Drunk driving isn't the best idea in the world, so better to avoid it altogether. Just a couple of drinks can make a big difference. My uncle was killed by a drunk driver.
Legal Loophole to Get Through DUI Checkpoints
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On those rare occasions when I drink at all, I don't drive after the first sip. It's just not worth it, and driving after drinking anything has never proven necessary, in the life-or-death sense. I'd rather plant myself for the rest of the day where I'm at and have fun.
Oh, here's one: If you can't plan how you're going to get home, or wherever it is you need to go, you're not responsible enough to drink.
Oh, here's one: If you can't plan how you're going to get home, or wherever it is you need to go, you're not responsible enough to drink.
Driving is a constitutional right, but being free from illegal searches and seizures is.
That being said, there often isn't another way to get around. Cars are necessities in the vast majority of the United States.
Of course we are. We always have been. Tell a friend.
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Surely it's not a consitutional right in the USA? After all you have to pass a test before you can drive legally as well as no doubt have insurance etc..
I'm sorry, I missed a not there. Driving is not a constitutional right.
Sorry, I realize that kinda changes the meaning
Sorry, I realize that kinda changes the meaning
I'm sorry, I missed a not there. Driving is not a constitutional right.
Sorry, I realize that kinda changes the meaning
That's alright we all make mistakes from time to time.
This has always been something that interested me actually. We do the same thing here, "driving is a privilege not a right", "you chose to get behind the wheel so you signed up to this", etc. Perhaps true in 1945. But in 2015 in the US or the UK or in most places for that matter, is driving still a luxury you can just choose not to do? If you live outside a major conurbation with efficient public transport, then certainly not without greatly affecting your life. The legal fiction that you are engaging in a luxury or a privilege when you get in a car is an old one but doesn't make much sense today if you think about it too hard. You could equally say using the same logic you have 'chosen' to walk the streets and therefore have 'signed up' to being stopped and having your ID checked, but we don't say that - we attach a privacy and a right to walking on public roads, but not to driving on them. Possibly it's the only way to keep people safe, so it's a necessity, but I don't think we can pretend its a logical distinction anymore.
Yeah, pretty much. I would say your rules are even more extreme. Here, an officer can't randomly choose to pull over a vehicle as part of your privilege to drive. He needs to stop you for either a traffic infraction or because he has reason to believe you committed some other crime (so swerving in a lane might be evidence of a DUI). The department can, however, set up a checkpoint to check for your license or check for a DUI (the example in the op) and can then stop you without reason as long as they're not singling out a particular car (so stopping every car or every third car is fine, stopping that particular car because you want to find out if they're doing anything wrong is not).
Yes but in the UK there are rules for walking on roads, in the Highway code. So it's not a free for all and I find number 2 is frequently not followed.
1. General guidance (1 to 6)
1
Pavements (including any path along the side of a road) should be used if provided. Where possible, avoid being next to the kerb with your back to the traffic. If you have to step into the road, look both ways first. Always show due care and consideration for others.
2
If there is no pavement, keep to the right-hand side of the road so that you can see oncoming traffic. You should take extra care and
- be prepared to walk in single file, especially on narrow roads or in poor light
- keep close to the side of the road.
3
Help other road users to see you. Wear or carry something light-coloured, bright or fluorescent in poor daylight conditions. When it is dark, use reflective materials (e.g. armbands, sashes, waistcoats, jackets, footwear), which can be seen by drivers using headlights up to three times as far away as non-reflective materials.
4
Young children should not be out alone on the pavement or road (see Rule 7). When taking children out, keep between them and the traffic and hold their hands firmly. Strap very young children into push-chairs or use reins. When pushing a young child in a buggy, do not push the buggy into the road when checking to see if it is clear to cross, particularly from between parked vehicles.
5
Organised walks. Large groups of people walking together should use a pavement if available; if one is not, they should keep to the left. Look-outs should be positioned at the front and back of the group, and they should wear fluorescent clothes in daylight and reflective clothes in the dark. At night, the look-out in front should show a white light and the one at the back a red light. People on the outside of large groups should also carry lights and wear reflective clothing.
6
Motorways. Pedestrians MUST NOT be on motorways or slip roads except in an emergency (see Rule 271 and Rule 275).
Highway Code. I remember the old Business song "Drinking and Driving" where that was referenced. Never knew what it meant as a kid though (being that I am American).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8nL4_65v7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8nL4_65v7w
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Whilst what you say is true, failure to follow the Highway code could draw attention to yourself.
I'd also point out regulation and flat prohibition are very different. No one says "you forfeited your privilege to go walking." In the UK, you aren't required to stop and produce ID on a whim because it's a condition of you exercising your privilege to go for a stroll.
Margarita gummy shot recipe
Yields 18
Ingredients and supplies:
2 bags Life Savers Gummies (regular, wild berry or cooler flavor)
2 cups tequila
Margarita salt
1 bottle premixed margaritas
Mini appetizer spoons (found at party supply stores)
Mini cocktail/margarita glasses (found at party supply stores)
really ,,, the drunk never get the mixture correct.. mostly sloppy stuff that needs cleaning up and such.. right ahhahahahahaha
Yields 18
Ingredients and supplies:
2 bags Life Savers Gummies (regular, wild berry or cooler flavor)
2 cups tequila
Margarita salt
1 bottle premixed margaritas
Mini appetizer spoons (found at party supply stores)
Mini cocktail/margarita glasses (found at party supply stores)
really ,,, the drunk never get the mixture correct.. mostly sloppy stuff that needs cleaning up and such.. right ahhahahahahaha
A brief explanation about the flyer from the attorney who created it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-...il&utm_term=0_74dea526f6-d3c44528a3-237035157
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-...il&utm_term=0_74dea526f6-d3c44528a3-237035157
If only life were that easy.
Indeed. It's never easy.
In related news, here's how easy it is:
http://gizmodo.com/5939234/7-deadly...ver-ever-make-out-of-harmless-household-items
...I'd love to talk more but i suspect the NSA will shortly be using numbers 1-4 on that list to obliterate me.
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