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Texas arresting people in bars for being drunk
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.
The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.
Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness, Beck said.
The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.
"We feel that the only way we're going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this," she said.
"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."
She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.
Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060322/us_nm/bars_dc)
This seems a bit over the limit and personal invasion of privacy. So what is the limit for public intoxication. Is there a point system? .08 for driving I understand but I can sit and speak normal carry a conversation and have a good time at a .16 call a cab go home. How is it legal to arrest someone for that.
If the person is out of control then arrest him for public intoxication but not because he has had a few beers. This is quite possibly the lamest thing I have ever seen.
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Originally posted by kevykev56
If the person is out of control then arrest him for public intoxication.....
I think that's what they are doing..... but I could be wrong.
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Big brutha man! :aok
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Here in Ohio the pigs are just sitting around by the bars at 2:30 and arresting people as they drive out of parking lot!!:furious
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Originally posted by Kaw1000
99 PERCENT OF LAWYERS GIVE THE REST A BAD NAME.
lol, awesome.
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well thats a nice safe job for the police, they should be able to handle drunks. we would not want them to get hurt chasing real criminals.
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Originally posted by Kaw1000
Here in Ohio the pigs are just sitting around by the bars at 2:30 and arresting people as they drive out of parking lot!!:furious
If they are over the legal limit for drinking and driving, they have every right to.
I have met some nasty cops. I also have more friends who are cops than not. But all are not "pigs" as you so wonderfly, generally classified them as.
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Originally posted by Kaw1000
Here in Ohio the pigs are just sitting around by the bars at 2:30 and arresting people as they drive out of parking lot!!:furious
You don't think drunk *******s driving around at 2 PM is a problem?
I hope the next cop you deal with gives you as much respect as you give them.
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If they get around to arresting people for being stupid, maybe dubya would spend more time in DC.
Texas should just declare their independence. That way Dim Son would no longer be a US citizen and the average IQ of the nation would jump 10 points.
They can arrest a drunk in a bar, but can't manage to come up with any charges against the drunk who shoots his lawyer friend in the face.
But that badge sure does look good with them there boots and hats and belt buckle.
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I think it's perfectly okay for cops to patrol around bars and wait for drunk drivers to leave the parking lot.
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure that the bar itself isn't public. It is a privately owned establishment.
This one will be challenged in court.
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Ok, there is a reason the last thread got whacked.
Sooo, if you are all so intent on discussing this, fine. Let's do this then. Anyone making abusive/derogatory remarks can expect to have thier BB privileges revoked.
The bashing of the community is going to stop.
I have tried to be polite about this in other threads. But that is not working.
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I wouldnt doubt it. I was stationed in Abilene for 4 years. At the inprocessing meeting with the town cops, he explained to us they had ways of figuring out who the drunk drivers were. The guy that speeds 5 mph over the limit is a careless drunk. The guy who goes 5 mph under the limit is a careful drunk, and the guy going the speed limit is a sneaky drunk.
Thing is..he was serious. Texas...I think you have to be born there to fully appreciate it.
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I fear for the AH Con
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Contrary to popular belief, the term 'Public Intoxication' does not mean being drunk, or having had anything to drink.
What it means is that the person is so drunk, that they cannot control themselves. I.E. Puking, Profanity, starting fights... The only place this is legal is inside of your home.
Of course a poorly written article with bad journalistic standards could add to the confusion about what is going on.
This whole thing wouldn't be a problem if they used quotes and actually quoted what the person said.
I.E.
Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.
Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness, Beck said.
Drunk, and Public Drunkeness are not the same thing.
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Originally posted by Morpheus
If they are over the legal limit for drinking and driving, they have every right to.
I have met some nasty cops. I also have more friends who are cops than not. But all are not "pigs" as you so wonderfly, generally classified them as.
Yea well I gotta tell you that if you drink 1 beer just 1 beer you can be charged with a DUI....what a joke!!
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Originally posted by Pei
I fear for the AH Con
I hear that:O
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well its called preventing death or accidents :aok
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Originally posted by Kaw1000
Yea well I gotta tell you that if you drink 1 beer just 1 beer you can be charged with a DUI....what a joke!!
