Drinking and Driving (A Rant)

[Tenacity]

So a girl I'm currently dating hosted a get together on Sunday and as she was driving home, she got pulled over by a cop. She pretty much only had about 2 small cups of wine, but apparently that was enough to be over the limit of .08% here in Michigan.

Here is my rant though and this is why going forward, I'm NO LONGER drinking anything socially at events, parties, bars, clubs, etc., anymore where after the social event is over I have to "drive home".

When you take a close look at this .08% law and the "how many drinks" calculator, you can have something as SIMPLE as two 12 oz. beers and that might hit this limit. It also depends on your tolerance level, so you might only have ONE fvcking 12 oz. beer and hit the .08% range.

Going forward, I am flat out NO LONGER drinking at social events, bars, clubs, etc. What I've been doing for awhile (on my diet cheat days) was to buy beer and come home and drink it with people I'm with, or at least drink it over someone's house and crash there for awhile instead of immediately getting up and driving.

I think you guys ought to consider this practice as well. It just doesn't make any sense to me, when you go to the bar and watch a damn Connor McGregor fight, you are going to have at least 3 or 4 beers as the entire UFC pay-per-view takes place over a couple of hours. You could leave the bar and a police officer is waiting across the street, pulls you over, now you are slapped with a DUI and $5,000 in fees you have to pay (attorney and related fees).

How these laws don't put bars out of business is beyond me? I guess most people just don't give a damn and figure they can maneuver around the police. I'm just not taking that chance anymore.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

Good policy. Reminds me of a joke. Two cops are sitting outside of a bar, waiting for the first drunk to come out so they can get their nightly quota. Right on schedule, some guy walks out, stumbles around, scratches his head, trying to find his car. He starts slowing stumbling up the street, weaving and bumping into stuff. The cops are watching, laughing, starting to bet each other how high is blood alcohol is. Finally they see him settle on a car, and try for a few minutes to get his key in the door. They slowly walk over, just as he starts his car. He gets out and blows a perfect 0.0 on the breathalyzer. The cops, confused, ask WTF?

You're not drunk?

No, I'm the decoy. All my drunk friends are long gone by now.

 

[Bible_Belt]

My gf was driving my drunk ass home in my car, we got pulled over, she blew a .07, and the cop still wrote her the DUI, just to be a d!ck. Whatever they say the BAC is in your state to get a DUI, it's a lie. Cops can write a DUI to anyone, regardless of what the breathalyzer says.

In 20+ years of driving, I have been over the limit more times that I can remember. I have driven home and not remembered it, starting from the time I was 16. DUI law is a fvcking joke. The stats about it are all lies. If a sober person wrecks and dies on the way home from the liquor store with beer in the car, that goes down as an "alcohol-related fatality." The portable breathalyzer cops use is designed to be inaccurate and make people fail. They make approximations in the formula for factors like oxygen content of exhaled air - and that is different for everyone, based on alveoli concentration in the lungs, a genetic factor. *Never* blow into a portable breathalyzer. You have the right to make them take you to the police station to use the real, non-portable breathalyzer that actually reads accurately.

Poor, rural counties like mine don't have any valuable property to tax. They make their money from fines and fees. A sizable chunk of that revenue is DUI fines. It's a business, and their job is to make money. That's what all of this "saving you from drunk drivers" bvllsh!t is about.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Speaking of Conor McGregor, how the f v c k did he lose to that nobody Nate Diaz?

You haven't been a fight fan very long if you think a Diaz brother is a nobody.

No worries about the McGregor fight, the drug tests will come back in about a week, and everyone knows Nate is going to flunk for mj. He does it on purpose, to show the world he can smoke weed and still kick anyone's ass.

 

[raider87]

When I was 19 I got arrested for blowing 0.01, I went to court and they made me do a 7 week traffic offenders program. After that I went back to court and still lost my licence for 3 months. Had 2 beers at lunch.

 

[Bible_Belt]

McGregor is a great fighter, and he handled the loss like a man.

 

[Desdinova]

When I'm driving, I have a total of ONE drink at the beginning of the night. I drink water for the rest of the evening (I don't drink soda pop). Bars that have a minimum purchase limit don't get my business nor the friends I happen to be the designated driver for. If the bar isn't going to offer to drive me and my vehicle home after enforcing their minimum purchase rule, then I don't use their establishment.

My job relies on my ability to drive. If I fvck up my license, then I fvck up my job.

 

[spiegel549]

Uber. Even if I plan on having 1 drink, I call an Uber. Aren't they almost everywhere now? For $10-20 round trip I would think its fair to say that's the best move.

