skidmark
02-17-2005, 01:00 PM
Drivers Unclear on the Concept
Whoosh! Here comes a car overtaking my cruiser at 144 km/h in the posted 110 km/h zone. It's dark at 11:30 pm and at that speed, any animal or object on the road won't be identified in time and a collision is almost sure to occur. This is only the beginning of the story.
Sir, may I have your licence and registration please? Sniff, sniff. How much alcohol have you had to drink today sir? One beer is all I had was the reply.
The roadside screening device said otherwise though. The driver blew a warn, meaning that his blood alcohol level was between 50 and 99 mg%. He was issued a speeding ticket and a 24 hour suspension.
Can the passenger drive? He's sober. Sure, but you won't mind volunteering a sample, no strings attached, to show me that you are sober, would you? He does, and he blows a warn as well.
But I haven't had anything to drink! Sir, the device measures alcohol. It won't read anything unless you have been drinking. Well, I had a glass of wine with dinner, but it's not like I drank a case of beer or anything.
I'm a breath testing technician. I know that for these two men to register a warn it takes more than one beer or one glass of wine. The driver was lying to me and the passenger doesn't know the difference between impaired and drunk.
I don't want to share the highway with either one of them. The bottom line here is still if you drink, don't drive, and if you drive, don't drink. Simple.
Whoosh! Here comes a car overtaking my cruiser at 144 km/h in the posted 110 km/h zone. It's dark at 11:30 pm and at that speed, any animal or object on the road won't be identified in time and a collision is almost sure to occur. This is only the beginning of the story.
Sir, may I have your licence and registration please? Sniff, sniff. How much alcohol have you had to drink today sir? One beer is all I had was the reply.
The roadside screening device said otherwise though. The driver blew a warn, meaning that his blood alcohol level was between 50 and 99 mg%. He was issued a speeding ticket and a 24 hour suspension.
Can the passenger drive? He's sober. Sure, but you won't mind volunteering a sample, no strings attached, to show me that you are sober, would you? He does, and he blows a warn as well.
But I haven't had anything to drink! Sir, the device measures alcohol. It won't read anything unless you have been drinking. Well, I had a glass of wine with dinner, but it's not like I drank a case of beer or anything.
I'm a breath testing technician. I know that for these two men to register a warn it takes more than one beer or one glass of wine. The driver was lying to me and the passenger doesn't know the difference between impaired and drunk.
I don't want to share the highway with either one of them. The bottom line here is still if you drink, don't drive, and if you drive, don't drink. Simple.