People in glass houses should not throw stones.............

We have all made mistakes in our lives, some worse than others.
We take our lumps and criticisms along with those mistakes.
If your mistake can actually kill people you had better expect bigger lumps and harsher criticisms. If you can't take it keep your mistakes to yourself.
Thank God no one was hurt by your poor decisions.
I wish you all the best and hope things work out for you.

 

Hard to argue with these words guys....especially the One who spoke them:

Matthew 7

1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 THOU HYPOCRITE, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

 

This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever read

That's why the officer has to wait 15 minutes before giving a breath test - so all residual alcohol, listerine, etc, is clear from the mouth.

 

X2, I guess Josiah missed that part of my post...

Shame on me?!? Are you serious? I hate to break it to you bud, but "The Internet" is not your friend, and that's who you are talking to in this thread. You didn't ask your friends, you asked anyone who happened to be passing by here. Yeah, there are a lot of great people here, but don't forget what this really is, a public forum.

SMIGGS nailed it above. I guess you still don't understand how certain actions you take could have unwanted consequences.

People can forgive mistakes, but that doesn't make you any less of a dumbass for making said mistake. If you don't learn from your mistake then you're really a dumbass.

Look on the bright side, nobody got hurt, there wasn't even a wreck. The only thing you stand to lose is money. Well, there's your license, but you made that decision when you refused testing.

One thing that kinda confuses me, if this is a first time offense, and you don't do this kinda thing I could understand why you'd be defensive, but you said "I needed this to change my life". So if you knew you were doing the wrong thing, don't expect any sympathy. If you're going down the wrong road and this is what it takes to set you straight, consider yourself incredibly lucky! Getting a DUI/DWI with no loss of life or property is worth it!

- NCSU

 

Some of you people are unbelievable!

Why don't you kick him while he's down a little more. Seriously it sounds as if some of you need to find another hobbie rather then roaming internet forums to tell someone off and be the bully you wouldn't be out in the streets where you can hide behind a screen.

I understand this is a forum and everyone is free to speak their mind but if you don't like it shut up and move on to the next thread that pertains to you. Nobody except Josiah was there to know what the real story is yet everybody draws their own conclusion. I'm sure you are all perfect little angels and have never done wrong or harm. Leave the kid alone already.

Josiah, either way this goes down you have learned something from this. I personally don't believe that you were hammered at the time when you got pulled over and unless your an officer or a lawyer it sounds as if it could be difficult to make any decission in that situation. I understand you rights but it may have been easier taking the chance and doing the breathilizer.

Good luck and don't let the people with the halo's up the rear get ya down!


And here come all the comeback comments....I typed it out nicely so you can quote me:P

 

I read this and threw up in my mouth!!!!. The lord has nothing to do with this being it is all fiction anyways. !!!STOP IT!!!

Josiah: Let this be a life lesson for you and you will see the same results as your case proceeds as you see here. Some will back you and some will not.
We just had a young man here run over a mom and her son while speeding 80mph down main st. Killed the mom injured the boy, the mom protected and gave her live for her son could live. She paid the ulimate price and now the driver while drunk will also pay. He hit her and the boy in a F-250 at 80 mph because he was in a hurry and had been drinking,,, was he drunk?? don't know but he has to live with what he done and 2 kids now have no mom for the rest of thier lives.

 

I don't have a problem with anything that you have said. Nor do I take issue with any of the posts and comments. What it comes down to, is how some feel about drinking and driving. Some are way more lax about it than others...While others feel very strongly about the issue.

I guess you are wanting someone to pick apart what you have said so that you are able to get involved in an internet squabble. The best way for you to do that, is to choose someone's post, and berate them for finding fault with drinking and driving. Take a rifled approach rather than a shotgun approach, and I am sure you will be more successful in your endeavor.

 

^ that last part was funny.

I'm not trying I just assumed everyone else would pull apart what I said.

 

I'm no lawyer, but I suspect it COULD be used against him. But IMO, it is highly unlikely that the cops are monitoring his online conduct to support a possible DUI prosecution. The cops probably feel they have sufficient evicence already collected at the scene.

 

Just trying to help

 

yal are just bashing him after he asked you not to in his first post
and just asked for opinions on what he should do.
he admitted he had a few beers. a few beers not 10, not 20, but 2, 3, or maybe 4. was he drunk? most likely not. was he buzzed? maybe, maybe not.
its his right to not blow the test. if he is telling everything honestly then i think both parties are at wrong. cops reaching to grab his registration not legal. him drinking and driving not legal either if his BAC was over .08. he knows he has to pay alot of fix this mistake. he seems truly sorry but its not like he was completely **** faced and couldn't walk. he was aware of his surrounding and was doing some friends a favor and now had the worst possible thing to go on his driving record. if your gonna bash him atleast open another thread or something so he doesn't have to read it if he doesn't want, all he wants is peoples advice not criticism

 

Gentlemen...I present you the future...LOL

 

Where to begin?

Why would I want to help him get away with endangering others lives. Do we not have a greater responsibility to the innocent?

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Depending on his weight...2 beers is enough to blow .08
We can be sure of one thing: He refused to blow. I wonder why? Are you to think that I am that done to believe it was on principal alone. C'mon, lets be real. It was cover his ***...

Driving without registration is illegal. Not presenting it is unlawful and cause for suspicion. Where am I wrong here?

Chitfaced or not, being over .08 is the law to protect children from losing their dads and mothers, and mothers and fathers from losing their children due to drunks MURDERING their children. When someone commits a crime using a firearm, there is the intent of brandishing it. He was behind the wheel after consuming alcohol. That fact, puts him in control of a very dangerous weapon.

Um yeah, he was aware of his mistake, and did not want to own up to it. If he cared for his friends, he would have called a cab.

If one is crazy enough to confess their stupidity and lack of discipline, grow a sack and be man enough to own up to your mistakes. He does not need coddling from a wetnurse. He needs to own up to what he did.

 

If one wasn't drunk or "buzzed" then why not blow? I've had some late nights at work and one time was pulled over for bouncing all over the lanes. It looked like I was drunk but in reality I was dead tired. I didn't have a problem blowing because I knew 100% that I was legal. The shock of having to do this woke me rather fast and after the officer was happy with the breathalizer test I was free to go. I had nothing to hide and I was in bed half an hour later.

I read about people saying his rights were violated and different comments to that extent. Maybe I'm just in the minority but if you are not guilty of something then you don't have to worry about the police. Despite what some may think but police have much better things to do than harass some "innocent" kid.

Also, going off of what that cop who posted several posts back, regarding if your drunk or buzzed your memory isn't all that great. Just reading Josiah's posts he kept remembering other things and fuzzy on how many drinks he had. Doesn't happen too much with sober individuals.

Luckily it sounds like this has become a very humbling experience for him.

Lastly, a couple have hammered me and a couple others for posting on this forum. Just because I've not posted hundreds of messages doesn't mean I just joined to bash this guy. I've been a member for a while but I use this site for getting information. I don't post a lot because I don't know as much as others in regards to my truck. So please don't come down on people just because they aren't a Senior Member.

 

i don't drink and drive. and I'm by no means saying what he did was right BUT alot of people i have talked to refuse it, even cops tell you to do this. if i was to be asked sure i'd blow because i don't drink and drive. the risk isn't worth it. I'm just trying to point out, until he says what his blood test came back saying, there is no proof he was legally drunk so give the guy the benefit of the doubt, until he says other wise.