I wonder if this guy has paperwork that explains his condition. Because it isn’t widely known, I don’t expect any cop would accept it as legitimate. What an unfortunate situation.
Because there’s very limited food choices if you don’t have a lot of money. I agree, someone with this condition should not drive, but that doesn’t mean life is livable in USA without a car. In many places, there is no public transport. This would essentially be a sentence of poverty.
That said, I can afford to have this condition, I do take Uber when drunk, there’s reasonable public transit where I live. I’m not trying to excuse drunk driving (I say this as a DUI guy twenty years ago). I’m saying that what you just said wouldn’t make sense to some people because of restrictions they can’t control. It’s too bad our society doesn’t care more about people to solve some / all of these problems.
Nah, man. People with seizures aren’t allowed to drive, along with many others with certain health conditions. You drive while you can blow over 0.08, that’s on you. An exception of “he’s medically drunk a lot” is dumb as hell.
That’s not how a breathalyzer works. It picks up on what is off gassed from your lungs in oxygen exchange from breathing. It goes from blood, to lungs, to breathalyzer. Your mouth or stomach isn’t involved.
This is why cities have those special buses for people who can’t get around but need transportation. They’ll pick you up at your house and take you where you need to go.
I wonder if this guy has paperwork that explains his condition. Because it isn’t widely known, I don’t expect any cop would accept it as legitimate. What an unfortunate situation.
I don’t see why it would get you a free pass to drive drunk when you know what you have and know what you eat that causes it.
Because there’s very limited food choices if you don’t have a lot of money. I agree, someone with this condition should not drive, but that doesn’t mean life is livable in USA without a car. In many places, there is no public transport. This would essentially be a sentence of poverty.
That said, I can afford to have this condition, I do take Uber when drunk, there’s reasonable public transit where I live. I’m not trying to excuse drunk driving (I say this as a DUI guy twenty years ago). I’m saying that what you just said wouldn’t make sense to some people because of restrictions they can’t control. It’s too bad our society doesn’t care more about people to solve some / all of these problems.
Nah, man. People with seizures aren’t allowed to drive, along with many others with certain health conditions. You drive while you can blow over 0.08, that’s on you. An exception of “he’s medically drunk a lot” is dumb as hell.
Excellent point.
The catch is, he probably would blow .00, since he doesn’t have any alcohol going through is mouth
That’s not how a breathalyzer works. It picks up on what is off gassed from your lungs in oxygen exchange from breathing. It goes from blood, to lungs, to breathalyzer. Your mouth or stomach isn’t involved.
In other words, it’s going to work just fine.
Breathalyzers work by measuring alcohol that enters the lungs from the bloodstream.
This is why cities have those special buses for people who can’t get around but need transportation. They’ll pick you up at your house and take you where you need to go.