Trinidad Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Can I get a DUI this way? Is it dangerous? Yes. And yes. How long does it take before it's out of my system? Like I assume if I sleep 8 hours I'm fine. What about 4 hours? How do I know (because it feels different from being normal drunk)?8 hours of sleep is not enough. I am not Swedish, but I have lived there for quite a while. One Saturday morning, I noticed that there were some police cars, hiding around the corner of the parking lot to the grocery store. I was wondering what they were doing there. Well, they were checking alcohol levels. All shoppers that drove in were tested. I asked them why they checked alcohol levels at 10:30 AM on Saturday. Do they really think that people are drinking large amounts of alcohol for breakfast? They could hear from my accent that I was a foreigner and they explained that they didn't aim for breakfast drinkers. They were rather aiming for "extended desserts" from the night before and were catching large amounts of them, mostly regular family guys (and galls). They also said that, though they tested all drivers (Swedish equality culture), it was very easy to recognize from the driving style who would be over the limit. One of my friends told me the Swedish police did this regularly and I have been tested several times since while doing my weekend grocery shopping. Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 ...One of my friends told me the Swedish police did this <stop drivers> regularly and I have been tested several times since while doing my weekend grocery shopping. Rik Yeah Rik..police have stopped me a lot when i go to the shopping centre at the week-end. I have no idea why.... Maybe next week-end i should put my clothes on before i go out and see if they stop me then. Who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Instinctively I would expect the rate metabolism of alcohol in the body to be logarithmic. I did a bit of googling but could not find a graphical representation. Mind you, I was a bit drunk at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Instinctively I would expect the rate metabolism of alcohol in the body to be logarithmic. I did a bit of googling but could not find a graphical representation. Mind you, I was a bit drunk at the time. If you had been sober, you would have said exponential, right? Many physiologically active materials are removed from the bloodstream (whether by metabolism or excretion) at a rate proportional to the current concentration, so that they exhibit exponential decay with a characteristic halflife (see pharmacokinetics). This is not true for alcohol, however. Typical doses of alcohol actually saturate the enzymes' capacity, so that alcohol is removed from the bloodstream at an approximately constant rate. This rate varies considerably between individuals; experienced male drinkers with a high body mass may process up to 30 grams (38 mL) per hour, but a more typical figure is 10 grams (12.7 mL) per hour. Source: http://www.duifighters.com/alcohol-metabolism/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I got stopped at a "sobriety checkpoint" Saturday night on the way home from a bridge tournament. It was the first time this had ever happened to me. The police officer noticed my convention card and hand records on the dash board and asked what they were. After I explained, he asked if there was a lot of heavy drinking at a bridge tournament. Then asked: "playing for money?" I guess after finding me to be quite sober he was fishing for some illegal gambling. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I got stopped at a "sobriety checkpoint" Saturday night on the way home from a bridge tournament. It was the first time this had ever happened to me. The police officer noticed my convention card and hand records on the dash board and asked what they were. After I explained, he asked if there was a lot of heavy drinking at a bridge tournament. Then asked: "playing for money?" I guess after finding me to be quite sober he was fishing for some illegal gambling. :-) Assuming about one third of drivers late night are legally drunk/impared, who can blame him/her. btw is there drinking on a Saturday night at bridge tourneys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 The police officer noticed my convention card and hand records on the dash board and asked what they were. After I explained, he asked if there was a lot of heavy drinking at a bridge tournament. Then asked: "playing for money?" I guess after finding me to be quite sober he was fishing for some illegal gambling. :-) "just the 3NT my partner bid on board 7" "step out of the car, sir." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 The police officer noticed my convention card and hand records on the dash board and asked what they were. After I explained, he asked if there was a lot of heavy drinking at a bridge tournament. Then asked: "playing for money?" I guess after finding me to be quite sober he was fishing for some illegal gambling. :-) "just the 3NT my partner bid on board 7" "step out of the car, sir." ROFL, LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 "Then asked: "playing for money?"" You should take this as a huge compliment to yourself. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Years ago, Eric Murray defended a Toronto Bridge Club on a gaming charge and at some point told the judge, "The way YOU play the game is gambling, the way I play it, it's a game of skill". Guilty verdict at the speed of light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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