D.C. Government changes drunk driving law

Finally, the D.C. government does something that actually makes sense:

The D.C. Council voted yesterday to relax the city's "zero tolerance" drunken
driving law, which allows drivers to be prosecuted for minimal amounts of
alcohol in the bloodstream.

D.C. law gives police the authority to arrest drivers with blood alcohol levels above .01 but below .08, the level at which a driver is considered legally intoxicated in the District.

The council voted 9 to 3 for emergency legislation under which drivers with less
than .05 blood alcohol would be presumed to be not intoxicated. Mayor Anthony A.
Williams (D), who called the bill "hastily written,'' has 10 days to decide
whether to veto it.

Still this is only the first step to a new better government.