Sober is .07 and below. Drunk is .08 and above.
So, legally, I was stone-cold sober (even though many feel that the legal limit is WAY too low to be practical). That is why I was stopped, tested, and released.
The average human body can oxidize about one drink's worth of alcohol an hour, meaning that once you finish your beer, your BAC will be at around 0 one hour later.
In any case, the fact was that I was completely (legally and otherwise) sober at the time. And no, I was neither erratically driving nor did my friend of 35 years call the cops on us after we had left his house. Also, I wasn't at a party.
However, that's beside the point I was trying to make. The reason I was stopped was purely due to the fact that I was there ... that's it, that's the only reason. The officer was just following the Stop Test Arrest program. And, while the officer was running my license to make sure I had no warrants and making me blow into a tube just because, other erratic drivers drove passed and were not stopped - the cop was busy with someone who was doing nothing wrong.
Don't get me wrong - I am completely against drunk driving. I think the penalties should be stiffened for it as well. However, my point is that I am also against arbitrary attempts to enforce the law, and I also believe the legal limit should be raised.
People at .08 aren't the ones out there killing others. Why then would they be prosecuted the same as someone who's twice the legal limit?
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