From a story about the drunken, registered sex offender ice cream man:
The offending driver had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit, according to a New Berlin police report.
Previously, it was only 2.4 times the legal limit back in the “old days” when the legal limit was .10 BAC. Now that the legal limit is .08 BAC (so that the state of Wisconsin doesn’t lose Federal highway funds, donchaknow?), the same BAC is now 3 times the limit.
As soon as legislators pass their next compromise with MADD and lower it to .06, the same BAC will be 4 times the limit.
So the legal limit multiplier reflects more on the current state of legislation than the actual state of drunkeness.