Depends on what the State classifies as "DUI". Some States have Zero Tolerence, so yeah, live by the sword and "roll the dice", you deserve what you get.
But, you seem to be around 22-24 years of age and have a "grudge about authority figures".
Karaya
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the average IQ of the nation would jump 10 points.
so your calling everyone in Tx stupid???:huh :huh :huh
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Originally posted by z0rch
If they get around to arresting people for being stupid, maybe dubya would spend more time in DC.
Texas should just declare their independence. That way Dim Son would no longer be a US citizen and the average IQ of the nation would jump 10 points.
They can arrest a drunk in a bar, but can't manage to come up with any charges against the drunk who shoots his lawyer friend in the face.
But that badge sure does look good with them there boots and hats and belt buckle.
Sweet troll!
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
so your calling everyone in Tx stupid???:huh :huh :huh
"you're"
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I stopped finding drunks amusing after I grew up.
That happened in the summer before I entered the 10th grade. A friend of mine was killed by a drunk driver.
Considering drunks cause about half of the 40,000 or more highway fatalities in our country each year, I couldn't care less about their "right to privacy."
Have a nice day.
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once upon a time it was DWI, "driving wile intoxicated", but the law had to prove you were intoxicated, that was too hard to do , so they changed the law to DUI," driving under the influence", that can mean anything.
DUI gives the towns a great source of income and gives the cops something to do to keep them from getting bored chasing real criminals.
and shuckins ,a little more than 1/4 of all highway deaths are "alcohol related" and half of them are the drivers that were drinking, lets hear some moral outrage about all the people slaughtered by sober drivers.
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Any person who drinks and gets behind the wheel of a car is a criminal. Drunks kill more people than all the gang-bangers combined.
They are not cute. They are not funny. They have no right to endanger the lives of others with their juvenile and irresponsible actions.
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Of the 43,220 highway fatalities recorded last year...40% were alcohol related. I checked the facts...so my original estimate was closer to reality than yours.
So...even supposing that you HAD been right in your estimate of only 1/4 of highway fatalities being due to alcohol, is "only" 10,000 deaths a year really more palatable?
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Originally posted by kevykev56
Texas arresting people in bars for being drunk
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.
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That should read........................
"Texas began sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk somewhere around twenty to twenty five years ago, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday."
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This certainly isn`t anything new.
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Originally posted by Shuckins
Of the 43,220 highway fatalities recorded last year...40% were alcohol related. I checked the facts...so my original estimate was closer to reality than yours.
So...even supposing that you HAD been right in your estimate of only 1/4 of highway fatalities being due to alcohol, is "only" 10,000 deaths a year really more palatable?
And roughly 50% is due solely to women driving...
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Originally posted by Pei
I fear for the AH Con
we are safe I dont think their jail is big enough to hold us all.
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Having over 15 years in the liquor buisness in Texas, let me 'splain this to you.
It is illegal to be intoxicated in Texas in public. (A bar is a public place.)
It is illegal to be in an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages if you are intoxicated.
It is illegal for someone to remain on the premises of an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages if they are intoxicated.
It is illegal to allow someone to enter an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages if they are intoxicated.
It is illegal to serve alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person. (This means if you go get your buddy a drink after he has been cut off YOU go to jail.)
This is nothing new from the TABC. They have been sending undercover agents into bars, liquor stores, ect. for as long as I can remember.
The TABC also has a program called "Clerk or Cop?" where they work behind the counter and bust underage or intoxicated customers. They don't do it on premise, they let you leave the store with your purchase then another agent pulls you over down the road (extra DWI charge that way). This is entrapment in my book. Nothing is done to the TABC agent that sells you the booze, but if an employee does it the employee is ticketed for breaking the law.
Fun buncha guys and gals at the TABC.
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Originally posted by Kaw1000
Yea well I gotta tell you that if you drink 1 beer just 1 beer you can be charged with a DUI....what a joke!!
I go out and have a few drinks quite often durring the week. Play some pool, shoot the breeze and have a good time. There is no need to get sloppy drunk every night then put your life, even more so the lives of those who happen to be driving/walking near by while your driving home from your nightly drinking binge, which is how you come across to me. Though, I could be wrong.
