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Re:Stoned drivers are safer than drunk ones, new federal dat... by Broken_Hippo on Monday May 16, 2016 @03:46PM (#11709062)
I don't think you understand. If you are legally drunk - blow a .08 on the test - you can get a public intoxication charge. It is that simple.

All that takes is living out of town and walking down the main route to your house and someone stopping and smelling alcohol.

It is great to put that theoretical thing in place. But people do, occasionally, mess up. I rarely went to bars because of transportation - others, not so much. Alcohol impairs judgement as, and if the options aren't there and easy to use, it is more likely that folks will drive drunk.

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Re:Stoned drivers are safer than drunk ones, new federal dat... by maxerickson on Monday May 16, 2016 @03:56PM (#11709120)
The law in Indiana was adjusted in 2012.

http://sftlawyers.com/new-indiana-public-intoxication-law-go...

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Re:Stoned drivers are safer than drunk ones, new federal dat... by Broken_Hippo on Monday May 16, 2016 @05:14PM (#11709684)
Cool. Been living out of the country for a few years, didn't know that :D Thanks muchly. I was always hopeful that my walking home wasn't interrupted by cops and took alternate routes at times. This should have been the case years ago.
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