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On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 10:19:57 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 8/13/2016 10:17 AM, wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:47:28 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/13/2016 8:39 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 7:22:46 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> This is America. We barely care about drunk driving, as evinced by
>>>>>> our lenient drunk-driving laws.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lenient? Don't get caught DUI in Virginia.
>>>>
>>>> Virginia:
>>>>
>>>> Virginia categorizes a first DUI offense as a class 1 misdemeanor and imposes a fine ranginging from $250 to $2,500. The law also imposes a one-year license suspension. The punishment increases if you were arrested with a BAC of 0.15% or higher in which case your sentence may include a minimum five-day jail sentence..
>>>>
>>>> Sweden:
>>>>
>>>> Surpassing the limit is a serious offence, fined with €500. Driving with an alcohol rate over 0.12% is a crime (up to 6 months imprisonment and license suspension up to 4 years). Sweden: 0.02% (up to 6 months imprisonment), 0.10% (imprisonment, maximum 2 years).
>>>
>>> What about Cananda? That's where lucretia lives. Just because some
>>> country has draconian laws doesn't mean ours are bad.
>
>
>
>> Here's what was said without editing
>
>Right, did I say something out of line? You said the level is
>very low 'here', meaning Canada.

No I thought your comment meant you hadn't seen what Cindy and I
originally were posting. I don't think our laws are Draconian
though, anything that stops needless DUI deaths is great.
>
>
>
>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 02:38:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Don't they have any concerns about drivers being over the limit after
>>>> they leave?
>>>
>>> This is America. We barely care about drunk driving, as evinced by
>>> our lenient drunk-driving laws. It's as if driving was a civil right
>>> or something.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> Phew! I didn't know that. The level is very low here and now in
>> addition to roadside checks there are all sorts of PSAs urging people
>> to phone in if they see a driver acting erratically - if they use
>> their mobile it has to be a hands free, not legal any other way.
>>

Nancy Young[_8_]

On 8/13/2016 10:27 AM, wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 10:19:57 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> Right, did I say something out of line? You said the level is
>> very low 'here', meaning Canada.
>
> No I thought your comment meant you hadn't seen what Cindy and I
> originally were posting. I don't think our laws are Draconian
> though, anything that stops needless DUI deaths is great.
>>

I imagine not, they're probably more in line with ours.

I'm too lazy to look up Canadian laws, or if they're different
in various cities or provinces.

nancy

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On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 10:53:53 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 8/13/2016 10:27 AM, wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 10:19:57 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>
>>> Right, did I say something out of line? You said the level is
>>> very low 'here', meaning Canada.
>>
>> No I thought your comment meant you hadn't seen what Cindy and I
>> originally were posting. I don't think our laws are Draconian
>> though, anything that stops needless DUI deaths is great.
>>>
>
>I imagine not, they're probably more in line with ours.
>
>I'm too lazy to look up Canadian laws, or if they're different
>in various cities or provinces.
>
>nancy
>
They vary a little by province, but not too much. Here it is .05 but
how much you can afford to drink varies I guess with body weight etc.
though I have always understood one glass of wine with a meal and you
wouldn't exceed that limit.

Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2016-08-13 11:17 AM, wrote:

>> I'm too lazy to look up Canadian laws, or if they're different
>> in various cities or provinces.
>>
>> nancy
>>
> They vary a little by province, but not too much. Here it is .05 but
> how much you can afford to drink varies I guess with body weight etc.
> though I have always understood one glass of wine with a meal and you
> wouldn't exceed that limit.
>

Drunk driving in a criminal offense in Canada, so the limit is set
federally at 0.08. Several provinces have roadside suspension to 0.05
to 0.08. In SK the roadside suspension level is 0.04.

There are a lot of factors that are taken into account to guesstimate
your BAC,like size, weight, sex, whether or not you are eating food with
the booze, and how well your liver is working to metabolize the alcohol.
While size is naturally a factor it also depends on whether you are
well muscled or flabby. People with lower body fat will have a lower
BAC. Women will have a higher BAC than an equal sized male because they
tend to have a higher percentage of fat and they lack the enzyme that
helps to break down alcohol in the stomach.

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