You certainly seem to have a problem with cops in general. Which is sad, because I know, like I said, alot of cops who are good people and would bend over backwards to help anyone out who needs it.
I see no problem with cops, in any state, going into bars and arresting people for "being too drunk". Infact I think its a good idea. If you need to get drunk, do it at home, where you can then pass out and be a winner. I do think, that if there is a designated driver at the time the cop in the bar is trying to make an arrest, the cops should make the person who is being arrested, and the designated driver, leave.
Just last month my sister and her boyfriend got rear ended by a drunk up near campus. Thankfully no one was hurt. Drunk drivers should go to jail... End of story. It is no different than someone waving a loaded gun around on the street. Someone is going to get hurt... A drunk, behind the wheel is just as dangerous... and both the gun and vehicle the drunk is driving are deadly weapons.
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Originally posted by Pooh21
we are safe I dont think their jail is big enough to hold us all.
don't jynx the people goin to the Con
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California has the same law 647(f)PC which is the inability to care for your safety or the safety of others in a public place... bars that are open to the public agree via licensing they are as public as a sidewalk.
Near riots can be avoided by yanking that one violent drunk off his bar stool.
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Originally posted by Morpheus
I go out and have a few drinks quite often durring the week. Play some pool, shoot the breeze and have a good time. There is no need to get sloppy drunk every night then put your life, even more so the lives of those who happen to be driving/walking near by while your driving home from your nightly drinking binge, which is how you come across to me. Though, I could be wrong.
I see no problem with cops, in any state, going into bars and arresting people for "being too drunk". Infact I think its a good idea.
Morph, I agree that sloppy drunk is too drunk in public. But where is that line drawn in the sand.
Some would say that more than 1 drink an hour or 3 drinks a day is too much. Where your couple of drinks could put you over the limit depending on your size (Im not sure how big an ole boy you are). It may not someone else.
My prob is....who says your too drunk to be in public. I have some friends who can drink until the sun comes up and still seem sober but be WAYYY over the limit. Then others with a lower BAC who are all trashed and cant walk straight. If the people are laughing and cutting up and are over .08 are they publicly intoxicated? I have a problem with this portion of the article.
Just this week I had a couple too many to drive home from the bar. I stayed and played pool for a couple hours till I no longer felt any effects and I was good to go home. Mind you I rarely drink and was prob just over the limit when I decided to stay for a bit. But Should I have been arrested at that moment?
Sure some people are going to drive home drunk, and as you used the gun argument I will fire it back at you... If the laws were more strict against drunk driving maybe less people would do it. 2 years in state 1st offense mandatory.....
Whos D.D. tonight???? That would be the first question asked.
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It's fairly easy to tell who is too drunk[/b] I think. There are several cops in my town who are genuinly nice guys. They have known me forever and basicly kept me out of trouble for as long as I've had my drivers license and could get into trouble in regards to drinking and driving. I'd go out drinking, call one of them up, on duty or not, they'd come pick my drunken sorry bellybutton up and drive me home... and would also break my chops about drinking way more than I should have. I have never gotten a DUI because I do not drive sloppy drunk. It's that simple really. If you want to play that game, you better be prepared to lose. Because eventually you will. (not talking about you, who ever is you).
I come from a long line of alcoholics. But I know where the line is, and I dont cross it when I have to drive. Now, when I'm not driving... that's another story. I once had to stay the night at Wax's house because we drank from 10am to 3am the next morning. That was fun time.
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Originally posted by Morpheus
I know where the line is, and I dont cross it when I have to drive.
Mistake #1. Thinking you know if you are sober enough to drive. You do not have to be "legally drunk" to get a DWI. Worse yet, you get in an accident and it's automaticly your fault. Impaired and drunk are apples and oranges.
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Wow, wtg on that rpm. Thanks.
I said, the line is drinking and driving. There is, imo, no middle ground. I just dont do it. It's that simple.
Thanks again sir. You have been a real eye opener for me. Your words will ring true in my heart for years to come. Can I call you dad now?
Mistake#1. Assumption.
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Morph he's right. Then line is at sober once you take a drink, howerver small, you cross it.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE doesn't really have a limit if it's up to the officers discretion that you are in fact UNDER THE INLFUENCE.
