&gt; You get liquored up beyond the set legal limit, you get in your car, put the key in the ignition, and start the engine.<p>Not a crime.<p>&gt; you put it into gear and keep your foot on the brakes.<p>A crime.<p>In the first case you are not driving. In the second case you absolutely, unambiguously <i>are</i> driving.<p>It&#x27;s not a crime because you might kill someone, it&#x27;s a crime because it has been defined as such in legislation. The <i>legislation exists</i> because you might kill someone.<p>Law is arbitrary because it has to be. And we have picked this arbitrary line because society broadly agrees that this line makes the most sense.<p>&gt; In my opinion, you have to actually do some damage to be a criminal.<p>Then I&#x27;m very glad you don&#x27;t have control over the law. I don&#x27;t want drunk people to drive because I drive on the road, my family drives and travels on the road, my friends drive and travel on the road.