re: How many times have you driven over the legal BAC limit in your life?

I am quite sure it was in the thousands. I was drinking in bars in New York (drinking age was 18) and was going to bars from the time I was 16. Got my license at 17 on September 10, 1968. Drinking and driving was a sport.

I had 1 DWI in 1983. I blew a .16 and passed all of the field sobriety tests. But I reeked of alcohol. If someone blows that now in Virginia it's a non-discretionary, mandatory 5 days in jail.

My last time driving drunk was sometime in early November 1995. I quit drinking thereafter -- so, it's going on 22 years.

As I said, when I started drinking, drinking and driving was a sport. Now (and for many years) is is socially unacceptable - as it should be.

Way to may times in my youth.

There have only been two or three times where I am still ashamed of myself for driving. I'm grateful/fortunate that nothing happened. I learned my lesson - never again.

Over .08? That's probably happened a lot on accident, honestly. I'm much more careful now.

100-175 times

Probably 1000 times about. 90% of those were like 20 years ago. Never caught. Usually probably only slightly over the limit.

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If the answer is 0, you don't need to post.

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Why?

My answer is 0 and the reason for that is because one of you that isn't 0 killed my grandmother.

Don't follow the pen all the way over. Tell them it's as far as you can see it and stop short.

1000x prob...none in last 3 years. Moved to Nola so I could easily walk to/from bars. pulled over twice and charged, never convicted.

I was pretty surprised how little it takes to blow over the limit when I had my own breathalyser.

Stupid question. This is the OT. We're banging swimsuit models in the limousine while our chauffeur handles the plebian task of driving.