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(Breitbart.com)   Bosnian drunk driver tested, found to be driving at--we interrupt this bulletin to advise you to sit down and put your head between your knees--0.06, or 20 times the legal limit   (breitbart.com) divider line
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snarkasaurus
2008-02-14 10:59:52 PM  
Um, that should be 0.6 percent, submittard.
 
Gecko Gingrich
2008-02-14 11:06:08 PM  
All I can think when I see one of these articles (Why do they always seem to come from Eastern Europe?) is that Breathalyzers are notorious for reading high. All it does is measure the amount of alcohol in the air sample. If you have liquid alcohol in you mouth when you blow, it will read high. A swig off the bottle shortly before the test, a "verp", or actually vomiting is all it takes.

I'd be shocked if an actual blood test showed the same (or anywhere near) the same level.
 
oldebayer
2008-02-14 11:07:37 PM  
I had to check the article. .06 is six percent, and I knew that couldn't possibly be right, even for a Bosnian.

.6 per cent is pretty heroic, though. Unlike subby, who, probably not for the first time, fails at math.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-02-14 11:15:30 PM  
snarkasaurus: Um, that should be 0.6 percent, submittard.

Seems to me that either .06 or .6 is farkin' INSANE. .06 is twice their legal limit; at .6 the guy's breath should have burst into flame when it hit the breathalyzer.
 
BearToy
2008-02-14 11:38:25 PM  
0.6?
Meh
I call that "Monday morning"
 
xtex
2008-02-15 12:29:47 AM  
0.06? I reach that just from opening my refrigerator.

*burp*
 
NeauxFear
2008-02-15 12:32:30 AM  
Who knew MADD really stood for Montenegrans Against Drunk Driving?
 
itazurakko
2008-02-15 12:51:47 AM  
Gecko Gingrich: A swig off the bottle shortly before the test, a "verp", or actually vomiting is all it takes.

"verp".

Okay, it really is true, I learn something new daily!
 
Crosshair
2008-02-15 2:08:11 AM  
Gecko Gingrich: A swig off the bottle shortly before the test, a "verp", or actually vomiting is all it takes.

That's how you cheat when playing "high score" on the Breathalyzer.

/Breathalyzers should be inadmissible in court.
 
Knucklepopper
2008-02-15 2:20:44 AM  
SquirrelsOfDoom: Seems to me that either .06 or .6 is farkin' INSANE. .06 is twice their legal limit;

Dude, .06 is like 3/4 of a pint of beer 45 minutes before you drive home. farking WASPs, man.
 
Churchill2004
2008-02-15 2:36:42 AM  
Christ, the legal limit is 0.03 percent? That's ridiculous.
 
kisdm001
2008-02-15 2:48:10 AM  
I just came in to point at subby's math. Seems it has already been done, so carry on.
 
TheFatManCometh
2008-02-15 2:48:40 AM  
NeauxFear: Who knew MADD really stood for Montenegrans Against Drunk Driving?

WINNER
 
TheFatManCometh
2008-02-15 2:49:25 AM  
Knucklepopper: SquirrelsOfDoom: Seems to me that either .06 or .6 is farkin' INSANE. .06 is twice their legal limit;

Dude, .06 is like 3/4 of a pint of beer 45 minutes before you drive home. farking WASPs, man.

RUNNER UP

WASPS INDEED
 
Captain Crunk
2008-02-15 2:51:49 AM  
0.06 = me a few hours ago
0.6 = uhh, my wedding reception?
 
mortissanguine
2008-02-15 2:53:05 AM  
Okay, for those of you who think you know...

.08 is the legal limit in most states for the legal drinking age and operating a vehicle.

.06 is usually only illegal if you are a minor. Some states have a zero tolerance for that so it is .01 for a minor.

Seriously, you should know the traffic laws before you start spewing stuff. Unless you aren't driving. But if you are walking they might apply to. Spewing only counts if a cop wants to write it as a prohibited substance from a vehicle.
 
eurofighter
2008-02-15 2:57:28 AM  
amateur.
 
uptonogood
2008-02-15 3:00:34 AM  
subby is a product of the public school system. ain't none of you much better.

/also a product of the public school system.
 
Shrinkwrap
2008-02-15 3:02:27 AM  
.6? aren't you supposed to be dead around then?

