Dallas Copper Thieves(Graphic Pictures)

[Neognosis]

[MojoPin]

All I can say is that I feel sorry for their families.

[Okie Boarder]

I got this on email the other day. There was more detail about where it was and what they were doing. I'll have to see if I still have it...or maybe the snopes link shows it (didn't look at that link)

It's a shame when things like this happen. I guess these guys never watched Johnny Dangerously.

[goofyboy]

[MojoPin]

[Neognosis]

[goofyboy]

or cause anyone else to wreck or impede their driving - sure.

What makes DUI bad is that there is a very good chance it COULD lead to injury or loss of another person or property. It is not smart and should be against the law. But - no harm, no foul and you shouldn't die if you are just pulled over and arrested.

otherwise - i'm not going to miss you if you die doing something as stupid as DUI.

[finkle]

cameraboy, I have driven in the past when I was so tired but not under the influence that I should not have been behind the wheel. On the other hand, when I used to drink a lot, I had a rather high alcohol tolerance. I could have blown up to a .13 or so without feeling impaired or even buzzed (1.5 times the legal limit). The more dangerous person behind the wheel was the tired person, not the legally drunk person. IMO, a person's BAC doesn't not define whether they are drunk or not, but the gov't needs a standard to apply to everyone even if it doesn't evenly apply to everyone.

Someone who blows a .12 may exhibit zero signs of being impaired while another person can blow a .06 and be inebriated. Which person is going to jail everytime? The .12. The .06 is up to the cops' discretion, but an attorney will get that person off completely.

So my point is, DUI's are subjective. People do make mistakes. Maybe they feel fine but are actually over the limit. They get caught and they are more careful about how they act in the future.

Someone steals, they have made a conscious decision to purposely break the law.


They aren't even on the same level.

[Neognosis]

[goofyboy]

if you chose to drink and drive and hit a phone pole and die - then you deserve it. you chose to participate in a known highly risky and stupid behavior. if you get hurt, you deserve that. Everything has a consequence - be it a good one or a bad one.

[finkle]

cameraboy, I am not advocating for drinking and driving. The fact that it happens all the time by thousands of people every day and night does not diminish that it is wrong.

[Neognosis]

[MojoPin]

You drink and drive you should go to jail.
You steal you should go to jail.

Pretty easy.

[finkle]

[Neognosis]

[finkle]

[quote] I think your great idea puts those of us on the road with you in jeopardy. But as long as you are technically legal.... idk, i don't like it. How about you just don't drive if you are going to drink anything? Are the lives of other people worth it to you, potentially?[quote]

I think you think that I am some sort of person that likes to drive drunk. I am not. I don't like taking that risk. But I also KNOW that I am not a driving risk at .04 and so do lawmakers. Obviously you feel you are a risk if you drink more than one per hour, I do not.

[_bruky]

[_bruky]

Oh, and can we just get to the part about abortions, gay marriage and religion?

This DUI stuff is really boring.

[Craig-R]

[kyle f]

[_bruky]

They set up checkpoints all over our town's dinky little hotspot randomly throughout the week and every friday and saturday (and Sunday in the Hispanic neighborhood on the north side...thought I'd throw that in for CB). Per the local government-biased radio station, they catch a good 20-30 people every weekend (the majority on Sunday...).

Personally, I don't like driving with any alcohol and it's a good couple of hours after two beers. I don't want to risk somebody being at fault for hitting me and having the table turned because I came up .01 over the legal limit because I had a 7% beer instead of a 4%.

[kyle f]

[Neognosis]

[kyle f]

[pet575]