US DWI laws

According to the Drunken Driving Laws in the US, Driving under Influence is an offense. The offense is criminal in nature. Any person who is suspected to be driving the vehicle under the influence of alcohol is stopped and subjected to the Field Sobriety Test. Where the person records a BAC level of .08 or more he is convicted under DWI offense. The law is the same whether the suspect is a man or a woman. The law is the same for both the genders.

Discrimination Against Women

As such the law does not have a single provision discriminating against women subject to drunken driving. But the following articles research articles give rise to the opinion may they should discriminate for better regulation and control. Legislatures may need to consider the sex differences in the DWI Laws in order conform to justice.

• An enzyme called gastric alcohol dehydrogenase that helps in breaking down alcohol is less in women than men. School of Medicine in Trieste, Italy had conducted a research both men and women both orally and intravenously and found that women reached same levels of blood alcohol content as men after drinking only half as much as men.
• Yet another study showed that women have lower partition ratios of blood to breath. This is based on the theory that one unit of alcohol in breath is equal to 2100 units of alcohol in blood.
• Canadian scientist have found that women who take oral contraceptive pills eliminate ethanol faster than those who do not consume such pills, which means they reach BAC faster and also loose them much faster. A breathalyzer test may prove futile in such cases.

The problem with law is that, with its wide wisdom, it assumes everybody is the same. But nonetheless I would like to hear from you my friends. What do you think about this? Do you really think there is any discrimination in DWI Laws against women? The prejudice exists or it is just case of over imagination? Your views are very important for me, so don’t forget to share your thoughts and opinions with me and your fellow blog readers.