I f*cked up. Help and advice?
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- deathboy0
DUI laws are fucked. BAC levels arnt quite accurate descriptions to go by to see how well someone can function. Many factors can of ability and tolerances and body types can all function differently with different BAC levels. .15 used to be the standard where it may impair driving. But bitching and moaning groups get it dropped lower and lower and people are happy because it provides a revenue(politcians) and an illusion of safety(whiny bitchs). Lawyer up and try to get out of much damage as possible. Its your right to do so. Technically you didnt do any real damage, or did u? Its just a bullshit minority report preventative type law... Cant wait for the banning of all bluetooth cellphone headsets and phones in cars.
- DUI penalties are higher than speeding or distracted driving and those, depending on reports are top 2 killers
deathboy - Bluetooth and phones will never be banned.waterhouse
- http://ceoutlook.com…deathboy
- So? Read the fucking thing.waterhouse
- ppl trying to pass it. whiners everywhere hoping for a ban on all thingsdeathboy
- its liek saying so to .1 vs .15. erosion does the restdeathboy
- DUI penalties are higher than speeding or distracted driving and those, depending on reports are top 2 killers
- GeorgesII0
ahahahahahahah
I don't have a car...
- pr20
As always a bunch of practical closet Republicans frame the issue in easy terms while a few try to point out the bigger problem: namely that we've become slaves to the laws rather than laws working for us to help regulate human relationships.
A dude serves two consecutive 25 year sentences for shoplifting 9 video tapes, or another guy gets 26 years for stealing 4 cookies:
This is just not right. Yes, don't drink and drive but lets put it all in perspective. The chance of him hurting someone after 2 bears is rather slim - especially so because he wasn't pulled over for driving like a drunk but rather not following some obscure law about pulling to the left.
- fooler0
- now that's some f*cked up shit, I thought Oregon was supposed to be a "liberal" state?panacea
- unfortunately "liberal" means more gov't regulations but I'll save that conversation for the politics threadfooler
- yeah lib states have crazy lawsmoldero
- but it's also illegal for the police to have road side sobriety check points here. which is coolfooler
- JerseyRaindog0
There's a worrying amount of idiots in this thread who think 2 pints and a shot is nothing.
- it's not nothing but nowhere near as bad as texting and driving._niko
- akrok0
pull up those girly pants and man up. (that's the advice).
- akrok0
"DUI penalties are higher than speeding or distracted driving and those, depending on reports are top 2 killers"
you know why? cause people with DUI kill others. not them self. it's more of CAR vs. Person crossing the street. (bad odds)
- mydo0
who's idea was the shot of jamesons?
A couple of pints in a few hours, you're cutting it fine, but probably be ok, + relatively safe (compared to being tired or using a phone). but a shot of whiskey at Christmas time!I think the lesson to be learned here is we can all feel good about our selves for not making the same mistake. thanks for the new year moral boost.
- monNom0
Pay a lawyer for some advice. Even if you don't end up taking them to court with you, an hour long consultation with someone who knows the law in your state is going to be a whole lot more valuable than an internet forum.
- monNom0
Pay a lawyer for some advice. Even if you don't end up taking them to court with you, an hour long consultation with someone who knows the law in your state is going to be a whole lot more valuable than an internet forum.
- drgs0
lets hang the drunkard
- twooh0
I honestly felt bad for your situation at first, until I was driving on the 5-freeway and saw a drunk driver swerving lanes at 2AM, doing 95mph last night. I had to catch up with the guy, flash my blinders a few times, and call 911 to slow him down.
It was really dangerous man
- monospaced0
I skimmed through most of the thread, but wasn't sure, has anyone has asked panseared exactly WHY he was pulled over?
- Yes. He failed to move a lane inside when passing a stopped cruiser.waterhouse
- that's better than for suspicion of drunk driving!monospaced
- dummies0
i think you should go to jail for attempted vehicular homicide
- panacea0
It's smarter to not drive at night. Bottomline.
- wasywas0
0.13 seems high for 3 drinks, unless you are 80 pounds. Could the breathalyzer be faulty? Talk to a lawyer.
- mikotondria30
It's simple math, though isn't it ?
1 pint of Guiness = 3 units of alcohol.
x 2 = 6 units of alcohol.
+ 2 bar measures of Whiskey; probably 2 each (1 unit of alcohol for spirits is one UK measure of approx. 1/16 Gill), as someone who has drunk extensively on both sides of the pond I can tell you US free-poured measures are literally twice what they are in the UK, so that's another 4 units of alcohol, giving 10 in all. A healthy buzz and no mistake.
You were there for 2 1/2 hours, so even assuming you had consumed it all instantly, then let your liver process 1 unit per hour, that's still 10 - 2.5 = 7.5 units of alcohol in you when you left. That's the lower limit, let's average it out to 8.5 units.
That's too much to get into a car and drive with. Anyone would feel a buzz from that even if they were having a 'quiet' drink where emotions and behavior were 'business like' and not focussed around being drunk, and being drunk wasn't the topic of conversation.
What state was this in ?- 2 pints of Guinness and 2 shots? Mate come on. You tipsy!rosskemp
- MarleyMarl0
I don't feel sorry for you.
- If I were you I wouldn't either. not looking for sympathy, just looking to move past this in the best way possible.panseared
- I guess you could either kill yourself or flee the country.CygnusZero4