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Book Wizard
07-23-2008, 07:16 AM
All I can say is "WOW".
Highest Recorded DUI Level (http://www.projo.com/ri/northprovidence/content/dui_bac_07-23-08_BLAV3UB_v22.411a2ee.html)
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
By Richard C. Dujardin
Journal Staff Writer
A North Providence man who crashed into a road sign late Monday was tested as having a blood-alcohol level six times the legal limit — believed to be the highest reading on a Breathalyzer in Rhode Island, according to the state police...
Pops In
07-23-2008, 07:21 AM
Wanker.
ArcticPhoenix
07-23-2008, 11:19 AM
Pfft. Amateur.
mom2my4
07-23-2008, 11:34 AM
What was the level? I don't know RI's legal limit.
Book Wizard
07-23-2008, 11:48 AM
M2M4, if you read the article, you will find this:
...Stanley Kobierowski, 34, was tested after he crashed into an electronic message board on Route 95 near Providence Place. He tested at the scene with a blood-alcohol level of .489 and then .491. Kobierowski was released on personal recognizance after a bail hearing and will face another hearing Friday on charges of drunken driving and resisting arrest...
Therefore, the legal limit is .081.
mom2my4
07-23-2008, 11:59 AM
M2M4, if you read the article, you will find this:
...Stanley Kobierowski, 34, was tested after he crashed into an electronic message board on Route 95 near Providence Place. He tested at the scene with a blood-alcohol level of .489 and then .491. Kobierowski was released on personal recognizance after a bail hearing and will face another hearing Friday on charges of drunken driving and resisting arrest...
Therefore, the legal limit is .081.
Sorry, I didn't realize that there was was URL in the OP.
What a dickhead. I hope he gets the book thrown at him and drops the soap many times in prison although that's all far too good for him.
Gracie
07-23-2008, 12:25 PM
Unfortunatly, he'll more than likely do a bit of jail time and then be back on the roads within a few years :headshake:
The DUI laws are a joke. They aren't inforced. Too many get a slap on the wrist.
Jim has had 5 DUI's. The last one (2 years ago) I turned him in. He just got his license back this month. He is also sober now. He knows if he drinks and drives again, I'll turn him in again.
His first DUI was stricken from his record as it's been over 20 years. They only counted 2 in a 6 year period against him. It would seem the others do not count :rolleyes2:
Why is someone even allowed to have 5 DUI's and a drivers license :huh:
Untill the laws are changed people will comtinue to die at the hands of drunks.
ArcticPhoenix
07-23-2008, 12:28 PM
Sorry, I didn't realize that there was was URL in the OP.
It's SOP to post the URL in any news story, usually placed in the article or post as a link to another website... for example, here (http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/99224?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared) is a good one.
You notice how the "here" is in blue? That's the link to the particular site that I happened to give (you can put any link in there, though). Just one word of advice, it's usually advisable to post if it's NSFW. ;)
mom2my4
07-23-2008, 12:46 PM
It's SOP to post the URL in any news story, usually placed in the article or post as a link to another website... for example, here (http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/99224?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared) is a good one.
You notice how the "here" is in blue? That's the link to the particular site that I happened to give (you can put any link in there, though). Just one word of advice, it's usually advisable to post if it's NSFW. ;)
I use firefox, and it was underlined in red. I didn't even pay attention because it just means there is either a typo or a word the program doesn't understand. I don't know why it was underlined in red instead of blue, but it is, same with the "here" one you posted.
Book Wizard
07-23-2008, 01:15 PM
I use Opera and links are underlined in red. On the Internet, if something is in blue or underlined in red, it is a link (depends on your browser). Word processors underline in red for a type or a mispelling.
I hope this guy gets jail time and has to dry out. The amount of alcohol he consumed should have killed him. He is just lucky he didn't kill anyone.
mom2my4
07-23-2008, 01:22 PM
I use Opera and links are underlined in red. On the Internet, if something is in blue or underlined in red, it is a link (depends on your browser). Word processors underline in red for a type or a mispelling.
I hope this guy gets jail time and has to dry out. The amount of alcohol he consumed should have killed him. He is just lucky he didn't kill anyone.
firefox does, in fact, underline for misspellings.
ETA: It's not that I don't understand how hyperlinks work. I simply didn't see the link to the story in the OP. That's all. Thank you for pointing it out to me.
