Poll! How many times have you driven while legally intoxicated?

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: farmercal
I was 26 and only drove about a mile and promised myself I would never do that again. To this day I have kept that promise.

You still 26?

 

[JujuFish]

No.

 

[shilala]

Absolutely.
Got caught a couple times too.

 

[MustangSVT]

of course.

but when i had too much, i had friends drive me or got a cab.

 

[bamacre]

Bumpage.

 

[middlehead]

While legally drunk, probably. While truly impaired, no.

 

[thirdeye]

Legally drunk, yes. Generally, if I can feel the alcohol in my system though, I won't drive.

 

[Baked]

2 beer max if I'm driving, so no, never driven while drunk. DUI people should drive off cliffs.

 

[Paulson]

Never... but then again I don't really ever drink much either.

 

[shortylickens]

Oh hells yes.
I weigh 188.
One beer for me is legal AND does not impair my ability.
However, I've only done it once and I also had a steak to go with it. Cops are getting more anal every year and I wouldnt be suprised if that breathylizer pops for Listerine.

EDIT: I just reread the question.
No, I have never been legally drunk and driven a car.

 

[MixMasterTang]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Of course not, it is also touchie feelie motivated. When drunk driving accident deaths are compared to just about anything they are usually statistically insignificant. I was thinking about this today when I saw a sign that said "Dangererous road next 7 miles...there have been 22 drunken driving deaths since Jan 1, 1999". Now this is on a very heavily travelled road with three lanes each direction. If you took into account the number of cars driving that strecth of road daily for 7 years the 22 deaths (which I bet most were of the intoxicated driver) become statistically insignificant yet very significant to a few families.

Well, if there were say only 3 deaths in that same time frame that were a result of something other than alcohol, then the statisic would be that you are 7 times more likely to die if you are drinking.

 

[Cobalt]

Not from alcohol.

 

[jupiter57]

I no longer drink alcohol, but many years ago, I remember leaving the nightclub, getting in the car, and driving over 30 miles home.
All I could remember is getting in the car, one horrendous curve (and almost running off the road on the OTHER SIDE!), then getting out of the car at home!
I stopped drinking and driving then, and quit drinking altogether 19 years ago.

 

[PingSpike]

I wouldn't call drifting into a hobo walking along the side of the road "driving" but I suppose thats open to interpretation!

 

[Lizardman]

is this is question or a challenge

 

[Accipiter22]

90% of the people who said no have driven buzzed, which is still legally drunk

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Taggart
Once. I thought I was ok, but then got on the road and realized I wasn't. I guess I should have stopped, but I had a bunch of people in the car!

Even MORE reason to stop the car.

 

[miri]

Yes and I regret putting others at danger for it.

One time I was drunk and was pulled over for doing a rolling stop turning right on red. The cop gave me a ticket for doing a rolling stop but that was it.

 

[neutralizer]

Nope never probably because I only drink while at college where I don't have a car.

 

[Squisher]

I have passed field sobriety tests when legally drunk.

Luckily thirty years ago a lot was done with a wink and a nod.


Now a days I have the numbers for 6 different taxi cab services in my cell phone's phone book.

 

[grrl]

Once. Was about 2 miles from my house and I drove back roads the whole way.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Yep. I have done it a few times. I was not drunk-drunk, but my BAL was more than the legal limit.

 

[erub]

since up until my 21st, anything over 0.00 is legal, yep i have, many times, with 2 or less drinks still in my system..

since then, nope

 

[miniMUNCH]

I did it once a long time ago...I won't be doing it again. Every time since I just slept in the car, got a ride home, or planned ahead and took a taxi, the bus, or just walked.

 

[AmerDoux]

Back in the old days when the worst that would happen to you was spending a night in the tank, yes. Now, no way. Not in 20 years. I feel old.