Have you had a DUI

[IGBT]

..never.

 

[Anubis]

no but ive driven when i shouldent have, relaly shouldent have, and before you start bitching at me that was a long time ago and only happened once

 

[meltdown75]

Amazingly no DUIs. Two 12-hour suspensions and one fine for "drinking out of residence" (booze cruising).

I say "amazingly" because booze-cruising was what we did for entertainment in the hick town I grew up in.

Pliablemoose: I used to have to close one eye too. -_0

edit: i have to add that i don't drive wasted anymore... i am much more scared of my wife's nagging than the law.

 

[shadow9d9]

Originally posted by: homercles337
Wheres your pole?

Yes. I was 21 and in a different state. California at the time was like a second offence "plus" (meaning 2.5 offences). I paid a $1500 fine and $2300 in classes. I also got arrested friday evening and had to spend my time in county until monday morning. :|

I also, *love* all the holier than thou, religious assholes that come out of the woodwork for threads like this. :roll:

Edit: i would also like to mention that more deaths occur because of people falling asleep than getting drunk. They always have. The added fines, lawyers, court costs, "classes," etc are nothing more than income for the state. Where is the same level of outrage for drowsy drivers? Oh, thats right, you cant qualify "drowsiness" to arrest someone.

This has nothing to do with religion. Considering I don't have a religion(I guess agnostic) and yet I have never had a drink in my life, I hate it when people make ridiculous assumptions. Nowadays it is so publicized how much damage could be done to others, that anyone who does it now has absolutely no possible excuse. How anyone could possibly justify it to themselves is beyond me.

 

[shadow9d9]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
No, but I also realize it isn't the worst thing someone can do. A DUI doesn't make you a bad person. Everyone makes mistakes.

"Mistakes" that have a very high chance of injuring/killing others DOES make you a bad person. You have the choice to drink. you have the choice to drive. You can't watch tv or go to school without hearing 1000s of times how dangerous and reckless it is. Therefore doing it is no more of a "mistake" than going out and killing another person. It absolutely does make you a bad person.. and a selfish asshole as well.

 

[markgm]

7 of them, 1-800-LADY-DUI got me off every time, well worth it. Probably runs $1500 a time.

 

[rh71]

It wouldn't anger me as much as it does if those who cause deaths would just die themselves. "Accident" my ass.

 

[markgm]

http://www.ladydui.com/ It's funny in a sad way. I half want to take the questionnaire on her site.

 

[teclis1023]

Originally posted by: homercles337

I also, *love* all the holier than thou, religious assholes that come out of the woodwork for threads like this. :roll:

Where is the same level of outrage for drowsy drivers?

Driving drunk is not just an accident or a mistake. It costs lives and destroys families. You've done it, and therefore you're defensive about it. But that "holier-than-thou" attitude is not only warranted, but necessary.

When a person drives under the influence, they are making a statement. They're stating that they believe themselves to be more important than the safety of everyone else on the road. They're stating that they simply don't care whether or not their actions affect someone else. They are willing to gamble with other people's lives in order to satisfy a night's worth of partying or drinking. There are PLENTY of ways to avoid it, such as taking a bus, taking a cab, or having a DD.

You don't get behind the wheel just because you're drunk. You've got to have that mentality in you before hand. It's the same as other activities when drunk - they can be found within you even when sober. Your drunk persona is just another part of who YOU are. Drunks like to pretend that the Alcohol makes them act a certain way - it's a way of washing their hands of their disgusting, ridiculous behavior.

I've been smashed outta my mind before, yet I have never gotten behind the wheel, I've never cheated on a girlfriend, and I've never made racist remarks. Being drunk simply isn't an excuse, because in the end, it was YOUR actions. Perhaps we get on a high horse, but it's because we refuse to partake in a dangerous behavior.

As for driving while tired, I view that very similarly. If you are too tired to drive, you need to stop over at your nearest truck-stop and take a nap, or you're basically doing the same thing that a drunk driver does.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I've never had one.

I do know someone that has had 9 of them.
Now that I think about it, I know quite a few people that have had them (friends, co-workers, relatives, etc.).
I think it is a lot more common than people think.

 

[ggnl]

No, but I only drive when I'm that special kind of drunk where you're a better driver because you know you're drunk. You know, the kind of drunk where you probably shouldn't drive, but you do anyway because, I mean, come on, you got to get your car home. Right?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Of course not, I'm not stupid/selfish enough to drive after drinking.

in 2006 The number of deaths in crashes in which a driver had a blood alcohol level of at least 0.08, the legal limit, rose to 13,990

Total Car related fatalities was ~43,000

Killed by the common flu ~20,000
Killed by murders ~15,517
Killed in airline crashes
(of 477m passenger trips) ~120 (1)
Killed by lightning strikes ~90
Killed by Anthrax ~5


Strange truth is sober drivers killed more people. While this makes sense since there were more sober driving trips than drunk driving trips. While considering that the number of drunk driving trips was estimated at 160 million. The percent of those that ended in a fatal crash or even non fatal crash was far far less than .1%

that said whenever possible don't drive drunk, use a dd, get a cab or just simply sleep it off.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
Strange truth is sober drivers killed more people.

