your not getting any highway dollars?
Because rational people understand that alcohol has a serious impact on judgment, reasoning, response time, processing, etc. - all things that are needed to drive safely. MADD may have helped point this out, but they still had to sell it to leglsiatures and a populace that was (and largely still is) comfortable with alcohol and viewed drunks as "quaint" and even comical rather than dangerous (remember the movie, Arthur? And almost ANY characetr played by the late Dudley Moore?).
wonder why the 1.6 million people who get arrested for dui dont form some group? pleny of false arrests and bad laws IMO.
Most are fine arrests. "Bad" is a value judgment and depends on the perspective. I think they are bad because they are too lenient ... thankfully for some I am not in charge of the world.
A Chicago police officer whose alleged misconduct has caused dozens of DUI cases to be dismissed was sued Monday by a man he arrested last summer.
I hope he's fired - maybe even prosecuted ... well, if he actually committed misconduct.
Officer John Haleas was disciplined this month for failing to follow procedures in a DUI stop, leading to 50 cases being dropped by Cook County prosecutors.
Not following "procedures" is not the same as saying the subjects were not drunk. If he lied or falsified evidence, I hope he is prosecuted.
However, keep in mind that this is an allegation at this point and not a fact. ANYONE can claim anything. I have been accused of a number of entirely false things in my time, and sued once.
As long as you keep having quotas, promotions and MADD “Top Cop” awards, you’re going to have hundreds of “SuperCops” out there falsely arresting thousands of citizens for drunk driving
There are awards for all manner of things ... I guess no one should be rewarded for anything.
Defense attorneys are certainly free to use an officer's award as a defense strategy arguing his or her incentive to obtain the award as a reason to falsify reports.
As for "quotas" I don't know of any state where they are legal.
- Carl
