DWI/DUI experiences?

[DeadGXL]

Im interested to hear from anyone with previous experiences on the issue. If you could just keep it to how it changed your life, costs, what to expect or watch out for etc that would be excellent...

BECAUSE i know its stupid and shouldnt have happened. Somone can be completely fine after a couple of beers but if you register a number they'll try to stick it to you regardless. Maybe because drink affects people differently, so fuck it treat everyone like criminals? I dont know.

As for anyone that may ask questions instead of just expand upon their own experience;

I opted for blood test to maybe improve my numbers because it took captain america an hour 1/2 to get down somewhere to draw blood in hopes to better my score. So i dont know it. Hired an attorney cause the butt raping is comming.

[bikedad]

My previous experience with this is a dead nephew because a driver thought he was fine with a few beers.

Head on collision. Nephew dead, drunk driver walked away.

I hope Captain America slams your ass in jail.

[Sabre002]

Plane and simple pay in money or pay in time.  One way or another they are going to get something from your.

You can bitch about the law all you want cause you feel like your fine after 2-3 beer.   But its pretty black in white for a DUI, does not matter how good you fell the fact is will you blow a number period! 

That being said I had and EX that got one and refused to listen to the brick wall that hit her in the fact about this shit.  Get the tape from the test thats where you start.  After that expect to loose your DL if don'tdont fight for it.  Then also expect it to get mpublicplic then you ever wanted it to be.  With mug shots on the net and in the papers now everyone will know and you better just own up to it.  People are on different sides of the fence about should they tell there job or not I really dont know where I stand on it casue I guess it matters if you work flipping burgers or teaching. 

[DavidPHumes]

Hired an attorney cause the butt raping is cumming.

Fixed, and I hope so. I never met my grandmother as a result of an impaired driver. Be glad you didn't kill anyone in your recklessness.

[DeadGXL]

^^exactly what i was asking not for. Yah you lost someone, someone was hurt because someone utterly drunk and out of their mind should not have been driving. Like after a beer according to numbers your dwi so really the system has got this skewed, taking the few legal vices they allow people to have (cigs and beer bascially), and turning it into something utterly ugly because it happened at all, or happened in excess.

And to all those hurt or have family hurt by such intoxicated, wreckless drivers im sorry. If its any consolation to you know that i give up drinking entirely. Not that i had a problem with it, but this experience so far has been that bad. Never been arrested before, no record, not even a ticket on my driving record. So before you lump me in with some crazy carmageddon loving alchohalic dick faces, just breathe and let me know something useful, PLEASE and thank you. gawd.

So would anyone else like to try?

[Speedfab]

If you post a "I did this stupid ass thing" thread, you will not be able to immunize it from criticism, period.  Especially true if said stupid ass thing has killed forum members' loved ones.  Someone may reply with what you are actually looking for, but don't get pissy about getting cracked on for it.  Get mad and downplay someone's loss, and you'll get straight up barbecued for it.

I cannot throw stones because in my younger and dumber days I have driven after drinking as well.  Bad enough to be considered "DUI"?, no telling... But I sure won't get on a high horse and be a hypocrite about it.  I hope things work out OK for you and that you learned the right lesson.

[bikedad]

^^^

" I hope things work out OK for you and that you learned the right lesson."

Good info right there. Count your blessings and move on.

[DeadGXL]

Right not to down play anyones loss or say their frustration isnt valid. And as for the lesson yes, i've taken away drinking privledges period just because this stands to ruin my life. So lesson learned? 10 times over. I was just wondering if anyone had some advice.

[Sabre002]

Pay the big bucks for a lawyer.  Best advice ya can get!  Also use one that does DUI.

[screamin88]

Pay the big bucks for a lawyer.  Best advice ya can get!  Also use one that does DUI.

If you like to drive.... This is your advice....^^^

[largeorangefont]

Pay the big bucks for a lawyer.  Best advice ya can get!  Also use one that does DUI.

Yep, and don't tell anyone at work.

[digitalsolo]

This is the same for all legal matters.

Step 1:  Higher a good lawyer.
Step 2:  Stop talking about it to anyone but your lawyer, including on the internet.

And the whole "I swear off drinking" bit is not a good response.   Generally extreme responses like that end poorly.  Unless you have a real alcohol problem, deciding not to drink when you drive is a much more realistic response.

[Nickatina7]

I got one when I was 21. Leaving the river I decided to drive after drinking maybe a six pack? I felt fine to drive. Park rangers immediately pulled me over and said they saw our group of people drinking all day. They did the sobriety test and I passed it. Except for writing the alphabet backwards, I messed up a couple times and corrected it. ( They said I was obviously drunk because of that) So after two breathalyzers with very different results (1.2 and .07) they arrested me.

I got a good lawyer and was in the process of fighting it when my work (Toyota dealership) found out about it and had to let me go due to insurance. Even though I wasn't even proven guilty of it yet.

Then after fighting it in court I got it DROPPED. Fully dismissed. Which in placer county in California is extremely rare. Supposedly this county has the highest DUI percentage of any county in the US. I paid 1,500$ in lawyer fees. Better than 15,000$ in DUI fees.

Bottom line I've never had more than one beer and gotten behind the wheel since. It's fucking stupid. Can seriously ruin your life. Also that park rangers are stupid and don't know what they're doing so if you do make sure their dumbasses pull you over.

[Ruler_Mark]

I had a friend in HS who's mom was a criminal defense lawyer, she knew we were starting to drink party etc. She told us if you ever get stopped and have had drinks in you refuse every test until you have a lawyer present. They will suspend your license but that is beatable. Since then the test is X time away from Y incident there is good case law for you to beat the charge. IE since the test wasnt administered the second you were pulled over it is not accurate as to if you were drunk then, IE you can score higher after because you aren't done metabolizing what you drank which results in reasonable doubt. Then since this is presumably at night you can beat the refusal of test license suspension due to being disoriented because of the stress of the flashing cop lights.

I cant make this up but there was this alcoholic whom shes 5-0 with beating duis. I do not condone drinking and driving, but I hate to see otherwise law abiding citizens in jail. 

[Speedfab]

I got a good lawyer and was in the process of fighting it when my work (Toyota dealership) found out about it and had to let me go due to insurance. Even though I wasn't even proven guilty of it yet.

Then after fighting it in court I got it DROPPED. Fully dismissed.

You have reasonable grounds for a wrongful termination suit if this was recent and you consider it worth pursuing.  They didn't "have to let you go due to insurance" until such time as you were adjudicated/convicted.