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Don't get me wrong. I love my liquid bread with a kick. It just gets me ticked when adults act like little children and have no regard for my friends and loved ones and have to be put in time out because they have no common sense. Good beer is one of my guilty pleasures but I refuse to carry a weapon or drive a vehicle while consuming it. Not because it is illegal but because it is selfish to endanger others because of my vice. Most people understand and get this but we all know there are those few bad apples who act selfishly and do not care that they hurt others. At least until they get caught or hurt someone else. Then they are sorry!

Ok rant is done. I feel better, time for a Saint Arnold's.

Either way non refusal is not enough! I live in a highly populated suburb north of Houston and its ridiculous how many DWIs they have a month. All the figures are available through local constables in our precinct. As for a warrant, they do get one! They have judges on call in mobile units to sign them if the officer has a reason to believe the person is intoxicated through his observations and refuses a BAC test through a breathalyzer. They then administer an on site blood test for the most accurate reading. This is how bad the problem is where I live! They don't just pull anybody over! They must have reasonable cause to pull you over!

Sorry for all the exclamation points but I am really trying to get my point across. They are not randomly pulling people over because they feel like it.

I personally wish they would do zero tolerance, no refusal all the time. You have a greater chance of getting killed by a drunk driver then by a violent armed criminal. DWI should be an automatic 10 year suspension of your license, NO exceptions. Fines need to be higher also. We need schools and roads fixed, these people should pay more. I think a life is worth more then 2,000 dollars for the first offense. What about you guys? Call it a stupid tax! I have met people who have had several and still drive. Ridiculous!

Doesn't surprise me at all! Sooner or later a person with unsound judgement will get through the system. My guess is that this guy made it under the radar but has had a severe alcohol problem for years. .264 is extremely high, my guess is he is an alcoholic. I don't think I could drive if mine was that high. I would always here from people in college that they could drive with 4-5 beers, just stupid! This doesn't mean that their BAC was below .08, it just means they have built up a tolerance like any other drug. I also read somewhere that Harris county has one of the highest if not the highest DWI rates in the country. Again, no surprise with sprawling suburbs and minimal public transportation or cabs for that matter. People take there lives and the lives of others in their hands with little or no regard. CHl, firearm or no firearm this guy drove around with his two ton bullet and luckily no one was hurt. He is not the first and won't be the last!