Buzz kills: No amount of alcohol safe to drive

**clovenhooves** · 07-01-2011, 05:07 PM

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-0...ohol-safe.html

I think some of you will agree, and some will make a

**INMY01TA** · 07-01-2011, 05:24 PM

Disagree.

**FORD RECOVERY EXPERT** · 07-01-2011, 08:47 PM

If you drink.... You SHOULDN'T be driving.......

**ibanez7** · 07-01-2011, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by FORD RECOVERY EXPERT

If you drink.... You SHOULDN'T be driving.......

exactly!!!

alcohol depletes oxygen sent to the brain.. less oxygen=poor judgement

**GTP231** · 07-01-2011, 09:31 PM

Pssh who needs alcohol to do that I make poor judgement all the time sober

**35th-ANV-SS** · 07-02-2011, 01:37 AM

I disagree with the article. I always drive the speed limit when I'm drunk. I don't want to get pulled over and get a DUI.

**Smittro** · 07-02-2011, 02:15 AM

Originally Posted by FORD RECOVERY EXPERT

If you drink.... You SHOULDN'T be driving.......

+2.

**bowtieguy02SS** · 07-02-2011, 02:34 AM

ill be the first to say it, america has always had this backwards..... legalize marijuana, and make alcohol illegal

**redbird555** · 07-02-2011, 04:16 AM

Originally Posted by bowtieguy02SS

ill be the first to say it, america has always had this backwards..... legalize marijuana, and make alcohol illegal

they already tried to make alcohol illegal and that failed miserably it created way more crime than it was worth. pot is fine and all but any substance like that will impair your ability to drive so it wouldnt be that much of an improvement

**clovenhooves** · 07-02-2011, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS

I disagree with the article. I always drive the speed limit when I'm drunk. I don't want to get pulled over and get a DUI.

Um, if you're serious - they are other dangers from driving drunk. Worse defensive driving, too - an untold number of multi-car crashes involve drivers of more than one vehicle doing something they shouldn't have been. Like one sleepy driver drifting into the path of a guy who hasn't fully sobered up yet. The Jim Leyritz case was a doozy.

**clovenhooves** · 07-02-2011, 11:07 AM

The relationship between blood alcohol concentration (BAC), age, and crash risk.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18571573

**310stanger** · 07-02-2011, 11:33 AM

As a former dui recipient, an offense and moment in my life im ashamed of but have moved on and forever changed my habits when partaking in the consumption of adult beverages, I fully believe and agree that theres no amount of alcohol that is "safe" when operating heavy machinery, particularly a vehicle. Any consumption of booze is making your condition worse then if you were stone sober. You dont have to be "drunk" to be impaired, and who decides what drunk really is? Do you know what you are gonna blow before you get in a car after being at a bar? Not to mention 90 percent of the talking heads talking shit about dui offenders FREQUENTLY drink and drive themselves not realizing they are at risk of DUI themselves. If you are gonna drink. Drink. Just arrange for a sober driver.

**transamtom** · 07-02-2011, 11:35 AM

Just remember even if its not your fault and you have been drinking your insurance is null and void.

D&D is a criminal offence and can prohibit future job opportunities and international travel.

**Red97GTP** · 07-02-2011, 12:14 PM

Well, me driving drunk is safer than the (insert gender here) thats putting make up on while texting on their cell phone during their morning commute.

**SiggyZ** · 07-02-2011, 01:42 PM

If drinking and driving is illegal, so should texting or talking on your damn cell phone. I see people doing the dumbest shit behind the wheel of a vehicle while dicking around on their phone.

**INMY01TA** · 07-02-2011, 01:54 PM

Fuck this nanny state and all you pussies. If I wanna have two beers with my dinner I shouldn't be considered a criminal. A legal limit of 0.0? Come on.

**clovenhooves** · 07-02-2011, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by SiggyZ

If drinking and driving is illegal, so should texting or talking on your damn cell phone. I see people doing the dumbest shit behind the wheel of a vehicle while dicking around on their phone.

That is illegal around here, except with special equipment. Sooner or later, everywhere else will have similar laws.

On BAC, I think that low readings above 0 should be handled with warnings, fines, and alcohol ed, at least at first. I like to point out that drinking and driving don't naturally go together, i.e., it's not a natural right. People were drinking alcohol tens of thousands of years before motor vehicles were invented.

**INMY01TA** · 07-02-2011, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by clovenhooves

I like to point out that drinking and driving don't naturally go together, i.e., it's not a natural right. People were drinking alcohol tens of thousands of years before motor vehicles were invented.

Yes but it was barely a crime 40 years ago. MADD changed everything. Madds founder has even said she didn't intend for the laws to get as restrictive as they are now.

**cammed goat** · 07-02-2011, 09:23 PM

This is why I make sure I eat a nice dinner with my one and ONLY drink. When I am out, I limit myself to one beer or one wine cooler with my dinner. This way, I am not buzzed while I am driving. But, I don't go to bars as much as I used to.

**Z28Thunder** · 07-02-2011, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by cammed goat

This is why I make sure I eat a nice dinner with my one and ONLY drink. When I am out, I limit myself to one beer or one wine cooler with my dinner. This way, I am not buzzed while I am driving. But, I don't go to bars as much as I used to.

I will try and make this short. The ex and I worked 12 hour shifts 6 to 6. At the time she was on days and I was on nights. I got home had my dinner an started my beer. She calls and states she forgot her purse. I slam the beer grab her purse and head towards her. I was stupid and speeding. Got pulled over and the roadside breathalyzer had me at .100 which is a DUI here. Got a good lawyer who had the sample tested again and came back as .001. Thanks to that the case got dropped. Heck even the speeding ticket went away. Period if you're drinking don't drive period. I agree there is no amount safe. But I feel the same about cell phones and driving and I am not talking about texting. Driver inattention is the leading factor for most accidents. When you drive your focus should be on one thing period.