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| trunks1022 |
| sorry but driving after having drinks just isn't smart to begin with. i am glad however that your legal counsel basically helped u get nothing but a slap on the wrist :) |
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| Mebot |
| quote: | Originally posted by trunks1022
sorry but drinking after having drinks just isn't smart to begin with. glad your legal counsel got u a good deal |
you mean driving after drinks? ;) :p
cos i sure as hell know that after a fun night of drinking , its always good to settle back and knock back a couple of beers.. :p |
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| trunks1022 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
you mean driving after drinks? ;) :p
cos i sure as hell know that after a fun night of drinking , its always good to settle back and knock back a couple of beers.. :p
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lol thank u. edited |
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| NY1004 |
| quote: | Originally posted by SineOne
last saturday, myself, my girlfriend, her sister and her boyfriend were lounging in a pool hall in Queens, NY.. i was drinking pints of sam adams draft beer.. we ate, laughed, etc.. had a good time.. spent a good three hours and i had 4 pints during this time.. we decided to go somewhere else around 2am so we got in my car and drove off.. i was fumbling with my cd player (trying to take out the Deep Dish GU Toronto and trying to input the new armin).. i must have not made a turn signal because next thing you know, i noticed the sirens and the flashings of the cop car behind me..
he asked for my license and asked if i had been drinking. i told him (irish / mid 30s) i had one beer.. he told me to get out and blow on his alcohol "tester".. i didn't feel drunk at all and i was 75% sure that i would not be tested as intoxicated.. i took a chance and blew.. he said i was not intoxicated but not sober ..
he cuffed me right there and took me in to the first of the many police precincts I will see in the next 16 hours (he left the car to my group as the car was under my father's name).. as i got in the car, i asked my peeps for all the quarters that they had and they gave me 8..
for those of you that have never been taken in (my first time also)
let me break it down..was cuffed to a bar for an hour with 3 other perps. they take your shoelaces and belt so you can't commit suicide. then had to take another alcohol "blow" test while being video taped (.8 or higher is driving while intoxicated and .6 - .7 is what I've now come to know as "driving while impared"). I blew a .72 then they put me in a small (maybe 5'x5') holding cell while the douche was filling out the paperwork.. you get fingerprinted electronically.. then i was back in this tiny cell for the next 5 ing hours.. i kept asking him wtf is taking so long for the next step and he just said we have to wait for a car to take me to central booking..
around 8am, they take me out and two female rookie officers starting their shift take me into their car and we drive to rego park queens criminal court which is a jail/court. after giving me an apple and a small milk carton, i was put in the next holding pen (about the size of a medium size bedroom)... there were around 20 people in there and it was filthy (other inmates told me that this is like the Hilton compared to the ones in the other boroughs).. it was around 9am sunday morning.. keep in mind i was "caught" around 2am Saturday night/sunday morning. I spent around 4 hours here and was also interviewed by a guy that works there who asked strange questions such as how much money i make, where do I work, etc.)
then taken into yet another holding pen (the system moves really slow) and was there for yet another 4 hours. there was a pay phone in there and those 8 quarters come in really handy (if you ever get taken in, they are gold)
as the system moves, yet transfered to another and final holding pen.. was in there for yet another 3 hours or so and finally met with the "house" lawyer who advised I will probably get a 3 month suspension on my license with a $400 fine. i said fine, just get me the out of here.. my name gets called and i'm led into the court room.. the lawyer says he made a really good deal and the final outcome was a $95 fine w/a $100 surcharge and no suspension on the license (since its my first arrest w/no prior convictions)..
I got out around 6pm.. I will never forget that sandwich they gave away at 9am and 1pm which was a piece of some type of bologne substitute between two pieces of white bread.. system blows but I feel really lucky. |
I'm sorry but I think you got what you deserved. I don't excuse driving while drinking under any circumstances because it does impair your judgement, something that a driver NEEDS to have if he is driving...especially with others in the car. |
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| Shamez214 |
| quote: | Originally posted by NY1004
I'm sorry but I think you got what you deserved. I don't excuse driving while drinking under any circumstances because it does impair your judgement, something that a driver NEEDS to have if he is driving...especially with others in the car. |
agreed. i'm sure if while 'fumbling' with the cd player, you crashed into a guard rail you wouldn't be saying the system sucks... |
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| vtec junkie |
| quote: | Originally posted by SineOne
last saturday, myself, my girlfriend, her sister and her boyfriend were lounging in a pool hall in Queens, NY.. i was drinking pints of sam adams draft beer.. we ate, laughed, etc.. had a good time.. spent a good three hours and i had 4 pints during this time.. we decided to go somewhere else around 2am so we got in my car and drove off.. i was fumbling with my cd player (trying to take out the Deep Dish GU Toronto and trying to input the new armin).. i must have not made a turn signal because next thing you know, i noticed the sirens and the flashings of the cop car behind me..
