Originally Posted by frayedends (Post 2323422)

People stupidly think admitting drinking but not drinking a lot will gain them leniency. This is an incorrect assumption. If an officer asks if you’ve been drinking he has already determined that you’ve been drinking. The only correct answer to this question is “I exercise my right to remain silent.” Then they should refuse a field sobriety test and refuse a breathalyzer. Of course if they are drunk enough to be impaired they don’t always make these correct decisions.

Originally Posted by frayedends (Post 2323492)

I agree, but if the cop thinks you have been drinking you are losing your driving privileges regardless. The key is to not give them any additional evidence. You will be better off in the long run if you don't get convicted. If you say you were drinking any amount or fail a sobriety test, you are getting convicted.

Now in my current adulthood status I would say that if you take a sobriety test there is no way you will pass. I feel now that if you have to take that test you are all but already convicted. HOWEVER, as a young adult, leaving Hampton Beach NH, I was pulled over, took the field sobriety test and passed. I was drunk but not hammered, maybe 4 or 5 beers over 2.5 hours. The officer estimated me at 0.6 or something. But who knows, maybe it was my white priviledge. :D

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2324124)

More than likely due to the fact that you drank those beers sensibly, over a pretty good length of time. Alcohol metabolizes at approximately 1 ounce per hour, so the breathalyzer you took probably reflected a hair over two beers, not the entire total.

Congratulations by the way. There are a lot of Villagers who could benefit by imbibing more slowly as you apparently did.

Originally Posted by eremite06 (Post 2324206)

Budweiser now sells more nonalcohol beer, of which I only imbibe. Eight years sober and counting.

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2324208)

Congratulations on kicking nearly impossible habit….:bigbow::bigbow:

Originally Posted by eremite06 (Post 2324206)

Budweiser now sells more nonalcohol beer, of which I only imbibe. Eight years sober and counting.

Originally Posted by eremite06 (Post 2324206)

Budweiser now sells more nonalcohol beer, of which I only imbibe. Eight years sober and counting.

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston (Post 2324128)

Apologies for crossing threads but DUI cases were historically low at Katie Belles as most adhered to your premise....two drink minimum over 4-5 hours!

Originally Posted by crash (Post 2323566)

At .6 you would be dead think you meant .06 two hundredths below the current legal limit.

Originally Posted by Indydealmaker (Post 2323736)

In most jurisdictions, your advice guarantees an arrest, a blood or breathalyzer test at the jail and suspension of driving privileges.