you can thank MADD for this bullshit.
I for one am glad that there is such a limit. I don't want anybody whose had 6 beers in 4 hours on the road with me. I don't have a problem with somebody going out and getting his drink on, just don't fucking drive afterwards. Set aside $20 for a Cab for Christ sakes.
The amount of "drunk" driving occurrences annually divided by the amount of drivings deaths/accidents/injuries is infinitesimal yet it is thanks to MADD made out to be an epidemic of the most epic proportions. Its safe to say distracted drivers or speeders are the cause of an equal or greater amount of driving deaths/accidents/injuries. I bet cellphones alone are a greater issue.
..If you legitimately fuck up you should be punished.
EDIT: I think i reversed that it should be drunk driving incidents / drunk driving occurences
Good, maybe because of it me or someone I care about won't become one of those "infinitesimal" victims of some beautiful being who thinks he's entitled to drink and drive.The amount of "drunk" driving occurrences annually divided by the amount of drivings deaths/accidents/injuries is infinitesimal yet it is thanks to MADD made out to be an epidemic of the most epic proportions.
Hopefully it was a lesson learned.
I don't feel bad for you at all OP.
Yep, it's going to cost a lot more than that $500 fine. A$20 Cab ride would have been the smart decision.Beyond the fine itself you're insurance fucked for years.
Come on, you think drinking and driving is cool?You made a mistake posting this here. ATOT is INCREDIBLY ignorant and self righteous on this topic. The DUI limits are set artificially low for the exact reason that .081 is, for all realistic purposes, the same amount of impairment as .079, and one is legal, one is not. Why would they set the limit as a true, incapable of driving, drunk? Otherwise those .079ers would still be killing machines.
You can spout all the lines like "impairment begins with the first drink" and "six beers is drunk no matter what", but these things are foolish. As someone else pointed out - you are more impaired when you're driving tired or distracted than someone at .081 is. And I bet 90% of you people spouting off here have done that. Also...six Coors lights over four hours for someone that isn't a 100 pound girl is not that much beer, at all. Coors light has very little alcohol in it, and four hours is a fairly long time.
Oh - and to whomever made the snarky "fish and chips don't metabolize alcohol" comment - while what you said is technically correct, eating DOES slow the rate of alcohol absorption, and considering your liver does this magical task of metabolizing it for you, when the alcohol is absorbed into your bloodstream slower, you end up with a lower BAC. Eating before and during drinking is pretty much the one thing that absolutely DOES make you less drunk per drink.
Anyway, I'm sure I'll be attacked from every angle for this post, and I really don't care.
Come on, you think drinking and driving is cool?
Come on, you think drinking and driving is cool?
Does Lakewood, CO even HAVE cabs? Tulsa is 2.5x the pop of lakewood and cabs are very rare here. If I had just had like 3-4 drinks in 3 hrs I'd probably drive home anyhow. 6 in 4.... probably would have left with a friend
Nope, just that the amount it is villanized - particularly here - is just incorrect.
I am positive that every driver in this thread has done something in a car as dangerous or more than the OP. Maybe they were tired. Or had a stressful day at work/home and were distracted. Or possibly messing with a radio/ipod. On the phone. Yelling at a fussy kid in the back seat. Whatever it is, it was as impairing or worse than driving .081.
Yet the ATOT moral patrol isn't kicking and screaming at them.
You made a mistake posting this here. ATOT is INCREDIBLY ignorant and self righteous on this topic. The DUI limits are set artificially low for the exact reason that .081 is, for all realistic purposes, the same amount of impairment as .079, and one is legal, one is not. Why would they set the limit as a true, incapable of driving, drunk? Otherwise those .079ers would still be killing machines.
You can spout all the lines like "impairment begins with the first drink" and "six beers is drunk no matter what", but these things are foolish. As someone else pointed out - you are more impaired when you're driving tired or distracted than someone at .081 is. And I bet 90% of you people spouting off here have done that. Also...six Coors lights over four hours for someone that isn't a 100 pound girl is not that much beer, at all. Coors light has very little alcohol in it, and four hours is a fairly long time.
Oh - and to whomever made the snarky "fish and chips don't metabolize alcohol" comment - while what you said is technically correct, eating DOES slow the rate of alcohol absorption, and considering your liver does this magical task of metabolizing it for you, when the alcohol is absorbed into your bloodstream slower, you end up with a lower BAC. Eating before and during drinking is pretty much the one thing that absolutely DOES make you less drunk per drink.
Anyway, I'm sure I'll be attacked from every angle for this post, and I really don't care.
Impairment versus intoxication
It should be noted that individuals can be impaired by alcohol without manifesting any visible signs. Impairment is not simply the appearance of gross physical symptoms but a deterioration of judgment, attention, loss of fine co-ordination and control with a possible increase in reaction time and a diminishing of sensory perceptions. Intoxication is an advanced state of impairment in which the gross physical symptoms of the effects of alcohol are apparent. The point at which "impairment" becomes "intoxication" is unique to the subject and depends on tolerance.
Nope, just that the amount it is villanized - particularly here - is just incorrect.
I am positive that every driver in this thread has done something in a car as dangerous or more than the OP. Maybe they were tired. Or had a stressful day at work/home and were distracted. Or possibly messing with a radio/ipod. On the phone. Yelling at a fussy kid in the back seat. Whatever it is, it was as impairing or worse than driving .081.
Yet the ATOT moral patrol isn't kicking and screaming at them.
They also aren't making threads about those things. Also, your claim of "as impairing or worse than driving .081" is bullshit without evidence. In addition, even if those things were as impairing or worse, that does not invalidate the danger of driving at .081 BAC, it just makes them all bad decisions.
Below .80 you are impared, above .80 you are considered intoxicated. A line has to be drawn, but you can keep on making up excuses so you feel vindicated driving after 6 beers and I'll keep ignoring you and watching out for your sort on the road.
How do you know mister Al Coholic wasn't also messing with his radio, talking on his phone, or yelling at a fussy kid in the back seat? Drivers are certainly dangerous when doing those things sober, but much more so when drunk.
with my weight, i can drink up to 2 an hour and still blow a .070. Fucking .001 over, my luck is fucked.