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View Poll Results: What should the BAC for Australia be | |||
0.08 as it was for may years and is still so overseas |
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45 | 20.27% |
0.08 in the bush, 0.05 in the city and on highways |
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4 | 1.80% |
0.05 seems to be working well, leave it there |
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105 | 47.30% |
0.05 in the bush, 0.02 in the city and on highways |
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1 | 0.45% |
0.02 across the board |
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21 | 9.46% |
0.00000 as well as ZERO tolerance |
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30 | 13.51% |
Sliding scale, e.g. 0.08 first offence, 0.05 after that etc. |
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13 | 5.86% |
Something else, please detail |
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3 | 1.35% |
Voters: 222. You may not vote on this poll |
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BLUE OVAL INC.
Join Date: Feb 2006
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I voted something else.
1 word...Prohabition! Thats about the only thing that will influence DUI statistics. |
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Ich bin ein auslander
Join Date: May 2005
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Yep, it worked so well in the 30's in the US and still works so well in PNG provinces now.
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#153 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Just watched that RBT show.
Two drivers: First guy, 0.06, co-operative and remorseful, did not think he was over......$500 & 6 months Second guy 0.145, obnoxious smartarse, did not care he was over ...........$800 & 12 months Yep it is bloody good system...... |
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#154 | |||
Ich bin ein auslander
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#155 | ||
BOSS 5.4L Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2005
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The Fine should have been higher for the 2nd guy, besides that it seems about right.
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#156 | ||
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Gods Country
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Wow how this has turned around since i first voted..
My 2c, I have admitted elsewhere i am a little retarded when it comes to the traffic light drag.. And people have shot me down in flames because of my honesty.. The same people NOW reckon it is socially acceptable to drive UNDER .05.. Gimme a eak !!! I will not get into a car if i have had or the driver has had even ONE drink let alone several and paused to count back to the time frame to register .05.. 0 alcohol means 0 chance of clouded judgement = FULL concentration Argue all you like fellow forum buddies ,the hypocricy here astounds even me ... ![]() Last edited by Auslandau; 12-12-2010 at 10:42 PM. Reason: Language filtered |
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#157 | |||
Ich bin ein auslander
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#158 | ||
Ich bin ein auslander
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I think the big point of the legal limit is lets not dumb the legislation down to make the worst driver in the world safe, eventually we will not be able to have a beer within 3 days of a beer, limited to 20 km/h and only able to drive during the day and in dry weather.
Lets instead improve the standard of driver so that we can all enjoy safety with the laws we currently have (maybe even relax some a bit, but not alcohol levels). I find it very amusing that many of the regular people that complain about "nanny state" speed limits and that motorists should have greater right to "chose the appropriate speed", are the same ones saying that motorists should have no right to abide by alcohol levels and 0.00 should be the limit. So in one instance they are saying motorists should be allowed more responsibility and then in the other they are saying they are not capable and should have responsibility taken off them.
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#159 | |||
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: NW Tassie
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Full attention, you're joking right? ![]() With other people, and music etc in your car, your mind is never fully on the job. For most people, having one light beer will do very little to add to the amount of distractions you encounter when driving. (Yes I know there are the rarities) Keep it at 0.5 so that the people such as myself who enjoy having a drink after work still can and people such as yourself who will not touch alcohol then get in a car can continue on... As people have said, its not the limit that needs to change, its the drivers... Cheers ![]()
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Ich bin ein auslander
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Time for you to do some research before stepping up on yours. 1 Standard drink (10g alcohol) = approx 0.02 BAC and takes an hour to clear. 1 Standard drink is = to 1 mid strength (3-4%) or 1.5 full strength (4-6%) 375 ml cans. The light beer I drink is 2.7% so at 375 ml that is approx 75% of a standard drink. Therefore I could drink 480 mls in order to reach the average 0.02 increase in BAC when compared to mid strength. Now considering I have 2 in no faster than 2 hrs, normally over 3 hrs I would never achieve a blood alcohol greater than 0.02. According to some here I could legally fly a super jumbo over cities with 525 passengers on board. Quote:
You are criticising my opinions and attacking me when the example that I have put forward and the guidelines that I impose on my self result in the same BAC as someone on cough syrup. I might also add that during work hours and in between shifts I am always 0.00 BAC, are you 0.00 in between working days. I bet there has been at least one occasion where you have had drinks the night before and then in the morning driven your car with a BAC >0.00, unless you do not drink at all.
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335 - STILL THE BOSS ...
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Yeah OK ...... lets call it quits now as things are getting off track and personal. Cant keep cleaning up the thread.
Everyone has had there say and leaving things the way they are at 0.05 has had a resounding win.
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