Anyone been convicted of DUI after only one drink?

[Aidensmom]

I think they end up charging the bike riders with DUI and the walkers with public intox. Don't get me wrong, I can imagine there are some people walking that are totally falling down drunk, but it seems we should at least cut them a break if they aren't getting behind the wheel.

Something that a lot of people don't know, at least in Florida, you can also be charged with a DUI if you decide not to drive, but rather to just sit in your car and wait for someone to pick you up, or even if someone decided to sleep it off in their car. I personally don't think you should be charged with Driving Under the Influence unless you are actually driving. Perhaps there could be a lesser charge for having possession of a car while drunk, but I don't think that they should be charged with DUI.

 

[Crankyshank]

Something that a lot of people don't know, at least in Florida, you can also be charged with a DUI if you decide not to drive, but rather to just sit in your car and wait for someone to pick you up, or even if someone decided to sleep it off in their car. I personally don't think you should be charged with Driving Under the Influence unless you are actually driving. Perhaps there could be a lesser charge for having possession of a car while drunk, but I don't think that they should be charged with DUI.

that actually happened to a friend of mine. He had a few more than he planned in Ybor City and was waiting for a friend to pick him up so he took a nap in his car in the parking lot and was charged with DUI even though the keys were not in the ignition and he was in the passenger seat.

 

[cardaway]

I thought it was a given that we are discussing people over the legal limit.

Not only are people trying to argue about lower than the legal limit, now they're talking people walking and bike riding? I'm out, have a safe New Years.

 

[Froggyswife]

Now lets get serious here for a second, after you get down from your pedestal you might take a minute to think about is this person talking about one drink or serveral. My father has drank one beer everyday of his life and I feel perfectly safe getting into a car with him and would also let me child be in a car with him. That doesn't make me irresponsible because - I KNOW MY DAD AND YOU DON'T. Now a perfect stranger - no I wouldn't let my kids get in the car, but with someone I know and how they handle alcohol I would have no problem. While you may feel that one drink is enough to keep you from driving that does not mean you get to impose your superiority on everyone else about it. That is your opinion and you are entitled to it but no one else has to live life by your rules.

~Amanda

In a previous post he said "not just one but several". No I don't think that one drink with dinner or by itself is an impedment to their driving ability but SEVERAL is.

 

[Mom2be]

In a previous post he said "not just one but several". No I don't think that one drink with dinner or by itself is an impedment to their driving ability but SEVERAL is.

True but the post C.Ann is quoting does not say that it says this:

I drive my entire family after I've been drinking. For that matter, I've driven plenty of other children after drinking. Of the horror!!! lol In all cases, the parents were well aware of it, and had no problem with it. For that matter, other parents have driven our kids after drinking.

I doubt anyone would be stupid enough to drive their kids around after a heavy night of drinking. I'm figuring this is after baseball games where one or two beers is consumed, or a night out with friends where the same. Like I said the post is judgemental and I think we as Americans take this whole drinking and driving nonsense to a new level. Italians, French, and Germans drink a glass of wine with every meal as if it is water yet we act like after one drink that a person should be thrown into jail.

~Amanda

 

[jodifla]

Something that a lot of people don't know, at least in Florida, you can also be charged with a DUI if you decide not to drive, but rather to just sit in your car and wait for someone to pick you up, or even if someone decided to sleep it off in their car. I personally don't think you should be charged with Driving Under the Influence unless you are actually driving. Perhaps there could be a lesser charge for having possession of a car while drunk, but I don't think that they should be charged with DUI.

But this goes to show you the motivation of people who lobby for and pass the laws. It's about making sure people don't drink at all. That's their hidden -- or not so hidden -- agenda.

 

[SillyMe]

Uh, holy smokes, what goes on in YOUR family....you've had lots of family members killed by drunk drivers? I find that hard to believe.

And odds are the alcohol had nothing to do with the accident that took that 32 year old man.

I haven't read past this thread, but I do plan on going back to read the rest of them. I just had to reply to this.

