scott_vt ... I know no one here is 'advocating" drunk driving and yes you are discussing two beers but therein lies the Dichotomy. One can not discuss "two beers" without discussing drunk driving since they are synonymous with each other, and I might add where most people kid themselves.
For someone about 150 pounds, two drinks ( equals two beers ) in two hours would probably make you legally drunk (.08 blood alcohol level). It doesn't take much alcohol at all to make you legally drunk, and alcohol stays in your system for hours before it is all gone.
All states in the United States have adopted 0.08% (80 mg/dL) as the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle for drivers aged 21 years or older. However, drivers under age 21 years are not allowed to operate a motor vehicle with any level of alcohol in their system.
According to the CDC - Note: Legal limits do not define a level below which it is safe to operate a vehicle or engage in some other activity. Impairment due to alcohol use begins to occur at levels well below the legal limit. YET, people in general define the level to operate a vehicle safely is TWO BEERS. Sorry to break peoples bubble but that level has never been defined and anyone who say it's two beers is frankly a liar.
No two people on the planet react the same to equal amounts of alcohol in two beers. Two beers for many is called a buzz, for others it's called getting your whistle wet.
Individual reactions to alcohol vary, and are influenced by many factors, including but not limited to
* Age.
* Gender.
* Race or ethnicity.
* Physical condition (weight, fitness level, etc).
* Amount of food consumed before drinking.
* How quickly the alcohol was consumed.
* Use of drugs or prescription medicines.
* Family history of alcohol problems.
A standard drink is equal to 13.7 grams (0.6 ounces) of pure alcohol or
* 12-ounces of beer.
* 8-ounces of malt liquor.
* 5-ounces of wine.
* 1.5-ounces or a 都hot of 80-proof distilled spirits or liquor (e.g., gin, rum, vodka, or whiskey).
So you can see two beers is equal to two drinks and in some states "depending on the above" you are considered drunk.
ANY alcohol use slows reaction time and impairs judgment and coordination, which are all skills needed to drive a car safely.2 The more alcohol consumed, the greater the impairment obviously, but two beers will also impair you and there is enough science out there to prove that, no matter what someone says.
The problem with that was that you needed your right hand to eat out of the community food bowl, you could not use your left hand because it was used .... well lets say to perform some inmentionable tasks ! So if you didnt have any family, your fate was probablly starvation ! Sounds pretty Draconian to me, along with your endorsement of death at the scene of the crime ! If it was my son or yours I would feel the same way ! Stiffer penalties maybe, but when the prisons are loaded with career criminals that have raped and murdered watching color TV, your going to have a hard time convincing many of that form of punsihment ! 
