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That's one I used to hold until I went looking for studies on how smaller doses of alcohol impact a person's driving ability. What I found was a linear, dose-dependent response with no real hard cutoffs. Driving is dangerous enough; there's little benefit to making that worse by drinking beforehand.
I might be OK with a reduced penalty at .08, but I'd like to add a slap on the wrist at an even lower level.
Here in Sweden the limit is at 0,2 ‰ which I believe is equivalent to 0,02 BAC. So 0,08 BAC is really high IMO.
The limit for a serious violation is 1 ‰
The punishment for a normal violation is a fine or up to 6 months in prison. The punishment for a serious violation is up to 2 years in prison. Apparently if you go above 1,5 ‰ you are quite unlikely to get any other punishment than prison, so community service or similar is out.
If you are found guilty they generally take your driving licence a As well and you are not allowed to get a new one for a minimum of 1 month or a maximum of 3 years (minimum 1 year for serious violation)
Does that mean the limit is like half a drink?
I have no idea, I don't drink.
But if that's the case it makes sense since you shouldn't drink and drive at all IMO the limit should be treated more like a margin of error (because you shouldn't drink at all) and less like a limit of how much you can drink.