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Originally Posted by Rory K STAFF  Jerry, saying 90% of those who can drive and like a drink, drink and drive is a bit out of line. |
(Mind you, what I am writing in this thread really only applies to the DUI situation in the U.S.)
Out of line...are you sure about that? Do you know at what point you become too impaired to drive? I'm not asking for you to google the information and respond, either. Do you know? Do you know when impairment begins? Do you own a car? How many times have you been drunk? How did you get home each of those times?
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Originally Posted by Rory K Staff Does this mean that 9 out of 10 of us gets behind the wheel drunk everytime? once in a lifetime or once a week? or that we all have driven home pi$$ed in the past? |
9 out of 10 people who drive to a bar drive home. At many bars, everyone drives home. Virtually everyone who drives to a house party drives home. Check the parking lot leaving sporting events...how many of the thousands of people who've been drinking leave in a cab? How many people who drive to a club take a cab home and leave their car in a dodgy parking lot overnight? Once in a lifetime is enough to put your life at risk, but once a week sounds about average. The NHTSA estimates that first-time DUI offenders drove drunk 770-some times before they were caught. If you're asking if I think that 9 out of 10 times a person drives a car that they're intoxicated, my answer is no. Of course not. But, 9 out of 10 drivers who drink have driven home pi$$ed.
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Originally Posted by Rory K Staff However should i wish to have a single beer with a meal at 8pm knowing that i wont be behind the wheel until midnight would this make me a drink driver? |
Not in this country. As the body gets rid of alcohol at the rate of .015% per hour, you should be OK after an hour. Unless, of course, the "one beer" was HUGE.
What do you think should happen to those who kill others when they're drinking and driving Rory?