There's actually nothing strange about it, since 99% of people driving are in fact sober.

The shocking statistic IMHO is that there were that many alcohol-related driving deaths. That's a shitload any way you slice it and an alarming % of those types of deaths on the whole.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
Strange truth is sober drivers killed more people.

There's actually nothing strange about it, since 99% of people driving are in fact sober.

The shocking statistic IMHO is that there were that many alcohol-related driving deaths. That's a shitload any way you slice it and an alarming % of those types of deaths on the whole.

See my edit. the % isn't really alarming.

 

[ForumMaster]

no. i don't drink and i don't drive yet though i will soon. therefor, it's kind of hard to. even soon when i will be able to drive, it'll never happen. i hate alcohol. it's taste doesn't appeal to me.

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Of course not, I'm not stupid/selfish enough to drive after drinking.

in 2006 The number of deaths in crashes in which a driver had a blood alcohol level of at least 0.08, the legal limit, rose to 13,990

Total Car related fatalities was ~43,000

Killed by the common flu ~20,000
Killed by murders ~15,517
Killed in airline crashes
(of 477m passenger trips) ~120 (1)
Killed by lightning strikes ~90
Killed by Anthrax ~5


Strange truth is sober drivers killed more people. While this makes sense since there were more sober driving trips than drunk driving trips. While considering that the number of drunk driving trips was estimated at 160 million. The percent of those that ended in a fatal crash or even non fatal crash was far far less than .1%

that said whenever possible don't drive drunk, use a dd, get a cab or just simply sleep it off.

Are you saying that 13,990 of the ~43,000 auto fatalities were alcohol related?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

correct.

other accidental death rates:

Falls 13,322
Poisoning and Noxious Subst's 12,757
Drowning 3,842
Exposure to Smoke, Fire, Flames 3,377
Other Land Transport Accidents 1,492
Complications of Med/Surg Care 3,059
Accidental Discharge of Firearms 776

 

[FallenHero]

My roommate has gotten about 16 in the past 6 months.

He is always going to court on them.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
My roommate has gotten about 16 in the past 6 months.

He is always going to court on them.

I call shens on that. You may get off on 1, but show up in court again chances are you are fucked.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: tw1164

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Of course not, I'm not stupid/selfish enough to drive after drinking.

in 2006 The number of deaths in crashes in which a driver had a blood alcohol level of at least 0.08, the legal limit, rose to 13,990

Total Car related fatalities was ~43,000

Killed by the common flu ~20,000
Killed by murders ~15,517
Killed in airline crashes
(of 477m passenger trips) ~120 (1)
Killed by lightning strikes ~90
Killed by Anthrax ~5


Strange truth is sober drivers killed more people. While this makes sense since there were more sober driving trips than drunk driving trips. While considering that the number of drunk driving trips was estimated at 160 million. The percent of those that ended in a fatal crash or even non fatal crash was far far less than .1%

that said whenever possible don't drive drunk, use a dd, get a cab or just simply sleep it off.

Are you saying that 13,990 of the ~43,000 auto fatalities were alcohol related?

The problem with those statistics is they usually entail anyone that had alcohol....it could have been the not at fault driver.

That Gary Collins accident where he was drunk did not contribute to the accident according to reports.

It's really hard though to determine once a person has drank if it's what caused the accident.

Still if you go with the max of 14k..its crazy the infrastructure put in place to handle it. It becomes obvious it's a revenue generator first and then a way to pass other laws second.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
Strange truth is sober drivers killed more people.

There's actually nothing strange about it, since 99% of people driving are in fact sober.

The shocking statistic IMHO is that there were that many alcohol-related driving deaths. That's a shitload any way you slice it and an alarming % of those types of deaths on the whole.

Actually the statistics show those out late night esp between Thursday and Sunday morning are often impaired via drugs or alcohol. Lack of sleep is also a factor in many as well.

The statistics also show almost anyone that drinks regularly has at some time driven while they would have failed a .08% blood test.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

No and I never will, drinking and driving is stupid. I hope all the people that do it die in a fiery blaze caused from them hitting a tree.

 

[T9D]

I got caught with a tapped keg in the car that my friends stole. I wasn't drinking though. I was 16 at the time. (long time ago).

Got my license taken away for 3 months. (already had a ton of speeding tickets). After that though I don't think I got in trouble anymore. Had a clean driving record from then on.