Don't drink. Don't smoke. Don't do drugs. I may be boring, but I'm alive!

I have enough vices already, without having to deal with any of those..

Heart Of Stone wrote on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 12:56pm:


most everyone i know has a dui or 2.  i had a friend who was scared straight for months after his first offense  and every time he came over i would offer him a beer and he'd be like no way man, i gotta drive.  i was like you are allowed 1 beer, but he was adamant about not drinking anything.  the other week we went out for burgers and, you guessed it, drinks.  i won't say how many we had, but i'm pretty sure if he were to be pulled over he would have gotten his second within a year.  its weird how people forget or just give up caring about stuff like that.

in ny, 9 times out of ten if you are popped for a dwi [drunk] for the 1st time you can get it reduced to an ability impared [not so drunk] which is a lesser crime and lesser fines.  this is with help of a lawyer.  if it happens a second time within 5 years chances are you're screwed.  they will not reduce it.  this is what happens here in the hudson valley anyway.  in ny city it is a totally different story.  pretty much the bottom line is...if you get 3 within 5 years, you may be jail time.  not that i have been there.

one thing that confuses me tho and i am not sure i agree with it.  just say you and a friend are sitting in your car down by the river, drinking of course, keys are in the ignition and you are listening to tunes but the car is not idoling.  now a cop pulls up...he can technically bust you for a dui.  i don't jive with that...the vehicle isn't moving.  

bottom line is pretty simple...just don't do it.  call a cab.

" Don't drink. Don't smoke. Don't do drugs.  "


This makes young Joey sad .

Brainbell Jangler wrote on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 2:06pm:


are you sure you are not referring to commercial license's?  especially guys/gals that truck gas and oil.   

another thing or 2 i want to add to my above post is.  if you are convicted with a dui, 1st offense, second one too, you can maintain a license in ny state... you need to attend a 3-4 hour lecture course, which cost 10 dollars.  this is mandatory.  a cop lectures you and there are poster sized pictures of wrecked cars and also people talk about family and friends that have been injured or killed because of drunk drivers.  now if you wish to continue driving you have to attend a 7 week class session [which is alway full] where everyone who attends has been busted for booze or drugs and that costs 500 dollars and or you have to surrender your license for 3 months.  with all the court costs and lawyer fees and such you are looking at a 2 thousand dollar bill.

Joey wrote on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 2:05pm:




It makes me sadder when people do things to harm themselves or others.... I really never want to encounter a drunk driver...

" .... as far as I'm concerened  D.U.I.'s should be under the weapon (Too Kill)
 you actually kill people when it's D.U.I. "


This makes young Joey blanch .

Heart Of Stone wrote on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 5:04pm:


is it because of your troubles with the law you are not driving?

left shoe shuffle wrote on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 7:24pm:


what i said is not rubbish and without going into any gory details, i should know.  i'm living proof.  i have a valid license today and am free to drive without restrictions anywhere i please.  don't believe everything you read.

left shoe shuffle wrote on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 7:50pm:


without going into any gory details.  yes.  correctamundo.

you see what happens is.  all the while you are attending those useless classes you are driving with what they call a conditional license.  with this you are only allowed to drive to work or to the hospital, thats it.  now do you really think people abide by this law?

you will only do jail time if you get more than 3 within a 5 year span.  

can't separate the season from puttin a good buzz on


 

Passing on DDP school automatically revoked your license, Otis.

www.nydmv.state.ny.us/broch/c40.htm#notpart

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Quite sure.  I'm a criminal defense lawyer.  Under Oregon law (this is mandated by the feds, so I assume it's true in all states), holders of commercial licenses are not even eligible for diversion (even if driving their private vehicle).  All drivers are subject to mandatory one-year license suspension for first conviction (not diversion) within five years; two years suspension for second within five years; permanent for third (no matter howe many years apart).

On the other hand, no DUII without driving, which is defined to require some motion of the vehicle.  But that means any motion, including the following (actual cases):  reaching across from the passenger seat to close the driver's side window and accidentally putting the car into gear; grabbing the wheel from the passenger seat; steering a car while it's being towed; and (my personal favorite) pushing a disabled motorcycle down the road.

The poll answers dont fit me! so I didnt answer, but...
I'm a 'social drinker', I drink at parties and weddings and at holidays but I never drink alone and rarely get drunk, although I like a 'beautiful buzz', multi-layered, haha. It puts the 'Happy' in Holidays!

"I didn't go to bars much. One drunken asshole was all I could handle and that was me." - Stephen King



"I never understood social drinking, that's always seemed to me like kissing your sister." - Stephen King

     

"The only reason that I didn’t commit suicide was the fact that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead." - Eric Clapton



"A woman drove me to drink and I never even had the courtesy to thank her."  - W.C. Fields

Well... I belong to "more than one" of the options, but I can vote for just one of them

• I drink but always end up drunk
• I think I'm an alcoholic & need help
• I use drugs instead.

To the last question I would change it to "I use drugs in addition to booze"

So... what can a poor boy do?

Sioux I love ya!!!