he asked for my license and asked if i had been drinking. i told him (irish / mid 30s) i had one beer.. he told me to get out and blow on his alcohol "tester".. i didn't feel drunk at all and i was 75% sure that i would not be tested as intoxicated.. i took a chance and blew.. he said i was not intoxicated but not sober ..
he cuffed me right there and took me in to the first of the many police precincts I will see in the next 16 hours (he left the car to my group as the car was under my father's name).. as i got in the car, i asked my peeps for all the quarters that they had and they gave me 8..
for those of you that have never been taken in (my first time also)
let me break it down..was cuffed to a bar for an hour with 3 other perps. they take your shoelaces and belt so you can't commit suicide. then had to take another alcohol "blow" test while being video taped (.8 or higher is driving while intoxicated and .6 - .7 is what I've now come to know as "driving while impared"). I blew a .72 then they put me in a small (maybe 5'x5') holding cell while the douche was filling out the paperwork.. you get fingerprinted electronically.. then i was back in this tiny cell for the next 5 ing hours.. i kept asking him wtf is taking so long for the next step and he just said we have to wait for a car to take me to central booking..
around 8am, they take me out and two female rookie officers starting their shift take me into their car and we drive to rego park queens criminal court which is a jail/court. after giving me an apple and a small milk carton, i was put in the next holding pen (about the size of a medium size bedroom)... there were around 20 people in there and it was filthy (other inmates told me that this is like the Hilton compared to the ones in the other boroughs).. it was around 9am sunday morning.. keep in mind i was "caught" around 2am Saturday night/sunday morning. I spent around 4 hours here and was also interviewed by a guy that works there who asked strange questions such as how much money i make, where do I work, etc.)
then taken into yet another holding pen (the system moves really slow) and was there for yet another 4 hours. there was a pay phone in there and those 8 quarters come in really handy (if you ever get taken in, they are gold)
as the system moves, yet transfered to another and final holding pen.. was in there for yet another 3 hours or so and finally met with the "house" lawyer who advised I will probably get a 3 month suspension on my license with a $400 fine. i said fine, just get me the out of here.. my name gets called and i'm led into the court room.. the lawyer says he made a really good deal and the final outcome was a $95 fine w/a $100 surcharge and no suspension on the license (since its my first arrest w/no prior convictions)..
I got out around 6pm.. I will never forget that sandwich they gave away at 9am and 1pm which was a piece of some type of bologne substitute between two pieces of white bread.. system blows but I feel really lucky. |
That ing blows goats bro......But I think I like NY's system and laws much better than PA's. I was arrested for DUI in March of 2003 and I still have not gone to court yet....my lawyers keep pushing my court date back. But after about $1500 in lawyer fees im still looking at one year suspension on my DL and ill have to do 48 hours in jail or I can pay them more ing money and do my time in a detention center......Keep in mind that I only had three beers in about 2 hours.....and I got pulled over for running a yellow light.....BULL :whip: |
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| trunks1022 |
| i have an interview at 2 o clock with a lawfirm in midtown for a fulltime securities litigation paralegal position... i'm a bit nervous. gonna be going during my lunch break. i can feel my insides turn all disgusting. :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: |
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| trancEyes22 |
| quote: | Originally posted by trunks1022
i have an interview at 2 o clock with a lawfirm in midtown for a fulltime securities litigation paralegal position... i'm a bit nervous. gonna be going during my lunch break. i can feel my insides turn all disgusting. :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: |
good luck sweetie!!! you'll do great!!! :D |
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| vtec junkie |
| quote: | Originally posted by trunks1022
i have an interview at 2 o clock with a lawfirm in midtown for a fulltime securities litigation paralegal position... i'm a bit nervous. gonna be going during my lunch break. i can feel my insides turn all disgusting. :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: |
Good luck bro.;) |
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| trunks1022 |
| thanks youse guys :toothless |
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| LinX |
i know how that feels. butterflys in the stomach?
you'll do fine |
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| SineOne |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
if this was your first arrest, why did you think to take all those quarters to begin with? i mean how did you know that you were going to need it? |
I have friends that have done some time and I also watch alot of movies/tv.. some jail themed movies off the top of my head:
Shawshank Redemption (one of my favs) / Sleepers (sick movie)/ Bad Boys with Sean Penn (another classic and I believe one of Penn's first movies)/ Escape from Alcatraz / Midnight Express
I also don't feel that I "deserved" what I got.. not for drinking 4 beers in three hours.. and it wasn't like I downed them either..
I nursed them and wasn't drunk at all.. and how accurate do you think that blower is? My feeling is that he did not have to take me in.. he could have just said "youre not drunk but I think you should pull over and rest for awhile"
I know when I'm drunk and I don't drive when I'm drunk..
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