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11-15-2010, 12:28 PM
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That is %100 not true. I've been pulled over numerous times just because of the car I was driving.
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11-15-2010, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Tapioca  No disrespect, but unless you give a cop a reason to pull you over, a cop won't pull you over.
Were you speeding? Were you not staying in your lane? | no dude. ive gotten pulled over many times with no reason at all. one time i got pulled over so the cop could check if i had any tint on the front windows. made my put my windows up to check. (it was in summer so windows were down)
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11-15-2010, 01:44 PM
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#178 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Originally Posted by Tapioca No disrespect, but unless you give a cop a reason to pull you over, a cop won't pull you over.
Were you speeding? Were you not staying in your lane? | thats not true. my buddy was pulled over randomly for no reason.
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11-15-2010, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by falcon That is %100 not true. I've been pulled over numerous times just because of the car I was driving. | And do you realize the irony of your statement?
What do you drive? Is your car modified? Profiling is one thing (I'm not defending cops on this), but if you've given no reason for a cop to pull you over (i.e. driving a stock car and not breaking laws), why would they waste their time?
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11-15-2010, 03:35 PM
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#180 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by Tapioca And do you realize the irony of your statement?
What do you drive? Is your car modified? Profiling is one thing (I'm not defending cops on this), but if you've given no reason for a cop to pull you over (i.e. driving a stock car and not breaking laws), why would they waste their time? | That's a question you should ask the people doing the pulling over. It seems like it hasn't happened to you so I can understand if you don't know.
Why does the gang squad go around and harass people that aren't in a gang? Every time those mofo's enter a place. I always get asked for my I'd and get treated like a criminal.
Why is it hard for me to get into a club unless I know sumone working there?
Why does security follow me around when I go to Aberdeen mall? I've seen more security guards in that mall than I have ever seen in any other mall. Trust me. I spend a lot of time in malls.
Why am I banned from Shark Club in richmond for no reason? Just because one of the bouncers knows that I know a guy who started shit there. Guilty by association I guess....
I wish I could answer those questions with certainty. I could guess and speculate as to why that happens. And I may be right. But like I said before. If u havnt gone through it. You wouldn't know. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-15-2010, 04:03 PM
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11-15-2010, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by q0192837465 ^life must suck for u | Nah dude. Its like driving in richmond. U get used to the fucked up shit. Lol Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-15-2010, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by asahai69 i wish they reviewed this shit sooner. just lost my licence for 3 days after having 3 beers with dinner tonight.
FUCKING BULLSHIT | do you mind me asking how much you weigh? and how long from the first drink to when you drove?
I know for myself, I can't drink 3 drinks over 2 hours and drive.
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11-15-2010, 07:18 PM
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im 6'3 and im a big boy. i wanted to get out of there so i slammed the last 1/4 of the beer and left. some friends had a smoke and chit chatted more. so it was about 30 mins between me finishing the last bit of beer and getting pulled over. the beer was more of a refreshment for me than something to get me drunk.
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11-15-2010, 07:21 PM
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btw. they were pints. not bottles
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11-15-2010, 07:25 PM
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Two full pints is 40oz or about 1.2L of beer. Assuming you were drinking decent beer and not light swill, that's 60mL of pure alcohol. That (especially in slamming the last) might do it for you. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-15-2010, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by asahai69 btw. they were pints. not bottles | did this happen in downtown?
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11-15-2010, 07:30 PM
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id see cops pulling him over for no reason.
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11-15-2010, 07:39 PM
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#189 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by Graeme S Two full pints is 40oz or about 1.2L of beer. Assuming you were drinking decent beer and not light swill, that's 60mL of pure alcohol. That (especially in slamming the last) might do it for you. Posted via RS Mobile | the fact that i wasnt really gona drink. i didnt choose the beer. my buddy ordered budweiser. so yeah, i was light swill. Quote:
Originally Posted by sunny_j did this happen in downtown? | elephant walk. LOL Quote:
Originally Posted by MajinHurricane id see cops pulling him over for no reason. | hahahaha. thanks
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11-15-2010, 08:16 PM
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#190 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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3 beers and u blew a warn? a couple ufc's ago i went to the pub for dinner and drinks, and i had about 6 beers and felt nothing in that 3 hours time. i wonder if i would of blew a warn
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11-15-2010, 09:33 PM
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Yeah. I think I would be the same way almost. This shit was unexpected. I'm also thinking that the pace at which I was drinking wasn't good. 1st one I went slowly. Then the other 2 were drunk repeatedly faster. But not by too much.....
