is there a difference between states of the legal amount of alchohol limits for driving? breathalyzer-wise?

Answer 1

All states have a BAC level of .08, this is because the federal government has mandated that if states do not they could loss federal funding. This is the legal limit for a state charge. You can be charged with DWI with a BAC level of .01 if the Officer wishes.

Answer 2

The utilitarian arguments for a lower drinking age (or none at all) are absolutely correct. Lowering the drinking age would reduce the underage drinking problem (Prohibition never ends the prohibited activity, but just makes it more dangerous, which is why all drugs should be legalized as well). In many circumstances, I believe underage drinkers are merely doing it because it is illegal. The existence of a drinking age, by itself, is a disaster. Of course, the moral arguments are far more important than the purely utilitarian ones. Because people own their own body (to dispute this is to contradict yourself, since you cannot dispute it if you don't own your own body), they have an absolute right to do anything they want to their own body, no matter how harmful. However, nobody has any right to harm another person, because the other person also has a right to their body. Anybody has a right to drink alcohol if they choose to do so (or to do any other consensual activity). The only circumstance in which drinking is not within somebody's rights is if it interferes with somebody else's property rights (in circumstances such as if the alcohol were stolen or if you chose to drink it on somebody else's property without permission). Not only is the existence of a drinking age a stupid idea (because it makes drinking into a worse problem under that drinking age), it is also immoral because it is immoral to interfere with the consensual activities of others. Because of the fact that the drinking age should be eliminated, any attempt to raise it should be opposed and any attempt to lower or eliminate it supported.

Answer 3

All 50 states have their BAC limit set at .08

The 0.08 BAC law in Michigan contains a sunset clause which states that the legal BAC will revert to 0.10 on October 1, 2013.

Answer 4

The Federal government mandated .08 for regular drivers and .00 for CDL drivers. States could and did have different rules but as of 2005 if they did not get in line with .08 they no longer got federal money to fix the roadways.

Answer 5

Typically, all states have the minimum BAC of .08. The reason is due to being able to get as much money as they can from the federal government to maintain state highways.

If a state wanted a different minimum BAC requirement and it passed it would more than likely affect how much federal money they recieve for highways and other programs.

Answer 6

I think so

some are .010
some are .080

not sure, but it's all a gimmick to make more money. I know it's bad but when they say 4000 people died last year because of drunk drivers. You should ask them about the other 16000 people that died from Cell phones, Old people (slow reactions), Teenagers (inexperienced), Tired drivers, motorcycles, and people just not paying attention in general.

there are far too many deaths caused by vehicles to single out 1 accident that only makes up 1/8th of the total number

Answer 7

I think most states are now .08 while some are still at .1 I think there might be some below .08

Answer 8

All states have now a legal limit of .08 as of August 2005

http://www.madd.org/stats/0,1056,4588,00.html


edit to add: Care to source your claim bilybob?

Leading cause of vehicle deaths is to drivers being inattentive (that lumps ALL cases including those drivers who talk on cel phones, reading maps, talking with outhers in the car, playing with the radio, eating, putting on make up, putting on clothes, etc etc ) http://www.smartmotorist.com/att/att.htm

39 percent of accidents involving vehicles in 2005 were alcohol related.
http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html

Answer 9

In California DUI is covered under sections 23152(a) and 23152(b) CVC. Both are misdemenors, 23152(a) is Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Or Drugs. Being U/I Meth, Heroin, etc is a DUI. Being under the influence of any alcohol that impairs your ability to drive is also covered under this section.

23152(b) is Driving Under the Influence with a blood alcohol content of .08 or higher.

Answer 10

yes, it varies from state to state. Larger states with higher populatins like california set the limit lower than sparesly populated states.