Certain members of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are pushing for Virginia and other states to reduce the threshold for drunk driving to 0.05.
As it is right now it's 0.08 unless your a Professional truck driver then it's 0.04. It's my understanding even truck drivers in their privately owned vehicle still are under the 0.04 regardless.

A recent conference with the American Automobile Association, NTSB member Mark Rosekind made the pitch for the change.

Supporters say the tougher standard will save lives, but critics say it will turn casual and responsible drinkers into jailed criminals, I concur.

 

Attorney Mike Goodove, of the Southside chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving stated “If you are impaired and behind the wheel, you should not be driving,”  Honestly that's a no-brainer, remind me when I need an attorney to hire him.

He also stated at a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.05 “You’re a danger.”

But a restaurant trade group said this would result in arrests for people who enjoy a glass of wine with dinner.

Sarah Longwell of the American Beverage Institute said, “It would essentially make it impossible for women to drink anything with their meals and feel comfortable driving home."

I can tell you this right now Bar and restaurant owners are going to in an uproar if this were to change.

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