If you get pulled over and have been drinking and get out of your car and chug liquor can it be proven that you were drinking before you were driving?
Yes, this is a well known ploy, especially among habitual drunk drivers, for avoiding DUI charges or convictions. Our own police, with their experience, are experts at using this to get out of DUI convictions. There was one case where an RCMP, iirc, hit a motorcycle near his (the RCMP’s) home, went home after the accident before police showed up, and then claimed he'd had a few drinks to steady his nerves after the accident, when he had come back to the accident scene and been breathalyzed.However, the police doing DUI checks are wise to this, and will attempt to control you physically immediately on exiting the car, including a pat-down for alcohol, to avoid just this sort of thing happening.Edit:. I should mention that this is only to get out of the presumption of intoxication due to being over the legal limit when tested, or refusing the breathalyzer which carries the same penalty (here in Canada). It raises reasonable doubt about any blood alcohol test that is done, improving the chances of a favorable outcome if charged.
First Offense DUI Scared to death! please help?
q S is correct that these are just two alternative DUI charges (driving under the influence, and driving at .08% or above), and as to the sentencing practice in San Diego. El Jefe is NOT correct that there is a mandatory 48 hour sentence. That applies ONLY if you are not placed on probation--and everybody is placed on probation. However, in SOME counties SOME judges do impose a day or two of jail. However, the good news in your case is that you are incorrect that .08% is three times the legal limit. It is JUST AT the legal limit, and that was just the preliminary test. A lot will depend upon what the blood test shows. If it is below .08% it is likely that you will not be charged with DUI (though you WILL be charged with being under 21 and having alcohol in your system which will result in a 1 year driver's license suspension). If the test comes back at or slightly above .08% it is likely that you will be offered a "wet reckless," which is a plea to reduced charges of reckless driving with reduced punishment, but which can still be used as a prior conviction. But, bottom line, you are going to lose your license for a year no matter what, but what else you are looking at depends upon the results of the blood test. ADD: To my knowledge, it is not true that "most" counties require jail time. Most counties do NOT. I doubt that any attorney can avoid the 1 year suspension, but you certainly DO need an attorney. If you cannot afford counsel, the court will appoint counsel for you. ADD2: While they "can" sentence you to 4-6 months, the fact is that they WON'T. I would not hire any attorney to tried to scare you with such misleading claims.
Is it illegal to drink a beer while mowing your yard on a riding mower in Texas?
It shouldn’t be, if you stay on your lawn, but a cop looking to ruin your day might rumble you anyway.Obviously you’d be in violation of open container law if you rode the mower on the street. If you never left your lawn, open container shouldn’t be a problem, but if you were also obviously intoxicated, you might get a breathalyzer test, as the cop wouldn’t know that you had not been on a public street.Cops can and do arrest people for DWI on their private property if someone is driving drunk and pulls into their driveway, so being on private property isn’t a defense.
How do weaker inmates survive in prison?
Prison does not have to be hard. Regardless of your physical or mental stature, there are a few rules that you must follow in order to expect to survive prison unscathed. Bear in mind that these rules have nothing to do with the rules of whatever facility you're incarcerated in. These rules are convict rules, and are standard for every prison yard in the US.Do not tell on anybody, for any reason.Do not fraternize with convicts of another race than your own. If you do, understand that you are putting your life or your health at risk.Mind your own business at all times, and use 100% of your common sense at all times.There will be seating arrangements divided by race in the chow hall. Learn this and remember it.Wash your hands before exiting the bathroom every time you use it. And maintain good hygiene in general. I have seen people beaten severely for not showering daily.Defer to, and show respect to the older convicts. You do not get to survive prison to old age by accident.There may be times when you are directly challenged by another convict. If this happens, you must be prepared to respond physically. Do not hesitate. Even if you are beaten, it is okay because you fought. (This is what is known as being “stand up.”) If you try to talk your way out of it or refuse to fight, your suffering will be legendary afterward.Do not gamble, borrow, or use drugs that you get “up front” with the promise that you'll pay later without knowing beyond doubt that you'll be able to pay.If you “PC up” (ask a guard to place you in protective custody) bear in mind that anywhere you go from that point forward, somebody will be there who remembers that you PC’d up. This will get you severely beaten or killed, eventually. Don't do it.Following those rules will ensure that you make it to the other end of your sentence intact. Combined with a good exercise routine, and a lot of reading, you'll be a better person when you are released than you were when you got there. Everyone is “weaker” than someone else, at some point. Don't worry about it, just follow those rules, and you'll be okay.Edit: These guidelines are indicative of prisons in the Western / Southwestern US in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I welcome all comments from convicts who were released more recently than 2006 who have information that runs contrary to what I’ve written above. My goal here is to be right, more so than to seem right.
For how long can I leave out an unopened cup of yogurt before it's dangerous to eat?
If you consider of having food poisoning from possible food poisoning bacteria ( contamination and growth), then you do not have to be worried, specially if you store in a refrigerator.Yogurt, properly processed commercially will have pH less than 4.0. At that high acidic environment most enteric pathogens will not grow, even at room temperature.However, there are a few strains of food poisoning bacterial species, that are acid resistant. There is very very slight chance of processed yogurt will have some of them. However, if by chance you as a consumer contaminate the product after opening it, they may cause problem, specially those with very low infective dose.With time some yeast may grow on the rim of the containers, but they are not infective, but can cause flavor change.Storing for a long time , say 3 weeks +, may cause some molds to grow. With molds one should not take a chance and it is always better to discard.Summing up:With commercially processed yogurt, it is safe to have in the refrigerator for a month easily ( but look also for the sale by date).At room temperature, I would not keep more than a week ( unopened), as it will be too acrid for taste. Opened container : not more than 2–3 days for high sour taste and water exudation.For CURDS ( in India: home made), the product acidity may not be enough to give a suggestion on storage safety.
How much beer (6% alcohol volume) can a 180 pound, 21 year old male, non-commercial driver drink without getting a DUI?
The number of beers you can drink depends on several factors and is generally described by your body physiology, sex, time, and the widmark formula. As general rule, one under 5% alcohol beer is equal to 0.02. To be safe two 12oz beers is about the most you should drink to avoid a DUI. While the DUI legal limit is 0.08 in the United States, most state have less safe operation statutes which allow police the discretion to charge you with DUI even if you register a blood alcohol level under 0.08. I discuss this on my webpage at Understanding Blood-Alcohol Levels
Should I turn myself in for drunk driving?
DO NOT TURN YOURSELF IN! That's just stupid. I've had two DUIs and they are the biggest pain I've ever had in my life. It costs so much money to get your license back, it's not even funny. I don't know why you are even considering this. Tell a priest, not the cops.
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