Spearman OWI?

[BILLBUCKNER]

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My son got pulled over for speeding 70 in a 55. It was not locked in on radar. The officer said that he appeared nervous and "off" when they questioned him. Made him do the sobriety tests which he passed. That night he was upsest about a break up with a gfriend and was not the quickest to follow the officers instructions so they took him to the station and collected a urine sample..It tested positive for marajuana= the same as an OWI. He got the same punishment as if he blew over the limit for drinking. I don't condone smoking pot and thats another story for another day.. This cost him about $6000 and the loss of his license for 6 months. I hope that he learned a lesson from this. You better do what ever the law says to avoid getting pulled over because its about the money. The state cares about taking your money bottom line.

 

[DDThompson]

Or the moped OWI where he causes a 2-ton vehicle to have to swerve to avoid him and mow down a handful of students on their way to dinner? But since he was only on a moped it's not that bad right? Doesn't matter if he was on a moped or driving a car. His immature actions can cause the same amount of damage...

Or if a person is driving a 2-ton vehicle is not paying attention enough to know to slow down when coming up to a moped and not to swerve into a handful of students then that person shouldn't be driving a 2-ton vehicle.

Seems like Iowa student-athletes have had more run-ins with drivers with 2-ton vehicles that make the right decision of slowing down/braking and not swerving into a handful of students.

As I said, there's bad and badder.

But you go ahead and swerve.

 

[1hawkeye1]

If you live in a college town and you are going out on a weekend or heck any night it just about it makes you think twice about doing it cause your going to be sharing the road with drunk drivers all over the place. It's just nuts how year in year out it goes on. There's so little anyone can do to prevent it other then make the punishments harsher so they'll not want to do it. But coaches want their players eligible so there is the conundrum. Till we as a society and programs start looking at OWIs, DUIs as a serious problem it'll keep happening... If you make it a 6 game penalty for doing it 1st offense then kick em off the 2nd time do you think as many players would do it? If they are in an accident where someone is injured then they are gone 1st offense. It's a 100 percent avoidable crime. No excuses. The fact the kid is underage is not withstanding. Everyone likes to say kids will be kids and it wasn't that big of a deal back in the day... Well that's all well and good till someone you know gets hurt or worse by a drunk driver....

I think our society does take it as a serious crime. The problem, as I see it, is that people aren't sure when they are committing the crime. I'll bet every person reading this has had a couple drinks and got behind the wheel thinking they were fine. And they probably were. But it all depends on how much they have had to eat. How fast they drank those drinks. How much time they allowed before driving. How much alcohol was in their drinks, etc. If bars and restaurants had some way to let patrons know how intoxicated they were, I'll bet there would be fewer drunks getting behind the wheel.

I bought a breathalyzer for $25 because I thought it would be a lot of fun at golf tournaments and whatnot. I've already called my wife once to come get me and I've had 2 friends get rides who otherwise would've driven themselves. It's hard to tell when you are too far over the line, not to mention you lose judgement the drunker you are.

If people had some way to know just where they were BAC wise (blood alcohol content) I'm sure they would arrange other ways to get home. There are keychain breathalyzers that are surprisingly accurate. This is the one I got. There are plenty of them to choose from. Get one and use it.

 

[BILLBUCKNER]

I think our society does take it as a serious crime. The problem, as I see it, is that people aren't sure when they are committing the crime. I'll bet every person reading this has had a couple drinks and got behind the wheel thinking they were fine. And they probably were. But it all depends on how much they have had to eat. How fast they drank those drinks. How much time they allowed before driving. How much alcohol was in their drinks, etc. If bars and restaurants had some way to let patrons know how intoxicated they were, I'll bet there would be fewer drunks getting behind the wheel.

I bought a breathalyzer for $25 because I thought it would be a lot of fun at golf tournaments and whatnot. I've already called my wife once to come get me and I've had 2 friends get rides who otherwise would've driven themselves. It's hard to tell when you are too far over the line, not to mention you lose judgement the drunker you are.

If people had some way to know just where they were BAC wise (blood alcohol content) I'm sure they would arrange other ways to get home. There are keychain breathalyzers that are surprisingly accurate. This is the one I got. There are plenty of them to choose from. Get one and use it.

That is a great idea and don't know why I never thought about that before. You are right,every bar should be required to have one. And patrons should be encouraged to use it before getting behind the wheel.

 

[Chickenlounge]

Or if a person is driving a 2-ton vehicle is not paying attention enough to know to slow down when coming up to a moped and not to swerve into a handful of students then that person shouldn't be driving a 2-ton vehicle.

Seems like Iowa student-athletes have had more run-ins with drivers with 2-ton vehicles that make the right decision of slowing down/braking and not swerving into a handful of students.

As I said, there's bad and badder.

But you go ahead and swerve.

And you go ahead and keep being an apologist for idiot kids.

 

[1hawkeye1]

That is a great idea and don't know why I never thought about that before. You are right,every bar should be required to have one. And patrons should be encouraged to use it before getting behind the wheel.

Like everything else, they are probably afraid of the liability. Can't blame them for that.

 

[hawkinn3]

Like everything else, they are probably afraid of the liability. Can't blame them for that.

That and the practical considerations. You are bartender and some guy blows over the limit, but says he is driving home. Besides calling the cops you can't do anything.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

I think Jewell was outplaying him anyway. He looked completely lost against Maryland. Seriously...watch the tape...some really bad angles and tackling. This is a set back though...at this point, he needs to play through the mistakes, but Jewell deserved more time regardless of the suspension that is coming.

Maybe he was drunk when he played!!