# Low blow DUIs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-blow-duis/577690>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 8, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-blow-duis/577690 "2011-04-08T17:31:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-blow-duis/577690/41 "2011-04-11T17:49:23Z")

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> [@Marc\_Xenos](#):
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> The problem I have about DUI is the way it’s approached. Since .08 is considered to be the legal limit of impairment where no other evidence is required, people ASSUME that it means the level of being “drunk”. So when someone blows .16, they’re twice the legal limit, or “blind stinking drunk.” Likewise, someone who blows .24 must be near death from alcohol poisoning and shouldn’t even be allowed near other humans, even to sleep it off in bed.

Heh. When I got popped in 1992, I blew .23 (I pled “guilty” the next morning when I saw the judge - figured there was no sense arguing it). The judge himself actually asked me if I was aware that .3 was “dead from alcohol poisoning”. I just nodded and said “yes Sir”, while thinking, “No, that’s .4”. I didn’t think it was wise to correct him.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-blow-duis/577690/42 "2011-04-11T18:20:53Z")

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> [@Dano83860](#):
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> You are correct on both counts. However we both know that there is no such thing as one glass of wine with dinner. You have drinks before and share a bottle with dinner. By the time you are done there’s four or five potent drinks in the space of two hours.
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> So to your original question.
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> I stand by my original response. **I do**.

I have had one beer with dinner, which was the only drink I had all day, then driven afterwards. Considering that the drink is being processed while I’m eating and afterwards, I’d be surprised to be even charged with DUI, let alone convicted.

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