Topic: Just another fuck up...
started by: Neophyre
around 2am, we decided to head home, and since i was on my Learner's Permit and needing the lessons, (over here in Oz you need to complete 50 hours worth of driving), i took the wheel.
i'd had 3 375ml cans of white label Beam & Cola in between 8pm and 10:30pm, and was still sober. it had been almost 4 hours since i had the drinks, so i thought i'd be under the limit.
I was later pulled over by Highway Patrol, because i stressed out and stalled the engine when i drove past at the intersection. I was later submitted to 2 breathalisers, which they didnt give me a reading for.
i was placed under arrest, taken to the station, and took a third test, which gave a reading of .04
i thought everything was cool coz the national limit is .05, but turns out learners have a BAC limit of .02 so i was well over.
had my photo taken, prints done, signed documents, and then later released me.
i've gotta appear in juvenile court on the 30th, and i was wondering if there is any legal advice i can get regarding this matter.
you'll probably end up with 6 months to wait to get your permit again.
Basically, you take some stupid class (pay extra $$) and pay some other fees, do some community service and they put the infraction on hold. You keep your ass clean for a certain period (usually 1 year?), and don't get in trouble again, then they'll take it off of your permanent record.
Call the local prosecutor's office/courthouse or a lawyer and see if they have anything like that and if you have a chance.
Good luck!
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Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny :D
Never argue with and idiot...he may be doing the same thing
im concerned bout the fine more than anything.
im just concerned to as why they didn't tell me my first and second tests? could i use that to support myself in anyway?
im planning on getting references to provide so i can prove i have a good character, etc, not a trouble maker.
Good luck, man.
Ok, strap it all to your chest under a light jacket. Now if you wait 'till the end there may be no need but consider this your "contigency plan". If the verdict doesn't work out you can threaten them down to a plea bargen maybe even an acquittal, I saw "< double Jepardy >" like 15 times and if it works for Ashley Judd i don't see why it won't work for you.
Warning do not try this at home^
[EDIT- another briliant idea]
Tell the judge that you were practicing driving drunk so that if you were ever really driving drunk you would be expirienced.
This message has been edited by Non on August 12, 2001 at 03:20 AM
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Originally posted by CatKnight:
The limit here for BAC is .00. That is unless you are over 21. Then it's like .08 for DUI and .10 for DWI.
That would be incorrect. In maryland, dc and VA under 21 is allowed a .02 BAC to allow for the small amounts of alcohol in cough syrups and such.
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Originally posted by CatKnight:
The limit here for BAC is .00. That is unless you are over 21. Then it's like .08 for DUI and .10 for DWI.
Do you live in texas? If so, hello!
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Originally posted by L33T_h4x0r_d00d:
That would be incorrect. In maryland, dc and VA under 21 is allowed a .02 BAC to allow for the small amounts of alcohol in cough syrups and such.
Hmm I guess all of those propoganda films in high school were lying to me then! 
Mr. Snark, I agree with you to an extent. Driving while moderatlely high isn't much of a risk. Driving if you're totally crippled is different - but when you're that high you don't want to drive anyway 
Neophyre, I don't know anything about Australian law. Here in the US you'd be fux0red - your permit would be taken away and you'd be walking until you were 21.
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Originally posted by RenegadeSnark:
Also - driving stoned is much safer than driving drunk. Keep that in mind.
that's a dumb thing to say ... i know you advocate pot and in a lot of cases so do i, but driving on either of those is fucking stupid! alcohol impairs judgement but your reactions go all over the place on pot. it's a lose-lose battle. don't get wrecked if you're gonna drive. we're not putting a man on the moon here.
Btw, there is more than one standard drink in a can of white label, and your body can do 1 standard drink an hour... and thats to keep you under .05
Traffic offences you can fight, DUI is hard work.
Hard luck man. S'all good tho, you'll get it back in due time.
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The reason they didn't give you the first readings is coz they didnt want to book you, but the reading was too high to let you go, thats why they came back.
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Not necessarily. It's possible that your BAC wasn't quite high enough on the first reading, but was close and the second was higher (rising b/c of more alcohol entering the bloodstream from the stomach). So they may have just been waiting it out until they could bust you.
Sounds far-fetched and kind of paranoid (and I'm not paranoid, really), but it happened to a friend of mine.
I have to go now...the black helicopters are circling my house again...
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Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny :D
Never argue with and idiot...he may be doing the same thing
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