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Ronbo, I agree that there is some lost love between the public and law enforcement due to more restrictions on using the spirit vs letter of the law. But on the same note, people were also tired of hearing about some people getting breaks while others did not (and I can't say I blame them if they drew the short straw). As for impacts of seeing the results of crimes effecting my decisions, I guess telling people their loved ones had been killed as a result of a OWI driver...those do/did make me a little less forgiving.

Regardless, in America as compared to say...Germany, our OWI laws are weak. And even under the recommendation of prosecutors, MADD and law enforcement, many felony cases are still reduced to misdemeanors. And in the last decade the amount of paperwork for a DUI arrest has turned what used to be a simple one hour arrest/report into a three hour hell...for a simple misdemeanor. I've had friends and family arrested for OWI and I don't have much simpathy only because the laws are clear and there is always other options...too often it's that little bit of imparement which stops us from looking at the big picture and all our options.

Regarding arresting anyone for any alcohol in their system, that is true and false. It's the imparement I have to prove. The Per Se laws cover numerical values (below the number, your ok), the rest of the OWI laws cover straight driving while impared (which means I don't have to assign a number just prove driving while impared).
Just a thought.