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Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:39 am to mikelbr
I edited it... 
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:39 am to jcaz
You have to be the dumbest person on TD….and that’s saying something
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:44 am to Odysseus32
Alcohol will be largely eliminated before self driving cars are adopted by the majority.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:49 am to theliontamer
How will alcohol be eliminated?
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:50 am to Crappieman
0.08 driver is monumentally less dangerous than someone on their phone not even looking.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:55 am to Crappieman
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There is no excuse for getting behind the wheel of any motorized vehicle while drunk or impaired. Those persons should be arrested and have their vehicles towed.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes. I have no sympathy for anyone with a DWI or DUI charge.
Anybody who gets a DUI after taking a breathalyzer should be heavily punished. Anyone who is charged with a DUI based of field sobriety tests, erratic behavior or the feelings of a cop should be handed a couple of million dollars in punitive damages until the state stops doing that stupid shite. Breathalyzers work and are quantifiable, being able to touch your nose or some parlor trick is no way for the state to behave. It has become the norm and data suggests somewhere between 30 and 60% of those charged and fined with DUI based on standing on one leg and reciting the alphabet backwards was not legally intoxicated when stopped. Those tests account for about half of DUIs in the US every year.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:58 am to Crappieman
You’re not wrong. Especially now with Uber and Lyft and all of that. I will say back in the day taxis and cabs weren’t readily available where I grew up but you could always phone a friend and as long as you’d return the favor they’d come get you
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:59 am to AwgustaDawg
100% agree. Cops are not educated or intelligent enough to make subjective decisions. Most I know are some of the dumbest people alive
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:00 am to Lake08
Marijuana in any form is far less harmful than alcohol and we’re seeing a societal shift toward that.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:05 am to DaleGribblesMower
Agree with you on weed being healthier than alcohol, but they are both bad when it comes to being impaired
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:08 am to AwgustaDawg
I can’t say the alphabet backwards sober. Like I really can’t… I’m sober right now drinking coffee and tried and got tied up at Y
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:10 am to Crappieman
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If a sober spouse or friend is in the vehicle
Don't you think the sober spouse/friend should have DROVE?
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:11 am to Crappieman
OPs a fricking commie 
This post was edited on 7/7/25 at 8:12 am
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:22 am to JPLSU1981
That why the crooked cop asks you to do the alphabet backwards….”I couldn’t do that sober”. Oh, so you admit you’re not sober??? Place your hands behind your back.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:29 am to JPLSU1981
quote:This is said by every drunk driver ever
I can’t speak for everyone else, but I’m a more conservative/cautious driver when I’ve had a couple drinks, as I’m fully aware of the potential negative consequences. I don’t speed and try to avoid traffic and other cars.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:02 am to JPLSU1981
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I can’t say the alphabet backwards sober. Like I really can’t… I’m sober right now drinking coffee and tried and got tied up at Y
Most people can't, that's the point I think. People need to realize that the police are a necessary evil....and equally so. They are not in the business to be friends and win hearts and minds, they are in the business of making arrests because that's what we appraise their performance by. I will guarantee you if you ask most Americans what happens when the police suspect you of DUI they are going to say something about a breathalyzer being utilized. The fact is it may or may not be....it may simply be the cop asking you to close your eyes, stretch out your arms and bend them at the elbow and touch your nose....and no matter where you touch yourself you are charged with DUI. It happens all the time all over the country. It does not improve safety one bit but it does cause citizens a lot of problems and costs them a pile of money...it ought to be treated as an egregious over reach and victims should be awarded piles of punitive damages until the public insists it stops.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:07 am to DaleGribblesMower
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100% agree. Cops are not educated or intelligent enough to make subjective decisions. Most I know are some of the dumbest people alive
I have known 2 people in 60 years who can say the alphabet backwards. One of them is a bad drunk and the other one was a bad drunk and a drug addict. I seriously doubt if most cops could tell if you did it backwards. In any case it should not be anything more than a parlor trick...it is subjective and criminal charges should avoid subjectivity as much as possible.
The good thing is they are not mandatory and other than being given a ration of shite and a breathalyzer nothing will come of you simply refusing to comply. It is not a lawful order...it is a request that you can choose to comply with or not...and you should always not comply because the only thing that can happen that has not already happened is you being charged with DUI....
Of course the comply or die crowd will disagree because they can't imagine the state being corrupt or incompetent when it comes to arresting people and ruining lives....
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:23 am to AwgustaDawg
Had a number of cops tell me they target people that can afford of the fees associated with a DWI. Does the county no good to arrest someone that can’t afford the fees associated with it. Very rare do you see cops parked across the street of a low end dive bar vs a bar that has a higher clientele in terms of $$
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:24 am to Lake08
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Very rare do you see cops parked across the street of a low end dive bar
exactly why I frequent low end dive bars
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