> In case it wasn't clear from my comment, I'm less willing to argue for the innocence of a person who was at .07, or .075, or .0799, because of the potentially

> In case it wasn't clear from my comment, I'm less willing to argue for the innocence of a person who was at .07, or .075, or .0799, because of the potentially serious consequences of their decisions and the number of convenient alternatives they had available. Do you feel the same way about getting ticketed for Speeding when going 55mph in a 55mph zone? Going 56mph is technically speeding you know and 55mph is very close to 56 mpg. 55mph and 56mph are arguably equivalently dangerous. A limit is a limit. It's a discrete, unchanging, unambiguous, line in the sand that once crossed warrants consequences. That's why we codify these things into laws.