Dwai

I know lots of people who drive drunk and have never gotten in to an accident, that doesn't mean it isn't dangerous and reckless.

Scientific studies show that driving while under the influence of marijuana impairs your ability to drive. It just does. It might not seem like it to you, and it might not affect everyone to the same degree (much like alcohol), but the science shows that marijuana makes you less safe of a driver.

edit: source


http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e536

 

Personal experience shows that marijuana can make a more hungry driver, and a hungry driver is a less-safe driver...

Personal experience also shows that while eating a Mcdonalds breakfast off your dash on the way to work can make you a less hungry driver, the trade-off in safety is still debatable. :mickey:

 

A scientific study isn't the absolute truth. There are plenty of people who shouldn't be on the road at all. Plenty of people on the road in the wrong frame of mind, state of rest, etc.

I don't even want to get into this. I've been around loads and loads of people driving under all kinds of conditions, and my opinion about cannabis isn't going to change. Sorry.

 

Disregarding facts to rationalize your behaviour doesn't make the facts not exist.

 

I rarely smoke weed anymore, I'm talking about past experience.

FWIW, here is some 'scientific study' evidence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzKjFiGFrcU"]Stoned Driving Experiment.flv - YouTube

 

So Youtube is now scientific evidence ok. I like this one cause they indicate the strain smoked and tested them at different levels of being high. Hell the guy in that other video could have smoken some weak ass ditch weed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw1HavgoK9E"]Drivers stoned on marijuana test their driving skills - YouTube

 

Oh lawd, I was being facetious. Sorry I guess I just don't take it seriously because smoking herb is part of the way of life where I live. People do it all day long and function fine - the drunk drivers are who cause the problems.

I do find it interesting that 1 bowl sends a grown man 5x over the legal limit in Washington. Why even have a legal limit?

 

This is my experience as well.

I don't smoke, but literally like 80% of drivers here have smoked pot right before driving and yet we have a really low accident rate... Most of the accidents that happen around here are related to alcohol, not cannabis. I would much rather drive with someone who smoked than someone who drank any amount of alcohol. And that is coming from someone who is a total alcoholic (but I would never drive after drinking) Sorry, I am drunk right now.

 

That really sucks, I'm sorry to hear about it.

I would suggest that you get a bomb-ass lawyer. Even if all you can do is make it a bit harder for them, it's worth it to stand up.

Your lawyer could argue anything from you just trying to be funny about "an hour ago", and then failing on nerves when it obviously went wrong, to whatever. They obviously didn't think you're a great menace, they let you go right away. They took you in so he could get overtime and they'd get some sweet revenue. I suppose the test will show you as having smoked unless you where super-pissing-your-pants-hydrated, but a urine test won't show shit about what you smoked when (even if it's quantified, not the same as a blood test) much less how impaired you where. Nerves could make anyone fail a test when sober, when a cop looks at men I have a huge adrenaline rush and could never walk in a strait line if he told me to....

Also, get involved in NORML and the drug policy association.

 

Well, I've got myself a consultation with a lawyer (a very good one) tomorrow. I am fortunate my parents have money, because I sure don't. I just feel horrible that I have to do this to them, but they have been more than supportive so far, and I am unbelievably thankful. I just hope this will work and that I am not convicted of this misdemeanor where I have a criminal record or am subject to having my license suspended. I can only look at this experience as a turning point in my life. I just wish that turning point came years ago instead of now.

 

I must say, it's not if you smoke it, it's how you smoke it.

It can be a great thing (as you surely know), even if it's not an everyday thing.

If anything, let this be a lesson about phones and driving

 

Use the lawyer as much as you can. I have to say... it's just weed. The judge may see that and give you some classes & Addiction Annonymous bs to roll through to take this off your record in the long run. Which is well worth it.

People who have gotten permanent DUIs understand very well how being in the system can fuck you. Driving impaired (if/when you finally get caught), is the biggest pos risk, and even a friend o' mine had to learn the hard way it's not worth it. :daisy:

 

It is a good thing to seek legal advise.

I have to be honest as it is irresponsible to drive under the influence of anything including prescriptions. All can cause a change in reflexes and therefore reaction time.

I am glad that nothing "bad" happened as then it is something you would have to live with, as well as others who may have been hurt due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

When I bartended I knew people left my bar intoxicated.

Every now and again I'd go over to the Jukebox and play this song.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BWMxf5wu8k"]The Stanley Brothers - Drunken driver - YouTube

It wasn't much. You really couldn't talk many of those folks to do what was right, but I always let them know.

 

Seeking legal advice to the extreme extend is also typical American, over here hardly anyone would seek legal advice if they are stopped by the police. Thank god I am not living in a "sueing" country, like America. I would be scared to even take a shit if anyone and anything can and will sue you anytime.

You did something that is against the law of your country, accept that they caught you and take it like a man. Don't go crying to lawyers about it.

 

He's not suing the police, he is getting a lawyer to help him navigate the legal system.

 

What is there to navigate?
He committed a "crime", got caught and confessed. Seems pretty clear to me.

 

It's all just a money grab.

 

You do exactly doing what they want you to do, the only ones who fare well with that are lawyers and the state. And I do remember you going off against the state before.

Don't take it personal though, I do still think it is rediculous they caught you for something like that and treat you like a criminal.