For one thing, this contractor is trying to get the BAC level lowered from .08 to .05. That way, more people can be arrested for DUI, and more people can be fined and go to those private jails. Hooray for privatization!
Of course, they will sell it as being “for our own good.”
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Commentary on NTSB Recommendation to lower the blood alcohol limit for driving from .08 to .05 in the United States
Researchers at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) say that the recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today to lower the illegal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for driving from .08 to .05 in states has a strong evidence-based foundation.
You can also see some evidence of the “revolving door” between public and private industry:
PIRE’s Senior Research Scientist, Bob Saltz, has just accepted the position of chairperson of the Community Influences on Health Behavior Study Section of the Center for Scientific Review at NIH for a term beginning July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2015.
A study that concluded that gun violence costs Americans at least $12 billion per year was published on the front page of USA Today on March 5th. The research was conducted by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), an anti-gun advocacy group based in Maryland that received funding through the Tides Foundation, an organization that is funded by George Soros.
PIRE has called for random roadside breath tests that would cover at least half the driving population each year and allow police to give breathalyzer tests to all drivers.
