Careful! I think the legal limit is 0.05 now (nearly half of what it used to be). Albeit, I generally refuse to drive when I've had anything to drink. Even if I might be OK, it's hard to be sure, and it's not worth the risk. Under certain circumstances I'll allow a single beer in a 1-2 hour span, or 2 beers in a 3-4 hour span and then drive (and for at least the last hour of which I haven't had any alcohol). Any more than that and I plan to spend the night, cab it, or walk; regardless of how long it's been since I had a drink (of course, after you've had 3 beers you don't really want to stop until you've had 8 ).

Well 0.05% to 0.08% is the 'warning range' where they can temporarily suspend your license and fine you $150 (but they can't actually charge you with impaired since you technically haven't broken the law). A B.A.C greater than 0.08% is still the criminal limit in Canada and testing over 0.08% will see you charged with impaired driving.

Once your license is suspended, its the same thing as not having a license, with all of the concequences involved.

And generally not paying a fine gets you a court date.

This is what I'd rather they do, but no, they want to have their warning thing.

Most countries do make it illegal to drive lower than that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content

Though, there are some cities that have zero tolerance in place and that means you will get in trouble even if you have a sip of alcohol and drive. If you are pulled over and even read as having alcohol they will ticket you or take you to jail. Got to be careful though, some cops are crooked though, I had a friend that was telling me one night him and his brother were pulled over. His brother was arrested for DUI and the officers didn't want to bother with a tow truck because they would had to wait for it, so they told the brother to take it to their house (they were pulled over less than 10 feet from their house) and swore they wouldn't give him a hard time over having no license. As soon as he turned it off and got out they busted him for driving with no license and DUI. Scared them bad enough that they haven't even casually drank since.

Technically it is illegal to drive with a BAC over 0.05 (I guess like it's illegal to roll through a stop sign), but it's not criminal if it's still under 0.08. The law apparently says that you can't even appeal it if you're charged with it.

Yeah, but they told him to go ahead and park his brother's car in their drive. Soon as he did though the cops that told him to go ahead and park it arrested him for driving without a license and a DUI. His family attempted to sue the police, but I don't know what ever came of it.

Problem is that we are told, if you are at a light or on the road and a cop is there, you obey the cop and not the light or traffic signs. You are screwed either way as their are laws actually in place where you get in trouble if you disobey an officer. It is no wonder some get power hungry.

In NY state, DWI only requires intent to drive. Simply being in the car (in any seat) with the keys in your possession counts as intent. You can be sitting in your car listening to the radio, waiting for a ride (doing the responsible thing) and still get a DWI.

The law says that a person directing traffic (DOT, police, firefighter, etc) supersedes any existing traffic control devices. The law doesn't say a cop can force you to break the law. A police officer has no right to break the law or order anyone else to do so. IANAL, but I would be fully confident in refusing to obey the cop in such a situation. If they're stupid enough to try and ticket and arrest you for refusing to break the law, then it will get laughed out of court. If they brutalize you, then you can cash in later.

That doesn't change the fact that they cannot legally force you to break the law. What do you suppose would happen in court when the police presented their case against an unlicensed person who refused to move a car, while drunk, under instruction of the police? Hint: it wouldn't make it anywhere near court before it was thrown out.

After you've done a day's training on a 125cc, this is the next exam in the uk and it's the equivalent of your 'parking lot' test. Do it on a 500cc and you can ride any bike on passing the next test, do it on a 125 and you have to stay on a 125 for 2 years.

That's already been covered. It's because a traffic cop takes precedence over any lights or signs. Not because police can order you to do anything even if its illegal.

After another week driving around the US, I'm now convinced that the reason why you guys are such bad drivers compared to UK drivers is because of your road systems. Roundabouts are just so far superior to stop-signs. Though you do need to be taught to use roundabouts properly. In the UK, learning to use roundabouts properly is at least 50% of learning to drive - I would imagine that building roundabouts in the US would cause mayhem because US citizens would have no clue of how to use them properly.

Those things have been popping up around here, and I haven't had any issues with them, though they are in isolated areas.