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What a dipshit. OP is like all the other assholes that think they are the only ones who can drive drunk and it doesn't affect them. Good luck getting off on the charges. Not going to see alot of sympathy from a jury.
 
InflatableBuddha said:
😵 You got stopped for a DUI, and yet when you get home you decide to drink even more? You really are a dumbass.
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because drinking at home is going to make my DUI worse? Besides I can do whatever i want in my own damn house.

And no i shouldnt be put in an AA group, because I only drink once or twice a week. Thirsty Thursday, and maybe saturdays. There are plenty of people in my college who drink way more than that.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
What a dipshit. OP is like all the other assholes that think they are the only ones who can drive drunk and it doesn't affect them. Good luck getting off on the charges. Not going to see alot of sympathy from a jury.
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shouldnt have any trouble getting off the charge, especially since the officer who issued me the ticket didn't verify that i was intoxicated.
 
jlee said:
so much misinformation here...I'm on my phone so this is short, but if impairment can be proven, you don't even need an .08. Sure it's a lot easier to prosecute that way, but to think that you're a-ok just because you're at .079 is idiotic.

You were quite likely higher than 081 when you were stopped. How much time passed between when you were stopped and when you blew?
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Having someone who isn't a sworn officer do a field test of a driver of a stopped car won't hold up as impairment anywhere that I know of.

We ran into a similar issue when I worked at Ft. Campbell. The gate guards, who were just civilian security, would call us saying that a driver might be impaired. Of course when we got there we couldn't see the car drive, because it was already pulled off to the side. Using someone else's word was iffy for pc to even do a field test.
 
HybridSquirrel said:
shouldnt have any trouble getting off the charge, especially since the officer who issued me the ticket didn't verify that i was intoxicated.
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LOL.

Never been through the system before have you?

Once the charges are filed....you are going to either plead to something or go to a jury trial.
 
IceBergSLiM said:
he was home who cares what he does when he is home. :thumbsdown:
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It's not about what he does in his home...for all I care he can put on a green dress and high heels and dance to Abba in his home.

The point is that he made a poor judgment by drinking excessively, then driving, and he suffered a legal consequence for that poor judgment. Then, shortly after, he decides to resume the activity that got him in trouble in the first place.

Honestly, how many people get nailed for a DUI and then think shortly after "Well, shit, I may as well drink more until I pass out". Definitely evidence of problem drinking.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
Just keep paying the money to the lawyer and he'll tell you everything you want to hear.
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This has become such a hot issue that the procedure for processing a dui has to be followed to a 'T' lest they risk the whole case being tossed. I don't know the rules in his state but being administered a questionably accurate sobriety test by a civilian doesn't seem like it would be part of the process. :thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown:
 
InflatableBuddha said:
It's not about what he does in his home...for all I care he can put on a green dress and high heels and dance to Abba in his home.

The point is that he made a poor judgment by drinking excessively, then driving, and he suffered a legal consequence for that poor judgment. Then, shortly after, he decides to resume the activity that got him in trouble in the first place.

Honestly, how many people get nailed for a DUI and then think shortly after "Well, shit, I may as well drink more until I pass out". Definitely evidence of problem drinking.
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Drinking didn't get him in trouble. Drinking and driving got him in trouble.
 
HybridSquirrel said:
not much time, because it was a check point. I pulled up, he asked me to pull to the side, and step out. at which point i was approached by someone who identified themselves as a volunteer for the DUI check point, wearing a hi-vis vest with no badge or any police identificaiton. He ran me through the field sobriety test, and had me blow. He went and got a real cop, and the cop issued me the ticket, without even doing any of his own tests. I asked him for a blood test verification and he said there were no on sight paramedics to administer it. I got the ticket, the cop walked away, and the volunteer stuck around till i got i called my girlfriend, she picked me up and laughed at me. Drove me the 1/2 mile down the road to my place. I posted on atot, had some more drinks, passed out and woke up and called my lawyer.
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As much as I think you really need to learn a lesson and stop drinking before you drive, you probably have a very good shot at getting out of it (as you described).
 