/gets sick before gets drunk
//it sucks
 
The Grinch
2008-02-15 3:02:30 AM  
Subby is almost as dumb as my former college track coach.

A frat party got busted and a freshman runner was taken to the hospital and treated for alcohol poisoning. They registered him at .33 -- a very serious number, to be sure. This was Coach Retard's cue to lecture the entire team on the dangers of drinking in season, which no experienced athlete would do for exactly that reason. Mid-speech, he asked the kid just what his BAC was, and upon hearing "point-three-three", he incredulously responded: "I hope you know just how dumb that was, son, a THIRD of your BLOOD was ALCOHOL."

I run for my own damn self now.
 
roscotsmalls
2008-02-15 3:04:11 AM  
NeauxFear: Who knew MADD really stood for Montenegrans Against Drunk Driving?

The Montenegran community frowns upon your shenanigans!!
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Dan09
2008-02-15 3:08:58 AM  
Woo! .06! that's like... I dunno... Half of what it is here in the states (I dunno what the number is, I can't drink yet) and that's 20 times the legal limit? Next time somethin just doesn't look right, go check it, subby...
 
TheFatManCometh
2008-02-15 3:09:23 AM  
roscotsmalls: NeauxFear: Who knew MADD really stood for Montenegrans Against Drunk Driving?

The Montenegran community frowns upon your shenanigans!!

Your picture is from 'Kosovo.net'... You say it's Montenegran Community... this is a thread about a Bosnian...

I'm balkin' at the idea that you are very familiar with this region of the world.
 
12inpianist
2008-02-15 3:11:37 AM  
TheFatManCometh: roscotsmalls: NeauxFear: Who knew MADD really stood for Montenegrans Against Drunk Driving?

The Montenegran community frowns upon your shenanigans!!

Your picture is from 'Kosovo.net'... You say it's Montenegran Community... this is a thread about a Bosnian...

I'm balkin' at the idea that you are very familiar with this region of the world.

Montenegro please...
 
Onager
2008-02-15 3:12:09 AM  
Protip: Due to variables such as metabolism, driving experience, and alcohol tolerance, some people are safer driving while 'over the limit' than others in the same situation but under the 'limit'. Example: an Irishman who had a shot or two (3 parts alc), compared to a 19 year-old coed who had a beer or two (like 1 part alc).

I'm not here to preach any anti-DUI laws or anything, just something most people seem to forget.
 
wumpus
2008-02-15 3:14:02 AM  
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Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head
 
jsmith1972
2008-02-15 3:17:33 AM  
Subby needs a decimal lesson with Sister Mildred! *ruler on your knuckles*
 
Seikima
2008-02-15 3:17:54 AM  
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"Tell Montenegro they fit on top of each other!"
 
roscotsmalls
2008-02-15 3:19:38 AM  
12inpianist: TheFatManCometh: roscotsmalls: NeauxFear: Who knew MADD really stood for Montenegrans Against Drunk Driving?

The Montenegran community frowns upon your shenanigans!!

Your picture is from 'Kosovo.net'... You say it's Montenegran Community... this is a thread about a Bosnian...

I'm balkin' at the idea that you are very familiar with this region of the world.

Montenegro please...

I know, I know but I just couldn't find a picture of unhappy Montenegrans...

//actualy quite familiar, lots of travel in the area and almost a year living in Sarajevo, and a few months living in Zagreb
 
ultraholland
2008-02-15 3:19:55 AM  
Oh the FAIL is strong in that headline, subby.
 
Anagrammer
2008-02-15 3:23:19 AM  
roscotsmalls: NeauxFear: Who knew MADD really stood for Montenegrans Against Drunk Driving?

The Montenegran community frowns upon your shenanigans!!

WIN!
 
ultraholland
2008-02-15 3:24:24 AM  
Crosshair: /Breathalyzers should be inadmissible in court.

As far as I know, field units are only used as a preliminary device. I don't believe their actual readings are admissible in court. The ones down at the station are a different story.
 
TheFatManCometh
2008-02-15 3:25:58 AM  
wumpus: Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head

I don't want to seem racist here, but I doubt the truck driver AND the police officer administrating the breathilizer were both black... this is Bosnia. That pic does not match the story.
 
