Dui ffffuuuuuuu

[boomhower]

OP may be able to get out of depending on the laws of his state. In NC , you blow a .08 your pretty much done for. The other option is to refuse, then you have an instant 13 month suspension of your drivers license.

OP made an informed decision to drink and drive. Play with fire and you will get burned. The .08 rule is imperfect but for now it is the best we have. Yes, some people can be perfectly fine at .08. Others are not. Move that to .10 and the situation gets even worse. I just don't understand why people want to fight for a higher BAC for driving, if you want to drink get a DD or a cab. Personally I wish the would move it to the limit for commercial drivers, .04. Drinking and driving is just to dangerous a combo.

I agree texting and driving are dangerous, it is also outlawed in many places. Hands free phones also mandated in many places. In the end it is up to the driver to operate the vehicle safely. No matter what you do that makes you unsafe, you screw up and kill someone your the one going to jail.

OP, think about this. You were driving last night and someone runs a stop light and you hit them. There are no other witnesses. The driver dies and the passenger says they had the green light. They are sober you blow a .081. Who do you think is going to win in court, the sober person or the one with a six pack running through their veins?

 

[MJinZ]

You are not good at math. Apparently, your body can barely take 1.5 beers per hour and just be legally drunk.

I would contact a lawyer and ask questions about the accuracy of their testing equipment and how it holds up in court. A 0.001 over may be able to get dropped if a lawyer helps you out.

Always an margin of error on the instrument, so yea, 0.001 will not hold up and he doesn't even a need a Lawyer to point that out.

 

[boomhower]

Always an margin of error on the instrument, so yea, 0.001 will not hold up and he doesn't even a need a Lawyer to point that out.

Modern intoxolizers are calibrated before every test and considered accurate in a court of law.

 

[dougp]

 

[TheVrolok]

Modern intoxolizers are calibrated before every test and considered accurate in a court of law.

How do they self calibrate?

 

[boomhower]

How do they self calibrate?

I don't know, I don't design them. Before someone is tested it goes through a calibration routine. What it is actually doing I don't have a clue. I'm not saying they are perfect, I am saying they are generally accepted as so in court, at least here.

 

[Fingolfin269]

So because those things are "worse" (no proof of that), that makes this ok?



You do realize at checkpoints there are more than one police officer, and it's not like they let others pass when they stop one of them.

I love all the people in here justifying what he did. Likely they attempt the same "math" the OP did. :awe:

I'll fight .08 being too rigid forever. It's ridiculous.

 

[n7]

Idiot.

Nothing more needs to be said.

 

[Aharami]

that sucks OP. do you have to appear in court?

 

[brblx]

the constantly-lowering alcohol limits are dumb. .08 is not shit.

if they actually did some kind of study (not like the governent would ever use information to make laws, that makes too much sense), i would be willing to bet than 99% of drunk driving traffic fatalities are from completely fucking wasted people that would blow two or three times the legal limit, minimum.

OP's still an idiot. but it doesn't make the law any less retarded.

 

[vshah]

OP may be able to get out of depending on the laws of his state. In NC , you blow a .08 your pretty much done for. The other option is to refuse, then you have an instant 13 month suspension of your drivers license.

OP made an informed decision to drink and drive. Play with fire and you will get burned. The .08 rule is imperfect but for now it is the best we have. Yes, some people can be perfectly fine at .08. Others are not. Move that to .10 and the situation gets even worse. I just don't understand why people want to fight for a higher BAC for driving, if you want to drink get a DD or a cab. Personally I wish the would move it to the limit for commercial drivers, .04. Drinking and driving is just to dangerous a combo.

I agree texting and driving are dangerous, it is also outlawed in many places. Hands free phones also mandated in many places. In the end it is up to the driver to operate the vehicle safely. No matter what you do that makes you unsafe, you screw up and kill someone your the one going to jail.

OP, think about this. You were driving last night and someone runs a stop light and you hit them. There are no other witnesses. The driver dies and the passenger says they had the green light. They are sober you blow a .081. Who do you think is going to win in court, the sober person or the one with a six pack running through their veins?

well, if they can get time of impact from the car's computers then they could show that the light was red. not that I agree with the OP's actions, just saying...

 

[AMDZen]

I love all these self righteous assholes in this thread. I feel for you OP, hopefully things work out for you.

 

[Platypus]

This would have been a perfect addition to your LOL I'M A DRUNK thread.

Sorry to hear about your DUI, that sucks, but next time wait it out a bit more to make sure you're safe to drive.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

you can thank MADD for this bullshit.

 

[CRXican]

I'd have to guess... driving, 2 in the morning, post St. Patty's day.

Yeah, kudos on not getting wasted like some a-holes, but driving at that time, on a notorious drinking holiday... you're just asking for it.

Werd.

I stayed home. Not worth it.

 

[Krazy4Real]

with my weight, i can drink up to 2 an hour and still blow a .070. Fucking .001 over, my luck is fucked.

LOL! Your flawless logic is flawed.

Too bad you're not going to lose your license. Next time don't drink and drive.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

LOL! Your flawless logic is flawed.

Too bad you're not going to lose your license. Next time don't drink and drive.

 

[Krazy4Real]

 

[IceBergSLiM]

 

[Zargon]

I love all these self righteous assholes in this thread. I feel for you OP, hopefully things work out for you.

this.

that blows.

 

[AdamK47]

.081 ..... .001 more than the legal limit. i had 6 drinks over 4 hours and i weigh 170. i did the math and figured i was ok to drive.

Your math was off by one thousandth.

 

[edro]

The .08 value is the line at which most people become impaired.

Impaired is extremely subjective, but it basically means that if the alcohol affects your driving AT ALL, you are impaired and that is a crime.

Obviously, most people can drink and drive fine, but when it comes to an over protective society, they take a firm ground.
If they weren't firm on the limit, the regulation would creep all over the place.
Some places strictly, some places loosely.

 

[mugs]

Eat shit.

The legal maximum is there for a reason, would you be giving him shit if he were .79 which is the maximum legal amount?

That's why the number is there, so people can drink to the maximum allowed by law.

Anyways bro, I certainly think that if you think there is even the slightest chance you might have been over, there's no reason to risk it.

Sorry to hear about your problems.

This is wrong. The "legal limit" is the point where your BAC alone is enough to prove you were driving while impaired. Even if your BAC is under the legal limit you can get a ticket for DUI/DWI if you exhibit evidence that alcohol impaired your driving (e.g. inability to stay in your lane).

Obviously this all depends on what state you're in.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Your math was off by one thousandth.

assuming the breathalyzer was accurately calibrated to be accurate to one thousandth.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

The .08 value is the line at which most people become impaired.

Impaired is extremely subjective, but it basically means that if the alcohol affects your driving AT ALL, you are impaired and that is a crime.

Obviously, most people can drink and drive fine, but when it comes to an over protective society, they take a firm ground.
If they weren't firm on the limit, the regulation would creep all over the place.
Some places strictly, some places loosely.

The issue isn't with the limit the issue exists with the tenacity with which law enforcement seeks to enforce the law. In many states, though the limit my be .08 you can still be arrested for driving impaired under .08!