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On the same subject:<br>
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I have carped for the longest time about the lack of "easy
availability" to personal breath testing devices marketed and given
away. Possibly MAD should spend their money in doing that?
People are
going to socialize with friends and they are going to public places
to
drink. Most people are intelligent and will wait until they are
"legally in control" if they only knew when that was. The
few who
with mental problems must face the stiff laws we have now.
But what
percent of the population are they. We have stiff laws.
But
yet
ordinary people are picked up all the time who would just as soon
wait
another half hour if they knew their breath score. These
testers are
dirt cheap, both in devices and one shot tests. They are all
over
the
internet if one is aware. Why should ordinary people take
risks and
subject their lives to the trauma of court, huge fines, and
worse.<br>
<br>
<br>
Again since greed is so popular a topic. The tavern and
restaurant
owners don't want people just sitting around and certainly the
municipalities have most to gain with these huge fines. In
fact if
there were absolute zero as you suggest, the municipalities would be
against that as there would be no question of the breath
limit. So,
I
put this out to MAD. Just why don't you promote personal breath
testers???<br>
<br>
Eric<br>
Matthew Berigan wrote:
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<p>Folks,</p>
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<p>This may be somewhat tangential to this list's bike focus
but
I'm
always amazed at how it seems so difficult to enact effective
controls
for OWI here and don't know how to start talk about a potential
solution to the problem. Last July I was in Brazil when they did a
federal-level change that they called "tolerancia zero." I swear that
almost overnight things changed and the news reports brought data
about
drastic reductions in accidents. I didn't see a lot of people
wringing
their hands over "rights" lost or the use of blitz road-checks. In
fact, most everybody thinks it is pretty cool. Taxi cab drivers
love it
as their business has boomed.</p>
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<p>I've had my close calls with OWI drivers. It scares me when I'm
on
a bike, when I'm in a car and when I'm on foot.</p>
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<p>Oh - I'm not against drinking.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Here a blurb on Brazil's "Zero Tolerance:"</p>
<p> </p>
<h1>Zero Tolerance for Drinking and Driving in Brazil</h1>
<div class="date">Monday July 21, 2008</div>
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<p>Brazil has a new <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gobrazil.about.com/od/gettingaroundbrazil/a/
drylaw.htm"><font
color="#0000ff">zero tolerance law for drinking and driving</font></
a>,
valid all over the national territory. The law, which came into
effect
last June 19, has spurred the debate about the dangers of driving
under
the influence. Studies which informed Law 11.705, commonly referred
to
as <i>Lei Seca</i>, or Dry Law, conclude that there is no risk-free
limit for blood alcohol content (BAC) in drivers.</p>
<p>The previous BAC to configure a DUI in Brazil was .06. The Dry
Law
goes beyond tackling drunk driving to crack down on <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://alcoholism.about.com/od/dui/a/impaired.htm";><font
color="#0000ff">impaired driving</font></a>. </p>
<p>However, a great number of Brazilians feel that there is still
more to be done. According to a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.omid.mg.gov.br/pesquisas/I_Levantamento_Padroes_Consumo_Alcool_Populacao_Brasileira.doc
"><font
color="#0000ff">national survey about alcohol consumption in
Brazil</font></a>,
the heaviest drinkers in the country are people between 18 and 24
years
of age. The legal drinking age in Brazil is 18, but the consumption
of
alcohol is growing among younger people, aided by a lax enforcement
of
laws against the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors.</p>
<p>From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://alcoholism.about.com/b/2008/07/22/brazil-adopts-zero-tolerance-dui-policy.htm
">http://alcoholism.about.com/b/2008/07/22/brazil-adopts-zero-tolerance-dui-policy.htm
</a></p>
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<p> </p>
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<p><strong><font size="5">See larger article</font></strong> with
some stats on drop in accidental death rate drop at <a
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href="http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43317";>http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43317
</a></p>
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