C.Ann is truly not the poster who would lie about something like this.

 

[WIcruizer]

This will really shock you then. One of the children i drive around after drinking is the daughter of a police officer. Two others are daughters of teachers. Several are sons and daughters of doctors. It's very common for me to stop over to drop one of my kids off...have a couple beers with them...and then drive THEIR kids and MINE somewhere.

There is absolutely nothing immoral or illegal about that, and nobody has been able to explain why it is.

 

[SillyMe]

This happened to my DH (long before I met him, though)!

He got drunk at a bar. He walked out to his car, stood next to the door, and thought "nah, better not". He turns and begins to walk home, about 10 blocks away or so. Halfway home, a cop stops him (he was obviously impaired), and asks him what's going on. DH tells the cop that he's too drunk to drive and is walking home. He's very nice and polite (DH is not a mean or obnoxious drunk, in fact it makes him silly, he's more likely to mouth off when sober!) to the cop. Cop arrests him for public drunkeness! DH says "what, I did the right thing! I didn't get in my car and drive!" Cop says "yeah, but you should have called a cab instead of walking. Being drunk in public is a crime!"

DH fights the ticket and goes before the judge, who proeceeds to throw it out and gives the cop a talking too!

Well, the public drunkenness is ridiculous, but just imagine had your husband decided he was "okay" to drive, and the cop had pulled him over then. Imagine the fines, losing his license, etc. Imagine if he had gotten in the car and hurt someone. He made the RIGHT choice by walking, as opposed to so many people who make the wrong choice. My point is to all these people who are saying it's okay to drink and drive. One day they are not going to be as lucky as your husband was...or worse yet, an innocent bystander.

 

[mickman1962]

Now lets get serious here for a second, after you get down from your pedestal you might take a minute to think about is this person talking about one drink or serveral. My father has drank one beer everyday of his life and I feel perfectly safe getting into a car with him and would also let me child be in a car with him. That doesn't make me irresponsible because - I KNOW MY DAD AND YOU DON'T. Now a perfect stranger - no I wouldn't let my kids get in the car, but with someone I know and how they handle alcohol I would have no problem. While you may feel that one drink is enough to keep you from driving that does not mean you get to impose your superiority on everyone else about it. That is your opinion and you are entitled to it but no one else has to live life by your rules.

~Amanda

Said perfectly.

C.Ann if you really think that a person having 2 drinks over several hours was drunk then you need a dose of reality. I'm sure your loss hurt, but your view is scewed by it. It is not medically feasible to be drunk on that little booze over that amount of time. I was seriously injured when I was 19 when I had a head-on collision with a drunk driver doing 55, so drunk he couldn't walk, but you know what? I will still go out and have a few beers watching the game and then drive home. Drinking and Driving is not illegal. Drunk Driving is.

 

[Froggyswife]

Well, the public drunkenness is ridiculous, but just imagine had your husband decided he was "okay" to drive, and the cop had pulled him over then. Imagine the fines, losing his license, etc. Imagine if he had gotten in the car and hurt someone. He made the RIGHT choice by walking, as opposed to so many people who make the wrong choice. My point is to all these people who are saying it's okay to drink and drive. One day they are not going to be as lucky as your husband was...or worse yet, an innocent bystander.

Exactly

 

[DawnCt1]

Do you realize how hypocritical what you just wrote is as compared to the posts you've made about the free reign that you believe we should confer to the Executive Branch of the federal govt with respect to wire tapping, surveillance and the like? You are hilarious. It's ok for the Feds to spy on people as long as they might somehow be linked to terrorism - and of course, none of them trump up charges, are politically motivated or are on power trips!!?? But let this affect your life or the lives of your friends and neighbors, and then we really have to the limit those police powers. LOL!!

Absolutely not hypocritical. Surveillance as authorized by the president is to protect Americans from another catatrophic attack. Those "spied" on WERE linked to terrorism. They had terrorists calling their phones. I think that's a big difference between a police officer being able to arrest and then convict you, despite concrete evidence that you were not impaired or had an elevated BAL.

