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8/25/2008 8:38:59 AM

the constitutionality argument is weaksauce, college kid naivity.

most of us have probably driven when they shouldnt have. I will be the first to admit that I have. unfortunately, the threat of a checkpoint is probably the greatest deterrent for drunk people not to drive when it should be the fact that you could kill someone or yourself. the threat of a checkpoint has kept me out of the drivers seat many times. obviously, for that shit to be posted on here every time there is one, people sweat them.

its easy, call a fucking cab.

8/25/2008 9:11:20 AM

its funny how many people on TWW have never heard of Cabs or DD's

8/25/2008 11:40:17 AM

Travis, you're such a free-thinker

8/25/2008 1:24:17 PM

and you sir, are a gentlemen and a scholar.

8/25/2008 4:55:34 PM

SEND A MASS TEXT MESSAGE!!!

NOW!!

8/25/2008 4:57:52 PM

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"I wonder what's the reasoning behind that? DUI on a human powered device just seems like a bad idea anyhow, but the only one getting hurt is the one whose powering it..."

I've found very few people will slow down to hit an object in the road. Most prefer to swerve and plenty of them lose complete control over their vehicle. Notice peoples reactions when something darts in the road next time.

View the drunk cyclist as the object in the road.

8/25/2008 6:08:01 PM

still won't stop drunk people from just walking or running into the street aimlessly and still the "driver in question" would be in the same situation. Instead of being on an iron horse, he's just barely walking or laying on the street.

8/25/2008 6:13:30 PM

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"DUI - SOUTHERN STYLE Only a person in North Carolina could think of this. From that part of our country where drunk driving is considered 'a sport' comes this true story. Recently a routine police patrol was parked outside a bar in Kinston , North Carolina. After last call, the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so apparently intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing. After what seemed an eternity, in which he tried his keys on five different vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall into it. He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off--it was a fine, dry summer night--,flicked the blinkers on and off a couple of times, honked the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little, and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the other patrons' vehicles left. At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot, he pulled out and drove slowly down the road. The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, and promptly pulled the man over and administered a breathalyzer test. To his amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man had consumed any alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer said, 'I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the police station. This breathalyzer equipment must be broken.' 'I doubt it,' said the truly proud Redneck. 'Tonight I'm the designated decoy.' "

8/25/2008 6:34:27 PM

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"still won't stop drunk people from just walking or running into the street aimlessly and still the "driver in question" would be in the same situation. Instead of being on an iron horse, he's just barely walking or laying on the street."

You're correct. I guess I just thought that on a bike you would be more likely near/ON a road. You would also lose control over yourself and be moving much faster as to alert a driver.

8/25/2008 6:39:44 PM

HAHAHA, wow... nice.

^I'd say if you are drunk and actually have balance still to ride a bicycle more than 10 feet, you should be fine to ride the rest of the way home. Seriously... would you want someone intoxicated on a bike or in a car?

[Edited on August 25, 2008 at 6:42 PM. Reason : ]

8/25/2008 6:40:58 PM

I've seen a drunk cyclist drive into traffic.

Charleston SC

8/25/2008 7:07:49 PM

i too stay out late at nite and am cool enough to drink zima and drive my mom's '06 accord every other weekend when she goes out of town on business.

8/25/2008 9:35:19 PM

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"you CAN get a dui WITHOUT being DRUNK"

if you blow over the legal limit, you're drunk. If you refuse to admit it, then you probably have a drinking problem too.

8/25/2008 9:48:20 PM

im not telling anyone because they shouldnt be drinking and driving and if they are, i hope they get caught

8/25/2008 9:51:17 PM

drove through one tonight, but not saying where it is

9/25/2008 12:01:31 AM

^^^ If you blow over a 0.00% and you're under 21, you can most certainly get a DUI without being anywhere near drunk.

9/25/2008 12:08:18 AM