with the blood/alcohol limit at .08, if you drink more then 2 beers in an hour, you could fail the breath test. Or ONE shot of booze in an hour is all you can have.
If I'm really Jones'in for a ice cold Miller High Life, I can go in a bar and hammer 2 of them in 5 minutes or less. So in that hour I can/could consume 5 beers and maybe 2 shots; jump in the iron horse and drive home without a problem, but by law I would be considered blasted.
I'm sure there were occasions where I was over the limit. {The shame} The penalties are so severe and the limits are so low now, you will probably see me nursing one drink if I'm out. Really has to hurt bar owners business.
Yeah, everything went topsy-turvy with the DUI thing.
In the old days, sometimes the cops would let you off with a warning, or even follow you home.
I swear I'm not making this up: a long time ago, my ex-wife and I wanted to spend St. Patrick's Day night in Milwaukee, where my friend and Irish poet, James Liddy, lived and taught. I wasn't sure the VW was up to the job, so we borrowed a friend's car, an old, full size Chevy. Coming back early in the morning on the freeway drunk, I fell asleep at the wheel and the car careened off into a field. No injuries. The responding Milwaukee County Sheriff asked what happened. I told him. He said, "I'm Irish and I've had a few myself tonight. Let's get you a tow truck."
Ha! Today you're toast if they catch you DUI, but the first time is still not a crime in Wisconsin.
I heard that if you find you've had too much, don't sit in the drivers side of your car to sleep it off. They can still get you for DUI, even if your car is not moving.
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ReplyDeletedo you think more then a 100 is a little excessive?
ReplyDeleteActually I think more then a 1000 in the past 45 years.
with the blood/alcohol limit at .08, if you drink more then 2 beers in an hour, you could fail the breath test. Or ONE shot of booze in an hour is all you can have.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm really Jones'in for a ice cold Miller High Life, I can go in a bar and hammer 2 of them in 5 minutes or less. So in that hour I can/could consume 5 beers and maybe 2 shots; jump in the iron horse and drive home without a problem, but by law I would be considered blasted.
I'm sure there were occasions where I was over the limit. {The shame} The penalties are so severe and the limits are so low now, you will probably see me nursing one drink if I'm out. Really has to hurt bar owners business.
ReplyDeleteYeah, everything went topsy-turvy with the DUI thing.
ReplyDeleteIn the old days, sometimes the cops would let you off with a warning, or even follow you home.
I swear I'm not making this up: a long time ago, my ex-wife and I wanted to spend St. Patrick's Day night in Milwaukee, where my friend and Irish poet, James Liddy, lived and taught. I wasn't sure the VW was up to the job, so we borrowed a friend's car, an old, full size Chevy. Coming back early in the morning on the freeway drunk, I fell asleep at the wheel and the car careened off into a field. No injuries. The responding Milwaukee County Sheriff asked what happened. I told him. He said, "I'm Irish and I've had a few myself tonight. Let's get you a tow truck."
Ha! Today you're toast if they catch you DUI, but the first time is still not a crime in Wisconsin.
Psst: http://racineuncovered.org/2015/03/st-patricks-holiday-alcohol-enforcement-deployments/
ReplyDeleteI heard that if you find you've had too much, don't sit in the drivers side of your car to sleep it off. They can still get you for DUI, even if your car is not moving.
ReplyDeleteMore than 100...depends on your age. Even if you are only 41, that works out to five times a year.
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