 

[WIcruizer]

In a previous post he said "not just one but several". No I don't think that one drink with dinner or by itself is an impedment to their driving ability but SEVERAL is.

Based on what??? Because YOU think so? I can have 4 beers an hour and still be under the leagl limit. Now if you must know, I'm too old to even drink 4 beers in an hour anymore. But I have had SEVERAL drinks over a 2-4 period. Still well below a .05.

There's something very wrong with an individual that would behave in this manner.. You might want to see a counselor to find out why you hold so little regard for the lives of not only your own family members, but the children of others as well.. Your behavior and attitude is extremely dangerous and one day you will undoubtedly pay dearly for it - as will some other poor innocent family..

As for the "other" parents - obviously they are just as irresponsible as you are.. What a sad bunch of people...

Oh please! How dare you judge something you know nothing about. As i said before, I understand you deal with this in an emotional, not logical, way based on what happened in your life. At the same time, don't pretend you're the only one who has had someone close to you die in a car accident. I have as well. Drinking was invloved, but it was also a 16 year old kid who caused the accident. Was it just a reckless kid (as we later found out), the alcohol, or a combination? We'll never know.

What I DO know is when I'm fully capable of driving safely. And I can tell you I'm a much safer driver after a couple drinks if I'm well rested than driving at night when I'm tired...one quick example.

 

[WIcruizer]

I was seriously injured when I was 19 when I had a head-on collision with a drunk driver doing 55, so drunk he couldn't walk, but you know what? I will still go out and have a few beers watching the game and then drive home. Drinking and Driving is not illegal. Drunk Driving is.

That's because you have common sense. Instead of being outraged that I drive legally after drinking, all of our efforts should be targeted at the habitual DRUNK drivers. You know the story. The guy who's on his 7th DUI. The guy who got his 4th DUI and was well over .20 each time. THOSE people are the ones who should be crushed with the full power of the law.

But the millions of Americans who, for example, go to a baseball game and has a few beers and drives the family home should not be made to feel irresponsible. If you really believe that's terrible parenting, you need to get a grip.

 

[DawnCt1]

Now lets get serious here for a second, after you get down from your pedestal you might take a minute to think about is this person talking about one drink or serveral. My father has drank one beer everyday of his life and I feel perfectly safe getting into a car with him and would also let me child be in a car with him. That doesn't make me irresponsible because - I KNOW MY DAD AND YOU DON'T. Now a perfect stranger - no I wouldn't let my kids get in the car, but with someone I know and how they handle alcohol I would have no problem. While you may feel that one drink is enough to keep you from driving that does not mean you get to impose your superiority on everyone else about it. That is your opinion and you are entitled to it but no one else has to live life by your rules.

~Amanda

Amanda, you and I are in agreement on this.

 

[Mom2be]

Amanda, you and I are in agreement on this.

Who would of thought it. I thought it felt chillier in here today, now I know it is because hell frooze over

~Amanda

 

[Mom2be]

Well this is my oppinion you can like it or NOT it doesn't make a bit of difference to me. I don't believe you should drink and drive. My husband had half his face ripped off because of a drunk driver and almost lost him and if I have an "Emotional" view on this topic I think I have the right to be "Emotional". If you think I don't have the right to it then you can BITE ME!

I'm sorry that you and your husband had to go through that but your solution is to punish everyone when in actuallity the drunk driver who caused your pain should be the only one punished.

~Amanda

 

[Mandabella]

Did I miss the post that answered the title of this thread's question?

I personally don't know of anyone who's been pulled over, let alone convicted of DUI, after having one drink over an hour's time with dinner.

 

[jodifla]

Froggyswife, you are not playing by the DIS board rules. We don't resort to the type of name calling you're getting into....(although I've gotten pretty close some days...)

we keep it to debating our points.

 

[L107ANGEL]

Ummm....ok...that's real mature. What are you 13?



Yes, by a DRUNK driver.

Wow, how compassionate of you!! I am sure you would feel differentaly if it was one of your loved ones that was in this accident.