Comments on: Justice and Semantics

By: klmitche

klmitche — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:00:48 +0000

My hematocrit was 28.9 a few days after my supposedly .248 BAC. I want to be able to calculate what it would have actually been and I’m not getting the sample provided (.11 X 45/54) to work using .248, a woman’s average and my actual. Please help! This was my first, only, but the punishment is more harsh once you hit the .20 mark. Thanks for any help possible!

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Personal injury lawyers » Blog Archive » State Secrets — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:19:29 +0000

[…] indicating they know that driving under the influence is dangerous and could result in source: Justice and Semantics, DUI BLOG : Bad Drunk Driving Laws, False Evidence and a Fading […]

By: RIDL_Prez

RIDL_Prez — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:32:35 +0000

What would happen if you signed it, but said that you were being made to sign it under duress?

By: standup

standup — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:27:57 +0000

Perhaps anyone who joins or donates to MADD should sign a statement that they understand that MADD has been trampling the Bill of Rights, and is trying to overthrow the Constitution of the United States of America. And by doing so, they can be charged with Treason ?

By: Havvy

Havvy — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:26:04 +0000

Uh, wow. That is an excellent article to present to my Business Law class on Tuesday.

I recognized the problem instantly. Me thinks there should be a third state for homicide.

1. Manslaughter
2. Murder
3. Influenced Homicide

You can guess what the last one means. How it compares to the other two, I’ll leave that up to the state and public to decide. Generally keeping it around the level of manslaughter would be best.

By: n7uqa91

n7uqa91 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:39:01 +0000

In the ‘not too distant future’, I predict MADD will force the passage of laws where police can come to your house, and force you to submit to a ’security check’. You will be searched, and given a sobriety check because the officer suspected you were drinking a beer while watching TV. You will then FAIL the test and be issued a DUI, arrested and prosecuted for something you ‘could’ of done.

Mr Taylor, I love you site, you have just about the most well informed site I have ever seen on the perils of DUI law. However, I have a question. Why hasn’t the DUI defense community been challenging these laws? Why just sit by and let these laws get passed and then deal with the collateral damage they cause. How can the DOL force me to sign my right away to DUE PROCESS? What if I tell them I don’t understand why I should sign my rights away to get a drivers license. Does that mean they WON’T issue my license unless I sign a piece of paper I don’t understand?

As someone who has been a victim (yes, I said victim) of a rubber stamp DUI prosecution, it seems one would suffer less consequences getting caught with a controlled substance than drinking. Look at Lindsay Lohan, spending time in a morgue and a ER room, wow, that’s really tough.

By: Nelson Donnell

Nelson Donnell — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:53:52 +0000

Perhaps the governor should also recommend that a bill be enacted that requires everyone getting a driver’s license to sign a statement indicating they know that driving at high rates of speed or talking on their cell-phone while operating a motor vehicle is dangerous and could result in death.

The statement should also go on to read that if they choose to drive at high speeds or talk on a cell-phone while operating a motor vehicle and kill a person, they understand they can be charged with murder.

What’s fit for the goose should be fit for the gander.