There should be an IQ test followed by a more rigorous driving test to get a drivers license...
The are a lot of fucking idiots on the roads.
Sigh. Another one of those....
Yes there is a difference. One increases your odds of having a collision by a factor of 10, the other by a factor of 100. Just because one is more stupid than the other, doesn't make the other less stupid.
If you want to be reasonably safe, your body can probably process about 1 drink per hour. So if you have have 4-5 drinks over a period of 5 hours and then had another hour of no more drinking, you'll likely be mostly good. Most people though tend to understate how many drinks they have had and overestimate their recovery time. A much smarter strategy if you want to have 4-5 drinks is plan not to drive for at least 12 hours.
I have only driven home one time super blasted like 15-20 beers/cocktails I instantly new it was a mistake when i started driving had the spins and shit i was scared tbh so i was super focused no radio and no talking would never do it again.
Citation maybe? My concern with this type of comment is that a lot of people will use this kind of thinking to justify why they don't really need to be as concerned as other people when it comes to drink driving. A far more constructive attitude is simply to accept that when you drink, you become the shit driver who is the problem, regardless of how good you may be at driving when you're sober.
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Much though I abhor people who drink and drive and agree that harsh penalties are needed, it isn't murder. It's culpable homicide due to reckless and negligent behaviour. The qualifier for murder is that the person who committed it did so with the intention of killing the other person and bad though it is when a drunk driver kills a person, purposely setting out to kill another human being is even more heinous.
As for whether 10 years is enough of a punishment, I would argue that it depends on the individual. If said person is now a meticulously careful driver and will never touch alcohol again (nor do anything else equally irresponsible) then I would have to say that the punishment is sufficient. On the other hand, if said person is ever found to be behind the wheel of a car with any alcohol in him at all, then I would say toss him back in prison for the rest of his life with no possibility of parole.
Hmf...people text and drive...
The worse thing about either (texting and drinking) is that when the inevitable happens, it fucks up someone else more so that the impaired shithead.
My "verbage" does not in any way contradict this, nor was it ever intended to do so.
It really is not. Sure there are similarilities, but we make a distinction and have different words because there are fundamental differences between the two acts, even if the final outcome is the same.
Murder is different from culpable homicide (or involuntary manslaughter in the US) in that murder requires the intent to kill. Which makes murder the worse crime (without in any way diminishing the severity of a culpable homicide).
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Allowing yourself to do something so foolish it can easily result in the death or harm of another is just as bad as setting out to do it in my mind. It isn't an accident if you drive drunk and kill somebody, we all know it is a dumb thing to do. A choice is made that you driving is more important then the safety of others and yourself. You see it your way and many people do. Hell many would argue that people are punished for DUI in the US based on what they could do not what they did do. So the laws flip flop on interpreting the responsibility of the drunk driver depending on what they are charged with. Drive drunk get punished like you hit somebody. Actually hit somebody while drunk get punished based on it being an accident. Another topic for another time though.
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I don't think anyone would be concerned about a guy who drank one beer. A cop won't even give a shit about that. Even if you're 120 lbs and you drink one beer on an empty stomach, you might blow a whopping .01. It's when you get 4+ beers in that it may become a concern.
Personally, I've been pulled over after like 8-ish beers over a 2 hour period. I blew a .05. The legal limit in Wisconsin is .08 so I got off just fine. Still scared the shit out of me though and I haven't drove after drinking that much since then.
Still, I've never driven completely shitfaced before where I was actually endangering my life. I know what it's like to be completely blasted being a Wisconsinite and all, but even then you should still have the presence of mind to realize that you shouldn't drive. I still do anyways. I've decided to sleep at a friends house several times before after having a few too many 6 packs.
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That's simply not true. My friend has a breathalyzer and let me tell you, when I blow a .08 or higher (legal limit here in Wisconsin) I definitely feel drunk. Not wasted, but certainly drunk.
I suppose that depends on what the legal limit is where you are though. It varies from state to state.
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In france its allowed to drink and drive,and if 2 drunk drivers crash into each other,the one with the highest percent of alchohol get the blame.
Alcohol is for weak people, in the first place. Them thinking they're special and can drive in that state is just proving how weak they are.
Nice quote. And remember "Why drink and drive, when you can smoke and fly?"
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And sometimes after - especially if there was an accident: http://www.srhunterlaw.com/Alcohol-C...After-Accident
(Assuming the law-makers haven't woken up yet.)
I have a question to ask that may give some light on this situation.
Studies have shown that texting and driving is more dangerous then drinking and driving.
Have you ever texted while driving? Do you think texting and driving is okay ?
If yes to either then you can really compare it well to drinking while driving.
Now lets turn this into a game of fill in the blanks.
1. But I am good at ______ and driving.
2. I _____ and driving because it was an emergency.
3. It isn't that bad to _____ and driving.
4. I _____ and drove before and was fine.
I can keep making the list longer but what I am trying to show here is that people are idiots, they think it is okay to do a lot of things not realizing how dangerous it is or that they did it once and were fine so why can't they do it again. In reality it is how the human brain works, we figure out what the problem is and decide to ignore the solution because it isn't "convenient".
Don't drink and drive.... Don't text and drive....
Being impaired from drinking causes people to make impaired decisions. Who knew?
The wise wolf who's pride is her wisdom isn't so sharp as drunk.
My dumbass walked 5 miles home drunk before. Still beats a DUI.