{"id":938,"date":"2012-03-02T16:32:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T23:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alcoholmonitoring.com\/blog\/?p=938"},"modified":"2021-08-26T12:05:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T18:05:41","slug":"canada-lowers-the-legal-limit-will-it-make-roads-safer-from-drunk-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scramsystems.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/canada-lowers-the-legal-limit-will-it-make-roads-safer-from-drunk-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Lowers the Legal Limit: Will It Make Roads Safer From Drunk&#160;Drivers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, media have been reporting on the growing <a href=\"http:\/\/fullcomment.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/29\/jesse-kline-wildrose-taps-into-anger-over-albertas-new-drunk-driving-law\/\">controversy\u00a0over a new drunk driving law<\/a> in Canada. The new law penalizes drivers who have a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .05. Statistically, in Canada, alcohol-related fatal accidents most often involve a driver with .12 BAC or higher. In the U.S., this statistic rings true. According to the Century Council, 60% of alcohol-related fatalities are caused by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centurycouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/SODDFIA.pdf\">a repeat offender with a .15 BAC<\/a> or&#160;higher.<\/p>\n<p>Around the country, many organizations, interested parties, and government institutions debate laws to make our roads safer. Yes, researchers have determined that a person is impaired after drinking even one glass of alcohol, and many states have .05 BAC laws. Two states, <a href=\"http:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/10\/a-tale-of-two-states\/\">Colorado<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmv.ny.gov\/broch\/c-39DDL-web.pdf\">New York<\/a>, actually have Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI) laws that penalize drivers who blow a .05 to .07 BAC with jail time. Interestingly, research also shows drivers are impaired if they didn\u2019t get enough sleep, and that a lack of sleep is equivalent to someone driving&#160;drunk.<\/p>\n<p>What are we really trying to accomplish with our drinking and driving laws? Is there evidence of a level of impairment at .05 BAC that driving should be prohibited and drivers should be penalized? Or is the objective to provide a mechanism for early intervention\u2014that maybe drivers who go on to drive drunk at higher BACs might be caught and perhaps diverted from future irresponsible drinking and driving? Is this just the next step in an inevitable progression to zero tolerance laws for every driver on the&#160;road?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Is lowering the legal limit to .05 BAC ensuring our roads are safer? How much safer would our roads be if we did lower the limit? Would it potentially reduce the number of drivers who eventually, statistically, cause the most serious&#160;accidents?<\/p>\n<p>The one uniform objective: Everyone wants to see safer roads and fewer drunk driving accidents. Is Canada on the right&#160;path?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, media have been reporting on the growing controversy\u00a0over a new drunk driving law in Canada. The new law penalizes drivers who have a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .05. Statistically, in Canada, alcohol-related fatal accidents most often involve a driver with .12 BAC or higher. In the U.S., this statistic rings true. 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