I guess if anything. This is a warning to everyone out there. Don't fuck around with these laws. Lol Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-19-2010, 02:40 PM
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VANCOUVER - B.C. police forces announced Friday they are recalling a total of 2,200 roadside breathalyzer devices to have them recalibrated after learning they may lead to improper roadside suspensions.
Victoria Police Chief Jamie Graham, chair of the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police Traffic Safety Committee, told a Vancouver news conference that recent RCMP lab tests found a small "margin of error" in the current devices.
As a result, the devices will be recalibrated from .05 - the current blood-alcohol standard for roadside suspensions - to .06 "out of an abundance of caution," he said.
The recalibration will be done on a staggered basis at the Langley RCMP detachment and should be completed by Dec. 1, prior to the seasonal police roadblocks.
Until that time, police will not issue roadside suspensions of three days or longer under new provincial drunk driving laws, but can still issue 24-hour suspensions if they have reasonable grounds to believe a motorist is impaired.
Graham said he had no idea how many drivers may have already received longer suspensions for failing with the breathalyzers' margin of error.
He noted police are fully supportive of the new tougher laws, saying there is no question they are "making a positive difference." The hastily called news conference ended before reporters could fully question Graham and other police association representatives on the issue.
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11-19-2010, 02:53 PM
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11-19-2010, 03:30 PM
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I thought I got fucked over before. Lol. This is a real fuck over now..... FML Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-19-2010, 05:44 PM
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The margin of error can work in favour of the driver as well. People who should have warned could have got a pass. Things work both ways even though the article doesn't explain that.
People who should have failed could have got a warned. That could have been you, maybe it saved you from a 90 day prohibition...
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11-19-2010, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Acuracura The margin of error can work in favour of the driver as well. People who should have warned could have got a pass. Things work both ways even though the article doesn't explain that.
People who should have failed could have got a warned. That could have been you, maybe it saved you from a 90 day prohibition... | The police already use a 0.099 BAC for a DUI rather than 0.080 BAC cause of the margins of error and wanting to make sure they have a strong case for a criminal conviction. If the margin of error is ~0.01, people with 0.109 BAC are getting off with just a warning.
I know many on RS are young without a family and only concerned about being able to have some drinks while out - yet please consider the more people fight these laws the looser they become for those who drive drunk.
So while we're bitching about the warning range, we're actually let more drunks off
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11-19-2010, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by asahai69 i wish they reviewed this shit sooner. just lost my licence for 3 days after having 3 beers with dinner tonight. | If you're the size you say you are, 3 beers shouldn't have blown a warning even with the margin of error, especially with 30 mins elapsing. How do I know? I've had access to a police breathalyzer as a teen, it takes me pounding 3 drinks to blow more than a warn in 30 mins and I'm about your size. Plus more than 15 mins had elapsed, so there's be no false positive.
Thus the BS is probably in your story, and judging by the rest of your rant about police, security guards, bouncers, ... I'd say you lost your credibility.
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11-19-2010, 08:01 PM
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#198 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by taylor192 If you're the size you say you are, 3 beers shouldn't have blown a warning even with the margin of error, especially with 30 mins elapsing. How do I know? I've had access to a police breathalyzer as a teen, it takes me pounding 3 drinks to blow more than a warn in 30 mins and I'm about your size. Plus more than 15 mins had elapsed, so there's be no false positive.
Thus the BS is probably in your story, and judging by the rest of your rant about police, security guards, bouncers, ... I'd say you lost your credibility. | I wish buddy. I have nothing to gain in telling BS on the internet. I just paid 480 go get my license back and 100 for the tow charge. I could care less what you would blow.
I don't know how it works. Maybe you drink more than me. Maybe your body processes it better than mine. Not sure. Actually. You must drink more than me. Look what you did to that mercedes of yours. Lmao Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-19-2010, 08:08 PM
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3 pints is equal to 4 cans of beer.
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11-19-2010, 08:12 PM
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Its closer to 5 cans Posted via RS Mobile | |
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