I guess my first question is "what is covered now?". And I'm not going to try and find my policy. I would assume/hope that most policies have liability coverages that would cover this kind of thing? And who will incur damages? Little brother who got accidently shot?
Insurance rates.......
Also, I see that the .05 DUI/BAC bill is in Committee. Sorry all you teetotalers, but if passed this will decimate the bar and restaurant industry that is still recovering from COVID.
I caught some news report lamenting all the drunk driving deaths and how this will save countless lives. And some reporter said an average (175 lb?) guy could have 4 drinks in 2 hours and be below .05. Bullshit.
Here's my thing. How many drivers at .05 get into wrecks and hurt or kill innocent people? We probably have no way of knowing because at .05 you a) aren't getting in a wreck, and/or b) since .05 is currently legal, what arrest stats would there be? A: None.
What I would like to see is stats on accidents and sadly injury/fatal crashes, and what the driver's BAC was. And overall stats on the same criteria where alcohol was not a factor.
I would bet $20 that very few crashes, injury/fatal or not, involve a .08 or say .09 driver. Further I would double down and bet that the non-alcohol crashes, etc. are damn near as many as the .08 ones. Shit I bet texting-caused accidents are twice as many.
The guys (or gals) that you hear or see in the news careening the wrong way down the freeway, or running red lights, or speeding through town at a high rate of speed or running into a tree are F-ed up. Way, way over .05 or .08. Fine to throw away the key on those that do that. But the careful guy who share a pitcher or 2 with his buds then cautiously makes his way home obeying all laws? C'mon. Do not tell me that going from .08 to .05 will save one life. Complete BS.