Careful with those drinks; tougher standard for drivers may be on way

[Yo_Mama]

57. I think that's dumb

I'm not a drinker, so it is probably the right advice for me. I probably wouldn't feel safe driving after one glass of wine without eating first. However, obviously it is not a problem for me since I don't normally drink.

I don't think it is simpler, smarter or safer. I think it is a remarkably inane piece of prudery similar to saying women should cover up and not drive because their pretty little heads can't handle it aka the Saudis.

The real problem you are getting at is people who WON'T have one drink of alcohol -if they have one, they tend to have four or five. For those people, it's probably a good rule. For everyone else, it is ridiculous. In this country we do not make criminals of persons because of other persons' misdeeds, and I think we should continue in that mode.

Drinking some, esp. wine, is supposed to be healthy. Certainly a glass of wine doesn't impair most people's ability to drive, unless they were staggering around with fatigue before they had the drink.

A couple of drinks in an hour will already get many people close to 0.08, so I think that's a safe limit and it should not be changed. The current problem with drunk driving deaths are boozers who are not worrying about the law. Changing the law won't change that.