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Impaired Logic

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Despite all the “get tough” laws, the .08 limit, and sobriety roadblocks, a recent NTSB press released announced that highway deaths from “hardcore drinkers” are going up, not down.

That’s exactly what I and other anti-anti-alcohol folks predicted would happen. The problem? We’re using law enforcement resources to go after the wrong pool of offenders — the low-risk motorists in the .08 to .10 range.

I have a piece at Tech Central today that elaborates.

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2 Responses to “Impaired Logic”

  1. #1 |  Outside The Beltway |  March 24th, 2005 at 4:28 pm

    Beltway Traffic Jam

    The daily linkfest:
    John Cole fears conservatives are killing conservatism.
    Brett Marston blogs his living will.
    Rev. Donald Sensing explains the Methodist philosophy on “Faithful Care for Persons Suffering and Dying.”
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  2. #2 |  The Bernoulli Effect |  March 24th, 2005 at 11:35 pm

    Impaired Logic, Indeed

    Radley Balko hits one of my hot buttons with this post: Despite all the “get tough” laws, the .08 limit, and sobriety roadblocks, a recent NTSB press released announced that highway deaths from “hardcore drinkers” are going up, not down….

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