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Ptilk  Title: Creepy old pirate
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Registered: 2002-2-13 14:52:58
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I'd never have even a single beer and drive, unless I waited a couple of hours afterward to do so.
Not because I'm afraid of killing someone, but because I have no desire to go to jail.
Our current limits aren't working effectively, and no matter how low they go, even to zero...they still wont keep some people from getting in their cars and driving.
It's a problem with the transportation system more than it is with booze. I'm absolutely confident that more people are impaired on prescription drugs on the roads at this time, then people who are impaired by booze.
I'm also confident your chances of getting killed by a young inexperienced driver are much higher than getting killed by any one drinking or doped up on Rx drugs while driving.
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Taliesihne Title: Wind on the Deep Waters
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Registered: 2004-2-19 04:47:59
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Pretty much what Ptilk said. With my metabolism and weight, how I feel is irrelevant. What the law can do to me despite how functional I am is.
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Altra_Shadowstalker posted:
Yukishiro1 posted:
As long as you don't have breathalyzers installed on every car there's no way for the average person to know what their BAC is until they actually get pulled over, though. So I'm not sure how much good a quantifiable number really does.
I mean when it comes to enforcing it. Its the drivers responsiblity to figure it out for themselves. If they suspect they're over the legal limit then they take the risk of getting pulled over. If they suspect they're too intoxicated to drive, they probably shouldn't.
What leads them to this conclusion? Hopefully a strong knowledge of themselves and their limitations.
That doesn't match up. How is a strong knowledge of themselves and their limitations goign to tell them whether their BAC is a certain level of not?
I guarantee you most people have no clue what their BAC is and certainly don't make decisions about whether to drive or not based on what they think their BAC is.
Everybody uses some method that involves evaluating how drunk they actually are, not what their BAC might be. I am curious what people think that level of impairment should be. The BAC is after all just a vague proxy for whatever that value is. Saying you shouldn't be above a certain BAC is just question begging because you need to determine what that BAC should be based on something else.
I'm just trying to maintain consistency in my views. My point went to external standards vs internal standards. Everyone should know their limits but they are different for everyone, thus the external standard is required.
I can't speak to anyone else's standards, but I don't drive if I feel different than normal. As I said, I've driven buzzed, in my youth, but would consider that too drunk to drive now. I don't drive now (subway > traffic any day of the week), but I know the stages I go through when I drink. If I'm feeling buzzed, I'd wait half an hour to an hour at least before getting behind the wheel, depending on food.
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It ain't worth it. Just get a ride home. A DUI is no joke that sh*t will ruin your life.
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Kordirn Title: Pirate Prince
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Registered: 2004-4-19 01:15:26
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Sometimes when I go out to dinner ill get a beer and drive afterwards. That's pretty much my limit. If I plan on drinking heavily I have already made plans for my transportation.
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
ZigmundZag posted:
Sin_of_Onin posted:
The thing about drinking and driving is that it is a scaling risk factor. You can be totally hammered and get home safe but just buzzed and get in an accident because of that buzz.
IF you are willing to take the risk and drive then getting in trouble is just part of that risk.
Or you could be mildly buzzed and get into an accident that was not entirely your fault, but when the breathalyzer comes you're screwed anyhow. Not really worth any risk in my opinion. But I've had DWIs before because of youthful stupidity and don't want to get into that again (fortunately I was in the military overseas and didn't have to pay thousands of dollars in fines like most people do).
That is just part of the risk IMO. It is a choice to get behind the wheel and if you are even a little drunk there can be serious consequences that far exceed fines or losing a liscense.
there can always be serious consequences for getting behind the wheel, sober or not.
if you can drink and still drive better than the asshole with a cellymaphone glued to his/her ear, then you are fine to drive.
ill stop at the bar after work for a couple beers and maybe a sammich or bowl of soup. after the thousands ive paid for DUIs and lisence issues, i dont ever want to be in that boat again. i wont drink and drive at night. anyone on the road after a certain hour is automatically guilty of DUI and the cops will do their damndest to make sure of that.
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Sea_of_inK  Posts: 488
Registered: 2004-10-18 12:57:37
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This question is even more fun with other substances 
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paulg_68 Posts: 2,469
Registered: 2009-7-27 18:45:54
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If you can drive well enough to pass a driving test then you are not too drunk to drive.
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__Bonk__  Posts: 5,122
Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
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I think its hard for the person drinking to judge when they've had enough. Buzzed driving might be drunk driving like the ads on tv say
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Shimatta33  Posts: 142
Registered: 2003-11-19 23:55:28
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Koneg posted:
If you do stop to consider whether you're too drunk to drive, then you're too drunk to drive.
If you don't stop to consider whether you're too drunk to drive, then you're too drunk to drive.
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