Posted by:
tumwater
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Date: April 11, 2024 02:53PM
WA legislature is the same that passed the bill banning lead in cookware, is the ones that were working on a bill to reduce the driving impaired limit from 0.08% to 0.05%.
https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2024/01/29/washington-state-dui-limit-could-change-by-legislature/72372367007/So far 2400 drunk drivers have been arrested this year.
https://www.khq.com/news/over-2-800-drunk-driving-arrests-in-washington-in-2024-so-far/article_60a40c74-f3a0-11ee-8eff-ef1fabe8c6f3.htmlThere is no talk about the number of drug impaired accidents occurring.
In the Thurston County (location of the state capitol) Lacey City is building a new jail, while the Thurston County jail, the Olympia, Tumwater and Nisqually IR jails are sitting empty. The law enforcement officers and risking life and limb to stop the impaired drivers along with the domestic abusers and the judges are releasing all the arrested people without spending a day in jail or posting a dollar bond.