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Comment on Why in America is .08 the legal limit for drunk driving? How come it's not an even 0.10? Who decided at what level being drunk starts? Then 4 beers of 12oz's is 0.08 why is it that small?

Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

IIRC, it used to be 0.10, but was lowered to 0.08 because some studies (and maybe some advocacy groups) found out that there was significant impairment at 0.08 BAC.

The number reallsk shouldn’t be round. It should be the number where 99.999% of people are not too impaired to drive a car.

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SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Driving simulation studies show impairment far below 0.08.

0.08 is pretty fucking drunk.

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- Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  TBF, I think most drivers are impaired at 0.00.
  
  It’s been really bad on the roads lately.
  
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- BussyCat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Isn’t 0.08 around 3 beers for the average person?
  
  While I wouldn’t drive at that level that is definitely not “pretty fucking drunk”
  
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