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re: Never take a roadside sobriety test, especially if you look drunk or high naturally
Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:05 pm to Ingeniero
Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:05 pm to Ingeniero
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Yeah well if you don't like that the guy with a high school diploma can arrest you and have you charged with DUI, you can spend thousands of dollars defending yourself in a court that will side with the officer's discretion anyway. What's the problem, you little commie?
Don’t forget that a GED is a qualifier too.
And those thousands of dollars to defend a bogus DUI? I’m getting that back in the civil litigation using the most bloodthirsty litigator with a grudge that I can find.
And after that settlement comes… I’m parading a blown up check with the payment amount on it around town or the county thanking every taxpayer in person for their entire amounts of multiple people’s property taxes coming to me for their department’s incompetence.
Only to drag it back out in the election year.
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:08 pm to SemperFiDawg
quote:at 20 years old I blew into a breathalyzer after being pulled over. I was as drunk as nine Indians, they let me go. I’ll never understand that.
I've got to be the only person on earth that took one drunk and passed. To this day I can't explain it.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:08 pm to holmesbr
You forgot the stickers on their car...
Drunk/high drivers suck, but claiming someone is drunk after failing a nystagmus test administered by someone who can't spell "aspirin" is ridiculous.
Drunk/high drivers suck, but claiming someone is drunk after failing a nystagmus test administered by someone who can't spell "aspirin" is ridiculous.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:37 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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It's 50/50 that the officer will claim you're impaired even when you're stone cold sober.
It’s 100%. When they get to the field sobriety tests they have moved on to the gathering evidence phase. No matter what they say they are not trying to see if you may or may not be drunk.
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 11/4/25 at 3:06 pm to Sunnyvale
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Still had his license suspended and had to prove to the state he was not impaired.
This is the thing. Regardless if innocent or not you have your license suspended, risk getting fired from your job, etc until the court date which could be months away. All based on someone with a GED and power trip opinion.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 3:30 pm to el Gaucho
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How come they don’t do dui checkpoints in areas where every Altima and dodge charger has a trail of weed smoke following it
Simple, this is a money grab and those people don't / can't pay fines. They instead have to serve jail time which costs money.
So they do these in areas where people can and will pay their fines to make it all go away.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 3:46 pm to imjustafatkid
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OP is correct, but I'd go a step farther: never agree to a field breathalyzer either. They are not accurate. Make them do a blood test or do the one at the jail.
Wrong. Often the breathalyzer reads lower than you actually are, so if anything it would help you. A blood test will show traces of alcohol even 2 days before, so that would be the absolute worst thing to do if you drank or smoked over a couple days.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:01 pm to holdmuh keystonelite
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Wrong. Often the breathalyzer reads lower than you actually are, so if anything it would help you.
The roadside breathalyzer is not admissible in court. Anyone telling you that taking the roadside breathalyzer is helpful to you is lying.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:04 pm to Dadren
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Do we want cops arresting people because they “look like they are in drugs”? When they could simply be having a not-so-great reaction to medication (as an example)?
Well...yes. I don't want these people on the road, even in the off-chance this person was simply having a bad reaction to medication. These people should not be driving.
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Like I said, if you think they are unsafe on the road, get them home. What the hell is accomplished by putting someone in this scenario in jail?
Hopefully we're preventing from repeating this behavior in the future. That's what we are hopefully accomplishing.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:14 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
As someone who did shift work at a casino, I’ve taken and passed 3 field sobriety tests and been sent on my way each time. “No sir, I’m not drunk, just tired” Being respectful and following directions works. They aren’t all out to get you.
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:21 pm to Ingeniero
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Much like "I smell weed" is the magic phrase to search your car
Well I smell weed and alcohol on the cop who pulls me over.
Citizens arrest. Kinda like that jerk who interviewed the detective in the parking lot and within a min he was interrogating the detective ( think he name was Dt Mike Jardy?) and had him rattled. I don't like those type guys looking for a problem nor do I like cops that just wanna think everyone is drunk or high. Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:42 pm to Sharlo
*But you really just shouldn't drink and drive. Not worth the risk.
Did you watch the video or read the original text? Guy had zero alcohol or drugs in his system. Still arrested, spent the night in jail, and took 6 months to clear his name.
Did you watch the video or read the original text? Guy had zero alcohol or drugs in his system. Still arrested, spent the night in jail, and took 6 months to clear his name.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:45 pm to Seth Bullock
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*But you really just shouldn't drink and drive. Not worth the risk.
Did you watch the video or read the original text? Guy had zero alcohol or drugs in his system. Still arrested, spent the night in jail, and took 6 months to clear his name.
Yes, I did. I wasn't talking about that guy specifically. More to your standard-issue baw who will drink a couple and drive. Just not worth the risk. Didn't mean to imply that the guy in the video took a risk.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:47 pm to DustyDinkleman
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If you get out of the car to do a FST. You’re already going to jail. Even if you blow a 0.0
bullshite. I've blown a 0.04% and NOPD said: Congrats, you're only half drunk, you should drive straight home. I still had to pay the speeding ticket though.
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:59 pm to el Gaucho
I-110 24/7… only time I have my pistol on my console when I drive.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:33 pm to DustyDinkleman
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Buddy I got news for ya. If you get out of the car to do a FST. You’re already going to jail. Even if you blow a 0.0
I had to do one when I was in my early 20s and I didn’t go to jail.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:41 pm to DustyDinkleman
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If you get out of the car to do a FST. You’re already going to jail. Even if you blow a 0.0
Not true at all. The only time I got pulled over I did the alphabet backwards and walking backwards heel to toe tests and got cut loose. I would certainly not have blown a 0.0 and was likely borderline.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:48 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
In my state we have “Implied Consent.”
You can refuse a field sobriety test, BUT you cannot refuse a chemical test. Refusing is considered an automatic failure.
Even worse, if you have a CDL, you cannot refuse a field sobriety test, even if you’re not driving a commercial vehicle.
You can refuse a field sobriety test, BUT you cannot refuse a chemical test. Refusing is considered an automatic failure.
Even worse, if you have a CDL, you cannot refuse a field sobriety test, even if you’re not driving a commercial vehicle.
Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:16 am to danilo
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So he NOW thinks driving after drinking is a bad idea?
Bruh, 2-3 beers over a round of golf ain't going to put you over the limit. But that slight smell of beer on his breath and his slurred speech from Bell's Palsy would be too risky for him to avoid trouble from police.
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