Change to the Legal Blood/Alcohol Level
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AK-74me
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here is the deal the way I understand it.
D.C has a law giving police officers the flexabilty to arrest anyone that ANY alcohol in their system. That means if you blow a .01 you can be arrested or you could be let go it depends on what the officer sees fit. As far as I know this kind of arrest is different from the DUI or DWI, now D.C. still as the .08 legal limit for DUI/DWI(not sure which)
Well recently people in D.C. and especially the bar owners and resturant owners started raising hell over this law where you can be arrested for .01 BAC saying that it deters buisness. Now don't quote me on this but I think it was just determined in the past two weeks or so that this law was really unfair and they took it off the books. So now D.C. as the same laws as MD as far as levels of BAC .08.
D.C has a law giving police officers the flexabilty to arrest anyone that ANY alcohol in their system. That means if you blow a .01 you can be arrested or you could be let go it depends on what the officer sees fit. As far as I know this kind of arrest is different from the DUI or DWI, now D.C. still as the .08 legal limit for DUI/DWI(not sure which)
Well recently people in D.C. and especially the bar owners and resturant owners started raising hell over this law where you can be arrested for .01 BAC saying that it deters buisness. Now don't quote me on this but I think it was just determined in the past two weeks or so that this law was really unfair and they took it off the books. So now D.C. as the same laws as MD as far as levels of BAC .08.
Does anyone have a reference for this suppossed law? What I have found is that the actual law (DC CODE s 50-2201.05) has a .08% BAC for blood, a .10% BAC for urine, or .38 micrograms or more of alcohol are contained in 1 milliliter of breath, consisting of substantially alveolar air. The only reference for a lesser amount is that any detected amount at all for a person under 21 years of age is enough to get you arrested.AK-74me said:
kwillia
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D.C. Council Passes Emergency Drunken-Driving Bill
The D.C. Council has passed emergency legislation clarifying the city's drunken-driving laws.
The bill states that anyone with a blood-alcohol level under 0.05 is not presumed to be drunk. Those with blood-alcohol level between 0.05 and 0.08 are in a neutral zone, where they are presumed to be neither drunk nor sober. And any driver with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 or above should be considered under the influence.
Recently, a lot of attention had been given to a law that stated Metropolitan Police Department officers could place drivers who had only one drink behind bars if the officer determined the driver to be impaired. At-large D.C. City Councilwoman Carol Schwartz thought that law needed to be explained a little clearer, so she introduced emergency legislation to make it easier for drivers to understand the law and to relax that policy.
The recent debate over the law began after a D.C.-area attorney was arrested after registering a 0.04 percent blood-alcohol level.
The D.C. Council has passed emergency legislation clarifying the city's drunken-driving laws.
The bill states that anyone with a blood-alcohol level under 0.05 is not presumed to be drunk. Those with blood-alcohol level between 0.05 and 0.08 are in a neutral zone, where they are presumed to be neither drunk nor sober. And any driver with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 or above should be considered under the influence.
Recently, a lot of attention had been given to a law that stated Metropolitan Police Department officers could place drivers who had only one drink behind bars if the officer determined the driver to be impaired. At-large D.C. City Councilwoman Carol Schwartz thought that law needed to be explained a little clearer, so she introduced emergency legislation to make it easier for drivers to understand the law and to relax that policy.
The recent debate over the law began after a D.C.-area attorney was arrested after registering a 0.04 percent blood-alcohol level.
danceintherain
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Yes, I heard talk about this on the radio. Apparently, Maryland is considering the same type of no tolerance law.