if you smoke a joint in America and drive, you can be serverly fucked over, DUI.
I believe it is harder to prove in court though, and the eye flicker test is used. I know I would rather smoke a joint, and drive , than have a glass of wine and drive, but you both drugs can be taken to the point where your ability is impaired. personally i'm really scared of old people, after being cut off at 75 by someone's grandmother last month.
Actually, it's not hard at all to prove. They give you a blood test for marijuana. When I was arrested once, one of the charges was "DUI combo", which means driving under the influence of multiple intoxicants. They gave a breathalyzer when they pulled me over and also found weed in the car. I had left my half-smoked pipe sitting in the door handle like a stoner, lol. When I got to the jail, they gave me another breathalyzer (the official BAC level they use in court), but neglected to give me a blood test for the marijuana. My lawyer had the DUI thrown out because of that technicality. He also convinced the judge to toss out my possession charge. Instead, I was charged with disorderly conduct.
They can arrest you for DUI based on the "follow my finger" roadside sobriety test, but they can't convict you on that alone. That's why you can actually sometimes have a DUI tossed out if you refuse to ever submit to a breathalyzer test. You will lose your licence for a year for refusing to take it, but with a lawyer and the right circumstances, he can have the DUI charge dropped. For a 2nd in 5 DUI, you will lose you licence for 12 months anyway, sometimes it's better to suffer the 12 months without a licence than to not have a licence AND have to have a DUI on your record too.
i wasn't drunk, but I got a dui off .03 lastnight w/ an open container. It was with the park service, anyone else ever have to go to federal court for a dui?
Dammit man! You should count yourself VERY lucky that he didn't find the weed. That would be a huge headache for you. I'm assuming that you were arrested and taken to jail. They will usually search you again at the jail when you arrive and are logged in before putting you into the holding cell. I'm guessing that you were able to bond out before being processed into population, at that point they would've taken your clothes and given you a nice orange jumpsuit and flip-flops to wear, at which point they probably would've found the weed. I'm pretty sure that if you're caught with marijuana on federal property, it's a felony even if it is less than one ounce. Even if that isn't correct, if they find the weed at the jail, THAT would definitely make it a felony charge.
.03, LMAO!!! Yeah, the legal limit in GA is .08, but that doesn't really mean that they can't arrest you for DUI if it's lower than that. In court, they call .08 and above legally drunk. They call .05 to .08 "less safe" and can often still convict you of a DUI with that BAC level. With .03, I'd highly recommend getting a lawyer, he can probably talk to the judge during the pre-trial and have it thrown out, especially if you've never had any similar charges before. I'm guessing the reason why the officer chose to arrest you on that BAC was because of the open container and also because you were probably stoned and he could tell that you were not completely sober.
yeah i guess i can't help it to an extent, i grew up in a place where fly-fishing is relatively unpopular, and the equipment is expensive (i don't buy cheap rods or reels). i'm definitely up for trying it though, and i don't think it would take me long to get a decent casting technique down
That's another thing I meant to mention about it. It's FUCKING EXPENSIVE AS SHIIIIIIIT!
Speaking of expensive, that's why I don't shop at Bass Pro Shops for anything anymore. You'll pay more for something there than you would for the same item at most other stores. The only thing I've ever bought there recently was some fishing line and that's it. That was only because they had it and Wal-Mart didn't. Sometimes I like to use the Stren brand flourescent yellow 12 lb line, and every WallyWorld I go to never has it.
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