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I figured I would post an update to this thread with the final details.


Criminal charge: Driving while intoxicated
Details:

• Total alcohol consumption: 2 beers

• Drinking time: 3 hours

• Reason for being pulled over: Speeding

• Time in captivity: 1 day in jail

• Lawyer fees: 3,300 dollars

• CHL temporarily suspended

• Drivers license confiscated and given a 45 day temporary license.

So after all that. I was set back 5 months in saving and a massive amount of time wasted. To find out that I had a 0.00 BAC . The case has been dismissed but the arrest will stay on my background for 2 years until I can get it removed.

*Start Rant* so much for innocent until proven guilty. They had no evidence that i was above the legal limits and yet multiple rights were stripped away.

The system is set up to screw anybody over even know that they may be perfectly fine.

• The FST was a joke.
  It was freezing cold out. In the thirties.
  High winds
  Uneven ground

• They do not offer a portable breathalyzer. Even know that they are not completely accurate it would prevent the officer from making a completely wrong call.

• At this point you are offered only a breathalyzer test at the station or a blood test. If you choose the more reliable one you are instantly arrested and charged.

So much for believing that the system can't be that bad.
*Endrant*

Moral of the story you may beat the charge but you will not beat the ride.....

So hopefully this will be a lesson of how much 2 beers can cost you.....


The other night I was pulled over for speeding....Which turned quickly into a DWI charge that I am now fighting.


The night started out with 1 beer at dinner and then 1 beer at the bar while playing a few games of pool/darts. After 3 hours of consuming my first beer I left for home. The roads were completely empty and wasn't necessarily paying attention to my speed like I should(I have a lead foot). An officer pulls me over when turning into my apartment complex. This quickly escalated into questions about drinking (its 2am and there may have been a cop that saw me leave the bar). I honestly stated that I only had 2 beers that night and that got me a ride down to the jail....


So all in all right now 2 beers has cost me 3 grand + due to lawyer fees and will be wasting a lot of my free time. Just to wait for my blood test to come back way under .08.... . The worst part of it is even know the cop was completely wrong there is nothing I can do to recover the wasted money on this. So word to the wise even if its just 1 drink it could cost a whole lot more.