The replies to this thread are fascinating. I grew up in Nebraska, everyone I knew went to the bar at least a couple of times a week or more. Oh yea, I was legally drinking in 1969. I was coming home in my cowboy cadillac (that's a pick up truck for those from Yorba Linda) and was motioned by a cop to pull over into a hospital parking lot. I was told I could volunteer to participate in a survey. I agreed, went into a trailer and was asked all kinds of questions, have you been drinking, how long tonight, how many & maybe more. Then I blew into this tube, don't remember the number, but, this was the start of the breathalizer test. So, I was a guinea pig. Oh yea, I was promised there would be no consequences if I was drunk, thankfully I wasn't cause if I was promised that today, no way Jose. I don't trust nobody, especially cops.
So, I became an over the road truck driver. With the new Commercial Driver's License that came in about '88, a pro driver would be considered a drunk driver at 1/2 the legal limit a normal license holder would be. And, pro drivers had to be randomly drug tested and definitely drug tested if involved in an accident.
So, 3,000,000 miles and 34 years later, too many randoms to remember, I'm retired, I still hold a CDL (hasn't expired yet) and I'm still under those rules until I renew & drop the CDL portion of my license. It doesn't matter if I'm driving a truck, car, or motorcycle either, those are the rules. So, what that means is pro driver's are not like ordinary US Citizens, so, I don't drink and drive, period. People who do, are stupid & taking a huge risk especially today and they obviously endanger the motoring public. Check the records if you doubt that statement.
My advice, if you're gonna drink, stay on the porch. That's what I do.
Class Dismissed.
roadduster