Boghog1
NES Member
I would say yes. Until he killed someone he hadn't done anything wrong.
Anytime you're driving you could have a mechanical failure and kill someone (like a tie rod or ball joint letting go). Just because there is a CHANCE of something bad happening does not mean it should be illegal. He killed someone, now he goes to jail.
Far more people get killed every year in cars having nothing to do with drinking.
See this chart of deaths and BAC
Of the 37,261 deaths, only 11,773 involved a driver with a BAC of >.08 and 23,317 had a BAC of ZERO
You're twice as likely to be killed by a sober driver than a drunk one.
An argument that ignores the majority of deaths is clearly an argument aimed at imposing your moral compass on the rest of us rather than an actual worry about people dying. If you don't like people dying in cars, try and ban them.
looks like my odds of killing someone go down if I drive buzzed