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Originally Posted by IC3
I have no sympathy for anybody who drinks and drives.
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Agreed, 100%.
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Originally Posted by Meier_Link
I think that if you're caught driving and your absolutely fucked up out of your gourd you should get harsh punishment. What you did was not that situation. The cop was a grade a cocksucker, and he knew he'd be fucking you up for years.. furthermore he knew you weren't fucked up. It's just an example of the government abusing the power that we give it to govern us...
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With any due respect, are you out of your fucking mind? He blew over the legal limit for a minor- a minor who isn't supposed to be drinking AT ALL. In many states, you can be arrested for blowing positive as a minor. You're not supposed to be drinking if you're a minor ANYWAY, and if you are driving and blow over the limit, you have broken a law. You face the penalties of your stupid, stupid actions. YOU are a Grade-A cocksucker if you believe the police are abusing power by handing out fines and penalties because YOU broke the law.
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I think that rather than use a breathalizer (which are proven to be inaccurate in the measure of intoxication) we should use some kind of test of reflex and reaction time...
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1. They do. Tests for intoxication also usually include the HGN test, (mentioned earlier) among others, that are also based on the science of the effects of alcohol on the human body. These are not always necessary, as in the case where a person (like the original poster) admits to consuming alcohol. These are more often administered in cases where people claim to be sober or claim to not have consumed alcohol.
2. If you're going to make the statement that breathalizers are "proven to be inaccurate in the measure of intoxication", and don't include SOME form of viable documentation to support that theory, I'm left only with the option of calling bullshit on your theory, and moving on as though you'd said nothing at all.