I have mixed emotions on the issue. There are repeat DUI problem drinkers who need to see hard time to protect society and there are people who have had a couple drinks and drive home who are probably not critically impaired.
I'm in medicine, I know the science. One drink does slow reaction time by some degree but so does my being at the hospital for 30 hours on call. The 0.08 limit is too low to accurately reflect when someone is impaired to the detriment of reasonable driving skills, in my opinion.
MADD focuses too much on trying to convince the country that every person with a first-time offense is an alcoholic who should seek lifelong sobriety as the only answer and not enough time working against the hardcore repeat offenders.
