Here's a link to the CNN report.
I oppose this recommendation being enacted into law in any state, which is consistent with my (rarely mentioned) opposition to charging/convicting people of DUI (driving under the influence and for my purposes, covers not only alcohol but any substance) for no other reason other than blowing a .08 or higher during a breathalyzer test.
It's my opinion that charging people for having a substance in their body, when breaking no laws otherwise, is a violation of natural rights, and as a corollary, allowing people to be charged or penalized for not submitting to a bodily function/fluid search based on mere suspicion is an illegal search and violation of the Constitution, though I know that's not where the weight of interpreted law stands at this time.
And it's my opinion that it's a constitutional violation to stop citizens traveling lawfully on public roads via 'DUI checkpoints', and then searching their persons based on 'smells' or 'suspicion'.
And, I believe that moving the BAC limit back to .05 from .08, with the above abilities of law enforcement currently in place, will serve to ruin many more lives by charging them with DUI, taking away their driving privileges, affecting their job opportunities in the future, than it will help save lives.
Reckless Driving is illegal.
Speeding is illegal, as is an unsafe slow speed in many states.
There are numerous moving violations and failure to obey signals laws on the books.
Focus efforts on enforcing these, not on whether or not someone merely had 2 drinks in one hour before driving.
This diary is meant to focus on this particular issue (DUI), not to bring up a larger discussion on civil liberties in general and their state in the US. Anyone who says 'drone' should be ignored unless there was a recent conviction of a pilot droning while having a BAC beyond .08.