Dui

[peydun554]

here's another one. How drunk do you have to be to get a DUI? I mean I assume most people who have been drinking are below the legal limit, so is it like you stop 3 or 4 people who aren't drunk or are just a little buzzed before you find one who's really messed up?

It can't make any sense to hassle the guy who had 2 drinks at a family dinner when you can go catch some guy who was doing shots of yeager all night if you let him go. I guess I mean is there a subjective rule of thumb.

[Citicop]

If I stop you, and you can't pass the SFST's... You go to jail. I don't care if you had two drinks at your mom's birthday party or you were jell-o wrestling at a frat party. I have NO sympathy or pity for people who make that choice. The legal limit here is .08, and that isn't hard to reach. If you've been drinking, wait a while or call a cab. If you get behind the wheel, you're mine.

Citicop.

[tpd_six]

I have no pity for anyone who has a couple drinks at a family party either. Why does it matter where they had the drinks? Their judgement and reaction time starts to go downhill at the first one.

If I stop anyone who has been drinking, no matter how little, they get the inconvenience of going through the entire field sobriety testing experience on the side of the road with everyone staring at them. If they're lucky enough not to go to jail, they still have to come up with a ride home because I'm not letting them drive after drinking. If I cut them loose behind the wheel and they get in a crash down the road, it's my liability.

[txinvestigator1]

here's another one. How drunk do you have to be to get a DUI? I mean I assume most people who have been drinking are below the legal limit, so is it like you stop 3 or 4 people who aren't drunk or are just a little buzzed before you find one who's really messed up?

It can't make any sense to hassle the guy who had 2 drinks at a family dinner when you can go catch some guy who was doing shots of yeager all night if you let him go. I guess I mean is there a subjective rule of thumb.

The general public really has no idea of what alcohol is or how it effects the human body.


A 120 pound female would need to drink about 3.5 US Beers in a single hour to reach a .08% BAC.

It has been established that higher brain function, that which you cannot feel, is effected at levels as low as .02%. Higher Brain Function includes decision making, multi-tasking, night vision, etc.

a 170 pound man would need about 5 beers in one hour to reach .08%.

[peydun554]

I always thought you were free to refuse the field sobriety tests, and it was just the brethalyzer that you legally have to take.

[acreature]

I always thought you were free to refuse the field sobriety tests, and it was just the brethalyzer that you legally have to take.

You dont have to take the Intoxilyzer either.

Just adds to the fun. Go ahead, refuse. Guaranteed License loss in NC for minimum of 12 months ;)

[tpd_six]

I always thought you were free to refuse the field sobriety tests, and it was just the brethalyzer that you legally have to take.

If you want your license revoked go ahead. Refusing tests is not going to stop you from getting arrested, and here the intoxilyzer is only given after the arrest has been made.

[txinvestigator1]

I always thought you were free to refuse the field sobriety tests, and it was just the brethalyzer that you legally have to take.

What is a brethalyzer? :rolleyes: :cool:

[txinvestigator1]

He won't be able to answer you, Tx. He had to go.

I saw that. lol

If you are going to be a smart aleck, you should really learn the lingo and some facts.

[Gooch]

I always thought you were free to refuse the field sobriety tests, and it was just the brethalyzer that you legally have to take.

^^^^I see red people. :rolleyes:

[scott715us]

Refuse the FST's, then get asked to take the intoxilyzer. Refuse the intoxilyzer and go to jail for both DUI and Implied Consent violation. I can still get a DUI conviction without the FST's or intoxilyzer. In the very, very, very slight possibility it goes to trial and you are found "not guilty," I still force you to end up paying $5,000-$6000 for taking it to trial. ;)

[cwillis0001]

This is a little off of the point, but I thought I'd share. My older brother got a DWI while he was in college many years ago, he blew something like a .11. Anyway, he got arrested, pled guilty, paid the fines, did community service and everything. Well, about 2 years later he bumbed into the officer who arrested him at a music venue the officer was working a part time. My brother went up to the officer (who of course didn;t remember him) and thanked him for nabbing him before he potentially killed a family of five or did something equally heinous. Hearing that made me damn proud of my family and proved to me that even drunk drivers know that DWI laws are hugely important and cooperating with an officer is absolutely paramount. Didn't mean to hijack, but I thought I'd share a story that's important to me.

[scott715us]

This is a little off of the point, but I thought I'd share. My older brother got a DWI while he was in college many years ago, he blew something like a .11. Anyway, he got arrested, pled guilty, paid the fines, did community service and everything. Well, about 2 years later he bumbed into the officer who arrested him at a music venue the officer was working a part time. My brother went up to the officer (who of course didn;t remember him) and thanked him for nabbing him before he potentially killed a family of five or did something equally heinous. Hearing that made me damn proud of my family and proved to me that even drunk drivers know that DWI laws are hugely important and cooperating with an officer is absolutely paramount. Didn't mean to hijack, but I thought I'd share a story that's important to me.

Cool. ;)

[tpd_six]

This is a little off of the point, but I thought I'd share. My older brother got a DWI while he was in college many years ago, he blew something like a .11. Anyway, he got arrested, pled guilty, paid the fines, did community service and everything. Well, about 2 years later he bumbed into the officer who arrested him at a music venue the officer was working a part time. My brother went up to the officer (who of course didn;t remember him) and thanked him for nabbing him before he potentially killed a family of five or did something equally heinous. Hearing that made me damn proud of my family and proved to me that even drunk drivers know that DWI laws are hugely important and cooperating with an officer is absolutely paramount. Didn't mean to hijack, but I thought I'd share a story that's important to me.

Great story. I had a kid I didn't recognize come up to me a couple months ago. He asked if I remembered him, then told me I had arrested him for DUI last year. I thought "oh great, now what", but then he actually thanked me and said he had his life straightened out now for the first time in years. That was a great feeling.

[JR_23]

I don't have any bunnies and butterflies stories regarding DUI/DWAI arrests. The ones I've nabbed lose their license (or were already suspended/revoked to begin with), and I usually see them driving again. Just makes for another Driving Under Restraint Arrest :d.