The recent fervor over a recent proposal to institute a new “driving-while-ability-impaired” law is dying down, and policymakers say it is unlikely to work out.

The proposal would make it so that those who imbibed moderately might still be punishable for illegal drinking and driving even if their blood alcohol level was under the currently legal limit of 0.08.

“It created a lot of dialogue, but I don’t think will ever be workable,” state Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston.

The idea would not lower the legal alcohol limit, but instead create a new classification for those with blood alcohol levels between 0.05 and 0.07.

“If you’re going to write up people for that and test ‘em on the side of the road for that, you’d probably have to shut down all your bars and restaurants and your sports events. … Essentially, wine with dinner would have to go out the window,” Whitmire said.

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