Escape a murder attempt, lose your license

[Andara Bledin]

I thought by me saying "our laws" it would be obvious that i'm not living in the US. I'm only saying that this would be handled more reasonably in my country, imho.

Citation, please. Country, text of laws, precedent? Anything that isn't just "oh, hey, we're more reasonable than you are."

[TheHuckster]

First of all, "drunk driving" can be anything from "having had 2 beers" to "having had 2 bottles of tequila". To me, it's ridiculous to apply the same level of "seriousness" to both. (Yes, I know that US law seems very firmly adhering to all-or-nothing, zero-tolerance policies)

We cannot determine how much she's had in the article, so the point that she might have had two beers is invalid.

BTW: In most of the USA the BAC limit for DUI is 0.08. That's a pretty high limit compared to European Countries, many of which go down to 0.05 and some even as low as 0.01.

Secondly, All that doesn't change the fact that it is petty to punish someone for drunk driving when their life is in danger. (And there is no other way to avoid it). It's not like she got drunk with the intent of driving a car later on. Judging by the article, she basically had no other choice.

Under these circumstances, losing your license for one year already seems like a very harsh punishment to me.

Once again, it's not justified to put other lives in danger. It's no different than if you were to blow the house up in a gas explosion out of self defense. Even if the only victim of the blast was your attacker, it still doesn't excuse the fact that many other people could have been killed as a result of your reckless actions.

I thought by me saying "our laws" it would be obvious that i'm not living in the US. I'm only saying that this would be handled more reasonably in my country, imho.

Funny, I thought the world wide web would give me more than just search results from the US. What on earth makes you think your country's laws wouldn't get picked up in my search results? If they're in a different language maybe it would help to provide me the verbatim name of this law your claim exists?

[HYHYBT]

Once again, it's not justified to put other lives in danger.

Evidence that she put anyone in danger? (Her BAC by itself does not constitute such evidence.)

[Andara Bledin]

Evidence that she put anyone in danger? (Her BAC by itself does not constitute such evidence.)

Unless the road she was on from start to finish was completely and utterly devoid of any other people...

[Panacea]

Evidence that she put anyone in danger? (Her BAC by itself does not constitute such evidence.)

Actually, her BAC is exactly that evidence.

It is well established that as the BAC rises, judgement becomes impaired, and reflexes and motor controls are decreased exponentially. That's why we use the BAC: it is an accurate measurement of impairment. The higher it is, the more impaired you are.

Data clearly shows that since the BAC in the US went to .08, the number of drunk driving deaths went significantly down. It works.

Simply being on the road with a BAC of .08 or higher is putting other people in danger. She doesn't have to crash into another car. She can crash into other people; pedestrians, cyclists, even into a home or other standing structure. It happens all the time.

Or she could hit a tree and hurt HERSELF.