Never a problem when smoking pot.

Just another lesson learned at the school of hard knocks.

Hey, it is Krystmess time ... WTF were you thinking? Uh, CHECKSTOP season.

Now go and beat you friend for bringing your dumbass into this world.

Sucks you got arrested but take it from me bro, DON'T drink and drive, i did it one to many times and had a bad accident, spend over 1 month in the hospital.

Luckely i didn't hit anyone else but i got what i diserved and believe me, you DON'T want that.

I didnt wanna drive!
my friend had no licence and wanted to go home! Kept telling me drive i said no no no no no no no no and then i finally gave in when i tough i solbered up. I was in the car sleeping for a couple of hours trying to wear the buzz off!

i assume he wasn't drunk as REALLY drunk (hammered) like he had no idea what he was doing... 1-2 beers in 2-3 hours in strip club will not decrease your driving skills at all, so everyone stop bitching...

I don't feel sorry for you at all. If you are not responsible enough to drive a car, don't.

well said. :glugglug

Idiot. He got arrested and charged. That means he was over the legal limit. Now kick your own ass for your dumb ass reply.

bummer dude.

over the limit in some states is like 1 or 2 beers, and what the hell do the cops expect when there is strip clubs, bars, restaruants or whatever, ofcourse there is not always gonna be a designated driver

Its one thing to be a regular drinker who gets behind the wheel and something different when someone just makes a mistake like having a few too many at the office party before heading home.

I don't get all these people hating on the starter of this thread. Let the person who hasn't fucked up in their life sometime, someway be the first to cast the stones at Mr. DUI here. Some of you guys are acting like the person is Satan himself.

When I did criminal law, I cut my teeth on DUI defense. The vast majority of DUI cases I saw were just regular decent Joes out making a stupid mistake and not bad people.

Word of advice!

"DON"T FUCKING DRIVE DRUNK ASSHOLE"

Now with that said, I recommend finding a lawyer that knows the D.A! As with most CRIMES, the D.A want their pound of fleash! It helps if the lawyer you use has a good raport.

Be prepared to spend $$$$ DUI defense can cost as much as $10K or more.:2 cents:

Good luck!

WTF?! If you know you might have a chance to drink a beer or two then don't take your fucking car in the first place.

How hard is it to understand? And even after 1-2 beers your driving skills are affected.

2+2=5

That's a stupid mistake.

Drinking and driving has potentially lethal consequences. A little outside the "stupid mistake" realm, especially when that mistake ends in a fatality.

1-2 beers is NOT .083%

thank you!

these people act like angels on theis fucking board!

hehe u dont know shit!:1orglaugh

With all the prevention and ads on TV for the past 20 years there is no excuse, especially during holidays.

DUI does not make someone bad. It makes someone look like a fucking fool.

And even more if you come on a public message board expecting sympathy.

maybe its a little different over there in canada

Sorry to hear that but what can you do know.Just take it day by day .Good luck to you

that sucks, next time take a cab

I tried a breathalizer once. I drank half a liter of beer (50cl), less than half an hour after I had .02

Since I see you are in Toronto, I will give you an idea of what you are in for, since Ontario now has some of the toughest laws for first offences in the world:

- 3 months with no license whether you are found quilty or not
- $700 for a lawyer if you just want him to review the case and then plead guilty. ( you could just go with duty counsel, but that's not advisable)

After you are found quilty you can look forward to:
- car insurance will probably be close to $400 a month, if you can even get it, and it stays like that for up to 3 years
- $550 education course mandatory
- $650 fine, but if you get a "hanging" judge it could be as high as $2000 or so
- 1 year driving prohibition mandatory
- After your one year of driving prohibition, you are required to put an ignition interlock device in your car for another year if you want to drive. (Otherwise you will have 2 years driving prohibition) You have to blow in it every time you start your car, and in random intervals after that (anywhere from every 5 to 30 minutes) while you are driving.
You can't drive any vehicle that doesn't have one of these installed, so forget about driving anyone else's vehicles, or if you have multiple cars, then expect to pay double
This device costs you about $1400 installed, and they take it back after the year is up.

Have fun!

idiot :2 cents:

http://www.sos.state.il.us/publicati.../section2.html

Facts about .08:

* At .08, all drivers are impaired to the point that critical driving skills are greatly diminished. Studies indicate that at a .08 BAC level, a driver?s steering, braking, speed control, lane changing, gear changing and judgments of speed and distance are all significantly impaired.

* To reach .08, a 170-pound male would have to consume four or more drinks in a one-hour period on an empty stomach. A 137-pound female would have to consume three drinks in one hour to reach .08. A drink is considered a 12-ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine or a cocktail containing 1.5 ounces of 80-proof liquor.

* At .08, a driver is three times more likely to be involved in a car crash than a sober driver, and 11 times more likely to be killed in a single-vehicle crash.

Hey Dude I know what your going through and it's no fun at all. My advice to you is get if knock out as quick as you can so you can get onwith your life!

They can talk all the shit they want but when it happens to them they'll knowwhat it's like!

come on dude that is fucking rediculous

sixxth sense and you could not see it coming???

thats tight :(

4ho sure!

I am not saying I believe DUI is not a crime, it clearly is, but here you are comparing two different classes of crimes. DUI that results in injury is a felony much like if you had simple math errors that resulted in injuries or death would also land you in court on a felony homocide charge.

You are treating this person like a real criminal rather than someone who just screwed up and will probably not do it again.

I had a feeling the whole fucking night,
we were talking about getting arested before we started drinking, i didnt want to drink, i didnt want to go to the stirp club soooo fucking many signs and still!

I just seen you said you blew a .83. This will be very hard for them to convict you on.

Cops almost never charge you unless you are over 1.0 because it is almost impossible to prove that you were impaired if the reading is less because the timing of the breathalyzer reading comes into question. (Although this will depend on what you admitted to the officer during questioniing, and how long it was before you got the final readings done at the station.)

For your sake, hopefully you didn't tell them how long ago you had your last drink.

Definately get a lawyer, because unless you blabbed a lot to the cop, I think you will have no problem getting off the charge with only a .83.

Unfortunately, that's just the way the system works.

you must be a real weak person :2 cents:

I had a feeling the whole fucking night,
we were talking about getting arested before we started drinking, i didnt want to drink, i didnt want to go to the stirp club soooo fucking many signs and still!

Nice contradictions. Someone committing a crime is not a criminal?

spot on, then they arent risking anyones elses lives

There is a reason why DUI is a misdemeanor and DUI with Injury is a 3rd degree felony.

With a 0.83 blow the fact is that this DUI charge is very suspect and it could very easily have been that he was under .80 when he was arrested. Alcohol absorption in the human body looks like a bell curve and its very possible he was tested near the peak of his intoxication. What if he really was a .78, which doesnt even support a misdemeanor charge? Would you be so gung ho to call him a criminal?

Your assuming guilt and then taking it one step further by freely comparing him to acts that are not even in the same class of crimes.

i dont think you should be drinking if you are going to drive

if you are going to drink and drive what the hell were you thinking about doing it around a strip club?

ive talked to alot of officers and they always sit in hotspots, like outside clubs, strip clubs and on main roads out of downtown.

they are not stupid, they laught at people like you that play into their hands, use your fucking brain.