You have a beer or two and lets say your BAC is now .05, well under the legal limit and you get in a fender-bender. The accident is now automatically "alcohol related" and your fault because you are now "under the influence"
any time you drink and drive reguardless if you are above the "legal limit" you are rolling the dice.
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Originally posted by Morpheus
I once had to stay the night at Wax's house because we drank from 10am to 3am the next morning.
WOW! I`m afraid if that didn`t break your deadly cycle then nothing will.
I`m on the phone as we speak trying to get you booked in on the Intervention TV program.
:rofl
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Originally posted by Morpheus
I go out and have a few drinks quite often durring the week. Play some pool, shoot the breeze and have a good time. There is no need to get sloppy drunk every night then put your life, even more so the lives of those who happen to be driving/walking near by while your driving home from your nightly drinking binge, which is how you come across to me. Though, I could be wrong.
You certainly seem to have a problem with cops in general. Which is sad, because I know, like I said, alot of cops who are good people and would bend over backwards to help anyone out who needs it.
I see no problem with cops, in any state, going into bars and arresting people for "being too drunk". Infact I think its a good idea. If you need to get drunk, do it at home, where you can then pass out and be a winner. I do think, that if there is a designated driver at the time the cop in the bar is trying to make an arrest, the cops should make the person who is being arrested, and the designated driver, leave.
Just last month my sister and her boyfriend got rear ended by a drunk up near campus. Thankfully no one was hurt. Drunk drivers should go to jail... End of story. It is no different than someone waving a loaded gun around on the street. Someone is going to get hurt... A drunk, behind the wheel is just as dangerous... and both the gun and vehicle the drunk is driving are deadly weapons.
I dont have a problem with cops! you know alot of good cops....great...I know alot of bad cops....young punks that were probably bullied as kids and now that they got a badge...they are now bullies themselves......The law in this country is getting out of control...every time you turn around theres a new law......pretty soon If I look at someone the wrong way I'll be arrested!! If I spit on the street I'll probably get arrested..If I drink 1 beer I can be arrested......If im drunk and walk home from a bar I can be arrested.
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Gunslinger,
Going out, for 3-4 hours on a night, and having 2 maybe beers in that time doesnt fit the parameters for drinking and driving. Is that splitting hairs? I dont think so.
I am fully aware of the laws and liabilities that instantly go along when you take a drink out. I dont need, nor did I ask for a DARE lesson from rpm.
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The problem here is not judging if people are too drunk. I've already stated what the cops are doing, but since no one listens to me, I'll just say it again.
Public Intoxication means being TOO DRUNK TO CONTROL YOURSELF. It does not mean having a few drinks in a public place.
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...are we all having fun waking up to the bald ugly facts of life in the United Nanny States Of America?
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Public Intoxication means being TOO DRUNK TO CONTROL YOURSELF. It does not mean having a few drinks in a public place.
So.. how do you make out whos too drunk to control themselves? by purposely getting into arguments with them?
Sounds discriminating to me. Some people can hardly handle themselves while being sober and if they drink couple of beers, you'd lock them up for public intoxication?
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went out with buddys last week, my friend Nick got followed from the parking lot about 12 miles to his house by two squad cars, he turns into his development and is than pulled over in front of his house....cops cuff him put him in the back of patrol car without telling him anything (said it was a safety precaution) than rip his car apart looking for drugs (found none) after coming up short they told him he was going to jail for DUI..no sobriety test no breathalizer no blood test.no probable cause...he had 4 beers at the bar in 2.5 hours ( i paid his tab so I know) this is close to "legal" limit but no where near impairing..how did cops know he was drinking? by looking through the huge window in front of the bar I presume...btw I got pulled over as well for a busted headlight...guy said "get it fixed" and let me go, so ya never can tell if your gonna get a jackazz or a cool cop
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So.. how do you make out whos too drunk to control themselves? by purposely getting into arguments with them?
It is a little bit of a judgement call. But usually, Public Intoxication has Vomitting uncontrollably, Passing Out, Urinating uncontrollably, Yelling really loud, not being able to stand (past the slight stumbling)... Pretty much the crux of what way way way too drunk people stereotypically do. They usually just make tulips of themselves.
