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Post by Ward on Sept 10, 2016 11:29:17 GMT -6
So, this well known defense lawyer in my city is up on his THIRD DUI in about 3 years. He's beaten the system twice before and expects to do it again.
Know any scumbag lawyers in your home town?
I make no wonder that few of us trust the legal system.
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 10, 2016 13:09:41 GMT -6
Sounds like he's a damn good lawyer
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Post by drbill on Sept 10, 2016 20:22:06 GMT -6
Or just as likely is friends with the right people.....
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Post by Ward on Sept 11, 2016 18:23:06 GMT -6
Sounds like he's a damn good lawyer Every time I hear about a damned good lawyer and drunk driving (drink driving, if you're wiz) I can't help but get a little angry over all those who've been killed by drinking and driving. |
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Post by swurveman on Sept 11, 2016 18:42:46 GMT -6
I wonder about this all the time. I drink and drive every time my wife and I go out to dinner. We split a bottle of wine. I wonder how close I am to .08, but I am hardly drunk and have done it hundreds of times with no problem.
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Post by Ward on Sept 12, 2016 6:19:36 GMT -6
Every drink within an hour or two gets you .0011, if you're an average male of about 6' and 180-200 lbs.
so, to get to .08 means you need at least 7 drinks in your system and then keep knocking them back hard.
It takes a lot of work to fail the breathalyzer, blood alcohol test or any other sobriety tests.
In this case, the lawyer in question must have had 12 or more drinks in a two hour period and 2-4 every hour afterwards. He was inebriated. Pie-eyed. Loaded. BLIND drunk. And got behind the wheel.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Sept 12, 2016 6:38:26 GMT -6
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Post by M57 on Sept 14, 2016 5:15:24 GMT -6
I once took one of those after-market breathalyzer tests about an hour after what is probably the equivalent of a bottle of wine (or perhaps more) at a wine tasting and clocked in at .08 - I would say .08 is pushing things. I could have driven home, but I would have been uncomfortable. I think I waited an hour or so and drank a lot of water before leaving. I'm drinking less and less these days when I go out, (and go out less) and get my wife to drive if I've had more than 1 drink. I'm aware that I am part of the culture of alcohol, but I love my red wines.
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Post by ericn on Sept 22, 2016 8:25:16 GMT -6
I have never had a drink and hopped behind the wheel, add in the fact these days there's already enough I already have enough legal narcotics in my system to fail any drug test and it would just be plain stupid!
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