 

[zinc4]

So a girl I'm currently dating hosted a get together on Sunday and as she was driving home, she got pulled over by a cop. She pretty much only had about 2 small cups of wine, but apparently that was enough to be over the limit of .08% here in Michigan.

Here is my rant though and this is why going forward, I'm NO LONGER drinking anything socially at events, parties, bars, clubs, etc., anymore where after the social event is over I have to "drive home".

When you take a close look at this .08% law and the "how many drinks" calculator, you can have something as SIMPLE as two 12 oz. beers and that might hit this limit. It also depends on your tolerance level, so you might only have ONE fvcking 12 oz. beer and hit the .08% range.

Going forward, I am flat out NO LONGER drinking at social events, bars, clubs, etc. What I've been doing for awhile (on my diet cheat days) was to buy beer and come home and drink it with people I'm with, or at least drink it over someone's house and crash there for awhile instead of immediately getting up and driving.

I think you guys ought to consider this practice as well. It just doesn't make any sense to me, when you go to the bar and watch a damn Connor McGregor fight, you are going to have at least 3 or 4 beers as the entire UFC pay-per-view takes place over a couple of hours. You could leave the bar and a police officer is waiting across the street, pulls you over, now you are slapped with a DUI and $5,000 in fees you have to pay (attorney and related fees).

How these laws don't put bars out of business is beyond me? I guess most people just don't give a damn and figure they can maneuver around the police. I'm just not taking that chance anymore.

In my earlier days I was pulled over drunk about five times miracously only charged once...other one was dropped by my lawyer...others were just cool cops...

Now I won't even drive if I've had one beer. Uber is your friend.

A DUI will make your immediate future hell and sticks around almost forever on your record....arrest record.

 

[zinc4]

My DUI has single-handedly lost me a couple jobs I've interviewed for over the years.

I'd feel I was a shoe-in for it, then they find my DUI and, all of a sudden, a gate drops down and chops my d!ck off.

No drinking and driving, kids.

You feel invincible when you're drinking. Until you see those red and blue lights pop on behind you on your way home.

I used to be terrified of those lights and sirens....was always riding dirty. Feels good to have zero reason to worry when a cop pulls up behind u.

 

[foreverAFC]

stay home and vaporize marijuana instead while surfing the net and jacking off to internet porn, its safer and more enjoyable

 

[Skyline]

When I was 19 I got arrested for blowing 0.01, I went to court and they made me do a 7 week traffic offenders program. After that I went back to court and still lost my licence for 3 months. Had 2 beers at lunch.

Legal age to drink is 21, assuming you're in the U.S.

And @Bible_Belt you're girl should have fought that in court. It has to be a 0.08 to be classified as a DUI in most states. You could have also testified as a witness and probably wouldn't even need a lawyer to win that.

Guys, if you ever get a ticket from a cop and you know 100% that it's bullsh*t, don't sign that paper saying 'you did it.' Instead, GO TO COURT AND FIGHT IT. Cops are not lawyers or judges and they usually won't show up to court which means you automatically win.

 

[zinc4]

Truth....Cops never show to court for a DUI...

Half of em do it themselves past the legal limit.

 

[Building_and_Loan]

Saw an article stating many states are considering legislation that would lower the legal limit to 0.05 BAC.

That means for you golfers out there who like to have a few beers while on the course, you'll have to consider taking an Uber home. Fvck that.

The only reason they're considering this is money. Uber us clearly cutting into their profits from DUIs.

 

[Bible_Belt]

And @Bible_Belt you're girl should have fought that in court. It has to be a 0.08 to be classified as a DUI in most states. You could have also testified as a witness and probably wouldn't even need a lawyer to win that..

We tried. I knew a guy from law school, we even played high school football together. I paid him $1,200 cash up front. He did absolutely nothing. We got the same plea deal down to reckless driving that every other first-time offender got, lawyer or not. And he fvcked up the court supervision; I had to go fix that. Then he sued us for the balance of the bill, like $500. When I showed up at his office to pay him that money, he and everyone else in the building thought I was going to kick his big fat ass. I could tell all of his employees were hoping that would happen.

 

[YawataNoKami]

I was eight ,
she was seventeen ,
,300 hundred yards from her house a fvcking drunk driver hit her. She was the best cousin ever. Always doing something for us. My uncle saw everything, his daughter dead on the street. The scream.......... Dear Lord. He went to his house and came back with a gun. The scumbag , no a single scratch. My uncle shot him six times , spend nine years in prison. I'm not against alcohol but drunk drivers they really piss me off.


Should the death penalty be applied to drunk drivers?

If the offender has a history of driving under the influence then yes, I believe the death penalty is warranted.