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Its really not that hard to tell who has been drinking, who hasnt been drinking, and who has had way too much to drink.
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Originally posted by Kaw1000
I dont have a problem with cops! you know alot of good cops....great...I know alot of bad cops....young punks that were probably bullied as kids and now that they got a badge...they are now bullies themselves......The law in this country is getting out of control...every time you turn around theres a new law......pretty soon If I look at someone the wrong way I'll be arrested!! If I spit on the street I'll probably get arrested..If I drink 1 beer I can be arrested......If im drunk and walk home from a bar I can be arrested.
With the attitude you display here I can see why you get hassled by the cops.
Your posts are also hard to read, would you please put them in a more readable format?
If you feel you must drink to the point where you lose control maybe you should stay home.
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Originally posted by FiLtH
I wouldnt doubt it. I was stationed in Abilene for 4 years. At the inprocessing meeting with the town cops, he explained to us they had ways of figuring out who the drunk drivers were. The guy that speeds 5 mph over the limit is a careless drunk. The guy who goes 5 mph under the limit is a careful drunk, and the guy going the speed limit is a sneaky drunk.
Thing is..he was serious. Texas...I think you have to be born there to fully appreciate it.
What years where you here?
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
It is a little bit of a judgement call. But usually, Public Intoxication has Vomitting uncontrollably, Passing Out, Urinating uncontrollably, Yelling really loud, not being able to stand (past the slight stumbling)... Pretty much the crux of what way way way too drunk people stereotypically do. They usually just make tulips of themselves.
Your a rational person. That would be im sure what the law would require. If it worked that way all the time I wouldnt have a problem.
This law is requiring people to TRUST someone elses arbitrary judgment. What is impaired to you the rational person may not be to a cop who is angry because his wife is cheating on him with this guy in the bar. The cop doesnt have to prove anything just take him into custody. And if the guy gives him lip...he is resisting. We all know what happens to those who resist the cops ... OUCH!!!!
I dont hate cops, and also have some friends who are good cops. I just dont trust people...
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It's not like these cops are just randomly throwing the people who look the drunkest in jail. They are picking out the belligerant ones. It's very easy to pick these ones out.
Whether or not the cop is angry does not make him decided what Public Intoxication is. The person being arrested still has to show those traits. While a lot of people might let someone slip for some minor infraction of Public Intoxication, it is still an infraction.
But even when they arrest those people, they get BAC levels, and document what happens.
Just like every other crime, you can't throw a person in jail because you feel like it.
But the real problem here is you. You say that you don't trust a COP to make that decision, when you actually don't trust yourself. It's a psychological defense mechanism that one makes to try to rationalize away what you don't want yourself to be able to do.
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
But the real problem here is you. You say that you don't trust a COP to make that decision, when you actually don't trust yourself. It's a psychological defense mechanism that one makes to try to rationalize away what you don't want yourself to be able to do.
I have been aligned with almost every argument I have seen you get into on this board but this statment is so far left of reality It is laughable.
How can you give blind trust to anyone you dont know? I know I sure dont. I trust myself without doubt to make the right choice. I am 34 years old and can honestly say I have never driven drunk in my life. I have my own personal reasons that assures me this will never happen.
I do ocassionaly have a drink or two while out but never enough to even slightly impair my judgment while at the wheel. When I say a drink or two it would never be more than 1 an hour and never more than 2 in a night to then get behind the wheel or handlebars.
I have been, gasp "Intoxicated" at local establishments. Never have I been bilegerant or out of control while intoxicated. I would never get that way without a DD and friends to share the fun. Yes intoxicated but still responsible. My trust is in my friends and the DD that is there at the time....not the COP who can decide on his own terms who goes downtown.
I trust an officer to make that decision as much as I trust the government to hold my guns at night and give them back the next morning...
Nowhere is there any lack of self trust on my part.
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Damn straight, Kev!
(http://debbyestratigacos.mu.nu/archives/Ronald%20Reagan.jpg)
"TRUST.... but VERIFY!"
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Yet again, Hang swoops in to make another useless point.
Who said I trusted anything? I don't.
However, don't fool yourself into thinking that you don't trust a police officer to make that judgement. The truth of the matter is that you wouldn't trust yourself to make that very same judgement. This is called 'Projection.' I was blanking on what it was called earlier.