InflatableBuddha said:
It's not about what he does in his home...for all I care he can put on a green dress and high heels and dance to Abba in his home.

The point is that he made a poor judgment by drinking excessively, then driving, and he suffered a legal consequence for that poor judgment. Then, shortly after, he decides to resume the activity that got him in trouble in the first place.

Honestly, how many people get nailed for a DUI and then think shortly after "Well, shit, I may as well drink more until I pass out". Definitely evidence of problem drinking.
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Well most people arrested for a dui are actually 'taken in' and processed according a specific procedure given the opportunity to call a lawyer, read their rights, and given a free stay in the drunk tank.....etc

the matter of whether he drank "alot" is 100% subjective and besides the point...he is still innocent...the state has yet to prove that the test was given properly and that the machinery was calibrated to be the adequate accuracy.

Everyone should reserve judgment until he is found guilty of a crime.
 
TallBill said:
Having someone who isn't a sworn officer do a field test of a driver of a stopped car won't hold up as impairment anywhere that I know of.

We ran into a similar issue when I worked at Ft. Campbell. The gate guards, who were just civilian security, would call us saying that a driver might be impaired. Of course when we got there we couldn't see the car drive, because it was already pulled off to the side. Using someone else's word was iffy for pc to even do a field test.
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I was on atforums.mobi and pretty much read the first few posts. 😛
 
Deeko said:
Drinking didn't get him in trouble. Drinking and driving got him in trouble.
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Well, ok, specifically speaking yes. I mean that drinking exacerbated his poor judgment. From the first page:

HybridSquirrel said:
.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.
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Judgment suffers even after a couple drinks, and yet he relied on his impaired judgment to try to decide if he was ok to drive. And he's trying to work out a mathematical formula while impaired? Come on.

Anyways, the fact that he continued drinking after the DUI shows that he has a drinking problem.
 
From the sounds of things I bet your lawyer will get you off. If the person running the intoloxizer wasn't certified on it then your lawyer should be able to get you off pretty easily.
 
InflatableBuddha said:
Well, ok, specifically speaking yes. I mean that drinking exacerbated his poor judgment. From the first page:



Judgment suffers even after a couple drinks, and yet he relied on his impaired judgment to try to decide if he was ok to drive. And he's trying to work out a mathematical formula while impaired? Come on.

Anyways, the fact that he continued drinking after the DUI shows that he has a drinking problem.
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DUI doesn't mean he was drunk...stop assuming guilt...maybe he planned to go home and drink more to begin with.
 
InflatableBuddha said:
Judgment suffers even after a couple drinks, and yet he relied on his impaired judgment to try to decide if he was ok to drive. And he's trying to work out a mathematical formula while impaired? Come on.

Anyways, the fact that he continued drinking after the DUI shows that he has a drinking problem.
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I could do what the average person would call higher level math while drunk (as can most here probably)... basic multiplication and subtraction should be no problem even for the average student.
 
InflatableBuddha said:
More like, when you're in a hole, it's best to keep on digging :hmm:.
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more like he wanted to get drunk but knew he had to drive so he decided to wait to get home to get drunk. .08 isn't drunk...people who get drunk on a holiday revolving around drinking do not have a drinking problem. Who the fuck are you anyways? (the only acceptable answer is alcohol addiction counselor at this point):thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown:
 
While I don't condone driving after drinking, I do think the law needs to be changed and based on the driver's abilities, and not the blood alcohol levels. One person might drive like crap at one level, while the other person is still 100% all there at that same level. Not sure how they'd measure that though... would be kind of hard.

I rarely drink, and when I do it's not a lot but I always make sure I have a couple hours of no alcohol before heading back out. The rest is pepsi. It's actually funny seeing coworkers go a bit too far and get drunk. Retirement and birthday parties can be lot of fun for that. 😀
 
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