There is no way one drink will put you over the legal limit for intoxication, unless you weigh about 25 pounds. If they didn't cause the accident, they won't be criminally responsible. The accident has to be the result of the person's intoxication.vansprinkle said:
Yeah, I'm not a fan of this. Someone could have 2 drinks after work or at dinner, have an accident just like any other accident that happens 9/10 times every day, and be held accountable for something that may not be their fault.
Sure, getting absolutely hammered and driving home is one thing, but this could easily hit people that had a single drink and are 100% fine. What if they didn't cause the accident, but they're held accountable because they had a drink?
If we like they should clarify that anyone with a BAC over say .2 would be accountable for this law. .08 is such a small arbitrary number.
I know I'll get attacked for my opinion by all you "small govt" types, but it's still my opinion that adding extra penalties to things that are already illegal is just nonsense. I'll also add that I drink at home, a friends that I can walk to, or I Uber, 99% of the time.
And .08 is by no means a 'small' number, whatever that means. .20 would be almost falling down drunk. And it's not an extra penalty, it's restitution for intentionally killing a young child's means of support.