ArcticPhoenix
07-23-2008, 01:28 PM
firefox does, in fact, underline for misspellings.
ETA: It's not that I don't understand how hyperlinks work. I simply didn't see the link to the story in the OP. That's all. Thank you for pointing it out to me.
Ahh, I see. I use firefox as well, and I saw the link. I just didn't know how familiar you were with teh intrawebs. ;)
Terrell
07-23-2008, 02:43 PM
I think that he should be punished in accordinance with DUI laws in the state where his offense occured, no more no less. If jail time is the norm for the nature of his offense, and his priors, then that's what he should get, if that's not the case, then he should not get jail time. Punish him according to sentencing guidelines for his offense and do not deviate.
I think that he should be punished in accordinance with DUI laws in the state where his offense occured, no more no less. If jail time is the norm for the nature of his offense, and his priors, then that's what he should get, if that's not the case, then he should not get jail time. Punish him according to sentencing guidelines for his offense and do not deviate.
Are there different laws for different states?
Pops In
07-23-2008, 06:03 PM
firefox does, in fact, underline for misspellings.
ETA: It's not that I don't understand how hyperlinks work. I simply didn't see the link to the story in the OP. That's all. Thank you for pointing it out to me.
Link as indicated < Link.
Made by [url=http://www.projo.com/ri/northprovidence/content/dui_bac_07-23-08_BLAV3UB_v22.411a2ee.html]Highest Recorded DUI Level[/ url] Without the space after the [/. ;)
Terrell
07-23-2008, 06:21 PM
Are there different laws for different states?
Yes. All 50 states can make their own laws on most things, driving is one of them. On many things laws will vary from state to state, so behaviors that may be legal in one state may be illegal in another. For example it's illegal to buy/sell a dildo in Alabama (I think it's Alabama, it might be another one of the Southern States, but it's a very stupid law in my opinion) but not in many other states. They are given this authority by the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment10/
So maybe they should think about renaming your country The Not-So-United States of America.
That's ridiculous. If you're braindead enough to get behind the wheel of a car drunk in Washington you should know you're facing the same punishment as you would in Nebraska or Ohio.
ArcticPhoenix
07-23-2008, 06:41 PM
I think that he should be punished in accordinance with DUI laws in the state where his offense occured, no more no less. If jail time is the norm for the nature of his offense, and his priors, then that's what he should get, if that's not the case, then he should not get jail time. Punish him according to sentencing guidelines for his offense and do not deviate.
Hence proving that Terrell really is Lawful Neutral. :lol:
Terrell
07-24-2008, 02:00 AM
So maybe they should think about renaming your country The Not-So-United States of America.
That's ridiculous. If you're braindead enough to get behind the wheel of a car drunk in Washington you should know you're facing the same punishment as you would in Nebraska or Ohio.
The states all have their own governments. The Founders may have needed to do this to get the states to agree to live under the Constitution, as they all had their own governments as colonies, and they had their own ideas and their own values. This system survives today. The politics and policies of each state varies to some degree, there are some laws that obviously are going to be the same accross borders, such as it's illegal to drink and drive in all 50 states, but the penalties will vary in severity, as the legislatures may not draft the laws the exact same ways.
Hence proving that Terrell really is Lawful Neutral. :lol:
I had forgotten about that thread (http://www.theconversationcafe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30903&). Nah, I wasn't of Lawful Neutral alignment I spent too much time in Blackbeard's wake as a JE, Chaotic Good (with a Neutral streak thrown in) suits me better I was able to get in good with the Red Dragon pirates, without alienating the Sha'ha'dem and getting kicked out of my own faction. The asteroid mining there was quite good, some of the best mining in EnB was there, and the orefield guardians were pretty blind even if they were combat level 56, (players only got up to combat level 50) most of the time I could just mine around them without being seen, and teleport away or cloak and warp away if they saw me. ;)
Jokimoto
07-24-2008, 02:42 AM
“For the average individual, there is a very severe risk of death when you start to approach a reading of .4,” said James Harasymiw, director of Alcohol Detection Services in Big Bend, Wis. He is slated to speak at a conference in Washington next week on a new screening designed to detect people who have been drinking heavily over the previous four to six weeks even though they appear to be sober.
*bold mine
Scary.
The goofy bastard in question, though... I don't think I'd have let him out on bail.
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