So i got a DUI and im only 18
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he was tipsy just hadnt had a drink for awhile.*edited by moderator*
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VERTIBLEMENACE said:
Sorry to say having a DUI conviction will stop you from getting jobs! There are plenty of jobs that require security clearances you cant get with a DUI. Same with L.E. jobs and jobs requiring the public trust.
Elected positions like the president is okay, if the people vote you in.
FordSVTFan said:
interesting!
thx for that info :beer:
i will add this though... at least, a public employer can use it as an excuse for not hiring you if they want to, just as they can alot of things.
i've been in the public sector for several years now. (education, which requires public trust) i think that human resources units' take on it is that as long as an applicant is honest and puts it on the application and the organization wants to employ them, they will still hire an applicant with a dui. (i am proof) but they do extensive background and doj checks, so you can't lie about it.
but like you say l.e. may be different
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If you want to fight it, fight it. Your lawyer will attack it from many different ways to find holes in the situation you were in. There are quite a few things they can do, so keep your hopes up, for your sakes. Most likely, if you try to fight it, they'll push it off and off and you might come to a plea deal... Depends on your case....
If you do it again, you're quite frankly an idiot, however, don't get too down about it. You've put yourself in a shitty situation, but people make mistakes and EVERYONE pays a price.
You gotta explain your existance right? Just keep a note in your head, that you got lucky and didn't hurt anyone or yourself in the process.
If you do it again, you're quite frankly an idiot, however, don't get too down about it. You've put yourself in a shitty situation, but people make mistakes and EVERYONE pays a price.
You gotta explain your existance right? Just keep a note in your head, that you got lucky and didn't hurt anyone or yourself in the process.
90% of highschool seniors drink in my school, or so it seems (im 18 too). best way for me to avoid doing something stupid is leave the car at home if i know im going to be drinking at all or going to be at a party all night. i always hitch a ride from someone and then call an older friend to come pick me up who doesn't drink at all. if i take my car out and stop at a party, i make sure not to consume ANYTHING and normally have something else planned that night to take my mind off alcohol like a cute girl a few blocks away.
never drank and drove ever, just not worth it! hope you can learn from your mistakes...good luck
never drank and drove ever, just not worth it! hope you can learn from your mistakes...good luck
blkstangman88 said:
yea one of my friends got offered to get arrested or park his car and let the officer take him home. i dont know what his BAC was at the time. also the same guy who got pulled over and failed the field sobriety tests, then when he got to jail blew under the legal limit and they just kept him overnight.
and to the post who said he should have let him go...even if he was under the legal limit .076 will effect your body and may very well cause him to have an accident.
Five4Rider said:
If you're a former LEO then you know the box is not calibrated and even if .08 is the limit for DWI... there is probably a lesser offense for .06 - .07 like in NY (DWAI). In NY (and I'm sure elsewhere) you can be arrested for just appearing to be intox.
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Wow, it must be bad in other states b/c in Texas this is a Class C Misdemeanor and will be removed when you turn 21. All you have to do is pay a fine, lose your license for a specified amount of time, and go to some classes.
If you are convicted of a Class C Misdemeanor, it will not be removed from your record. It will always exist in the system.
makevelie187 said:
When you go to see the Judge. Bend over and grab your ankles. CAUSE YOUR GOING TO GET FU$Ked in the ass. HAHAHAHAHA Thats what drinkin and driving gets you.
I got Two words for you: BUS PASS
A friend of mine who is a cpa got a dui 6 years ago and is still paying for it. A job he had applied for rejected him when they found out and he has basically been working temp type jobs ever since.
He got stopped for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. This little incident has cost him thousands of dollars as well as screwed up his professional life. Since that happened to him I don't drive if I have had anything to drink. It's not worth it.
He got stopped for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. This little incident has cost him thousands of dollars as well as screwed up his professional life. Since that happened to him I don't drive if I have had anything to drink. It's not worth it.
spinscan said:
Now if only everyone caught the drift like it seems you did. There's nothing wrong with going out for dinner with your girlfriend and having 2 beers with your steak. I'm the DWI hammer (I'll arrest anyone for DWI and I don't care that you just lost your job and your wife is cheating on you) at my barracks and I have to laugh every time I ask someone how much they've had and they give the routine answer of "a couple" because everyone knows 2 commercial beers aren't going to put you over the limit... They usually change their story after they fail HGN and I tell them I believe they have had X number of drinks based on the twitching of their eyes.
edit: Spelling... I've had more than 2 already :rockon:
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"Two beers",....that seems to be a universal number!!!
I would ask "how many beers did you have"? And the usual answer was of course, two. Then I would ask if that was two 6 packs.
HGN is the shit, the eyes never lie. I'm always asked by my friends, "Hey man, do the eye test thingy". lol :rockon:Trooper4985 said:
Sorry, but no. If you pass the FSTs, and pass a breathalizer (which NOBODY in my dept. carried in their car anyways, so FST's were the only test), you were free to go on your way. You can't charge someone with a crime they haven't commited. lolTrooper4985 said:
Just plead guilty if it's your first and only driving offense ever, you might get off with a probation type thing. You probably won't get off free of anything but it will be better than trying to fight something you were clearly guilty of. Judges tend to show some mercy when you admit you were stupid enough to do it in the first place. This is just coming from my past experiences never DUI because I just don't do it. I drink knowing I have to drive home, I stop myself ahead of time so when the time comes I'm sober. That's just how I do things though. Goodluck.
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