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it's been my experience that young folks and cops are in the roles of adversaries at pretty much every likely point of contact.
it's also been my experience that cops given 'assignments' that involve ordinances that are not sharply defined.,. i.e. left to the disgresson of the officer, tend to not come out any other way than the officers.
as 'ol gramps once said "cops got guns, quota's and a deadline. don't mess with 'em, kid."
he wuz right.
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Don't confuse me for surporting police either. I have had too many bad experiences to ever trust one anytime soon.
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skuzzy - sorry if I had anything to do with the original thread being whacked. I didn't think what was said was any worse than some other (uncensored) threads, but YMMV.
Originally posted by kevykev56
Just this week I had a couple too many to drive home from the bar. I stayed and played pool for a couple hours till I no longer felt any effects and I was good to go home. Mind you I rarely drink and was prob just over the limit when I decided to stay for a bit. But Should I have been arrested at that moment?
Kev, you were on thin ice. I know of a case where a guy's DD had left without him, so he got into his own car to sleep it off. He awoke after a couple of hours and felt fine to drive, so off he went. He got stopped, and was found to be still way over the limit for driving, and was banned.
The problem with alcohol is that it's your judgement that becomes impaired including, most importantly, your ability to judge when you've had enough, or are capable of driving. Thus it's best to make the transport arrangements in a moment of stone cold sobriety. If I'm going out for a drink, I always walk to the local (15 mins) or take a taxi if I'm going somewhere else.
A few years ago when I was working in the Denver area, a bunch of us went out for dinner at the Chop House, to be followed by a few beers at a bar in the LoDo district. The bar where we finished had one of those self-test intoximeters. You may have seen one yourself. While I was waiting for the others and our return taxi, I thought I'd try it out. I had to put 50 cents into the machine, and take a drinking straw from the dispenser at the side, insert that into an opening on the machine, and blow into the other end of the straw. By this time, I'd probably had wine with dinner, and a few microbrews - the Chop House has an excellent range, and so do quite a few other bars/restaurants in Denver. I was walking around OK, and even gave the taxi driver directions on the return journey as it turned out. So I was expecting the reading to go about half way up the scale. But... wham! The needle went off the scale so fast it's a wonder it didn't snap off against the top stop!
I felt fine - wasn't hung over or anything the following day, unlike some of the others who didn't handle the altitude very well. Goes to show you can't tell how safe you are to drive according to how you "feel".
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Originally posted by beet1e
. I was walking around OK, and even gave the taxi driver directions on the return journey as it turned out. So I was expecting the reading to go about half way up the scale. But... wham! The needle went off the scale so fast it's a wonder it didn't snap off against the top stop!
I felt fine - wasn't hung over or anything the following day, unlike some of the others who didn't handle the altitude very well. Goes to show you can't tell how safe you are to drive according to how you "feel".
what are you trying to prove, that the machine was out of calibration or that the DUI law is wrong.
what tests have been done to prove that 0.08 is "impaired"? saying the alphabet or standing on one leg have nothing to do with driving.
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Beetle,
It could have been residual alcohol in your mouth that caused the high reading.
To get an accurate reading your supposed to wait 15 minutes for the residual to burn off.
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I've asked police to give me a brethalyzer test quite a many times. I used to live next to a police station and I always went to take a "blow" before driving the following day. A few times I was over twice over the legal limit(.05) without feeling drunk at all. Also I've never driven drunk despite having had quite a few drinks over the years and neither have 95% of people I know.
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Originally posted by beet1e
I was walking around OK, and even gave the taxi driver directions on the return journey as it turned out.
:rofl :lol
Totaly priceless.
I would imagine there was a taxi driver with a little nip under his belt after he dumped this one off.
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Originally posted by Jackal1
I would imagine there was a taxi driver with a little nip under his belt after he dumped this one off.
No, we didn't have any Japanese amongst our party. :aok
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update:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060414/od_nm/crime_bars_dc
thats a relief for some of you i know :aok ;)
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Originally posted by Mustaine
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060414/od_nm/crime_bars_dc
That's pretty un****ingbelievable.. "Operation Last Call":rolleyes::D That would be the ultimate stag party prank!