Chaon
2008-02-15 3:28:36 AM  
uptonogood: subby is a product of the public school system. ain't none of you y'alls much better.

Sorry, pet peeve.
 
Wulfhardt
2008-02-15 3:29:42 AM  
I'm just gonna file "vurp" away with the word "shart."

Of course, blowing a .60 might infer he was likely vurping and sharting and swerving all over the place.
 
KenShabby
2008-02-15 3:31:08 AM  
After being warned by other drivers on Tuesday of a car zigzagging across lanes, police drove out and arrested Branko Milicevic near the southern town of Citluk.

My pronunciation of Slavic languages is pretty bad, but is that pronounced "shiat luck"? Sounds somewhat poetic.
 
TheKnownUniverse
2008-02-15 3:31:31 AM  
Police were shocked to see test results showing the man's blood alcohol concentration level was 0.6 percent. The legal limit in Bosnia is 0.03 percent.

Jesus, I think my sober BAC after years of drinking is at least .03. Remind me never to drive in Bosnia.
 
moulderx1 [OhFark]
2008-02-15 3:33:28 AM  
Protip: Due to variables such as metabolism, driving experience, and alcohol tolerance, some people are safer driving while 'over the limit' than others in the same situation but under the 'limit'. Example: an Irishman who had a shot or two (3 parts alc), compared to a 19 year-old coed who had a beer or two (like 1 part alc).

I'm not here to preach any anti-DUI laws or anything, just something most people seem to forget.


But what if the Irishman is driving the coed home from her party and keeps staring longingly at her smooth silky thighs while she giggles out the words, " I'm sooooo tipsy, I feel like doing naughty things right now, while you're driving."

There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your over-the-limit philosophy.

That's why states use a one size fits all measure, or there would be 50 pages of variables that officer Fife would have to figure out at each traffic stop.

/the Irish shouldn't have a license, anyway.
 
st1cky
2008-02-15 3:35:56 AM  
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roscotsmalls
2008-02-15 3:46:32 AM  
KenShabby: After being warned by other drivers on Tuesday of a car zigzagging across lanes, police drove out and arrested Branko Milicevic near the southern town of Citluk.

My pronunciation of Slavic languages is pretty bad, but is that pronounced "shiat luck"? Sounds somewhat poetic.

No not with Serbo_bosno_croatian...it's impossible to tell without the accent mark fort one of the 3 "C"s...they make the following 3 sounds

TS-like in the word cats
CH-like Chair
or TCH-like catch...

The one you're looking for is the S with a little hat....the Bosnians and Croats use the same alphabet as us not the Russkies
 
Goimir
2008-02-15 3:58:39 AM  
moulderx1:
But what if the Irishman is driving the coed home from her party and keeps staring longingly at her smooth silky thighs while she giggles out the words, " I'm sooooo tipsy, I feel like doing naughty things right now, while you're driving."

There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your over-the-limit philosophy.

That's why states use a one size fits all measure, or there would be 50 pages of variables that officer Fife would have to figure out at each traffic stop.


So I guess the fact that poppyseeds will cause a false-positive for opiates in a drug test is OK?

How about getting rid of proactive policing? How about pulling people over for driving erratically? How about meaningful sentences for killing someone with a motor vehicle (not just drunk either, stupid and careless kills just as dead)?

/IS against DUI laws
//doesn't drive drunk
///has a habit of driving vehicles that take a bit to get thru inspection sometimes. Not that they're unsafe, but stupid shiat like the horn on a switch instead of the wheel, having a cracked passenger mirror, minor rust issues.
////had an uncle and a friend's father killed in auto accidents. Nobody involved was drunk
///been hit by 3 people, none of them were drunk
//slashy overload
 
Confoundit
2008-02-15 4:06:43 AM  
oldebayer
I had to check the article. .06 is six percent, and I knew that couldn't possibly be right, even for a Bosnian.

.6 per cent is pretty heroic, though. Unlike subby, who, probably not for the first time, fails at math.

"0.06" means 0.06%, not 6%.
 
12inpianist
2008-02-15 4:12:05 AM  
Confoundit: oldebayer
I had to check the article. .06 is six percent, and I knew that couldn't possibly be right, even for a Bosnian.

.6 per cent is pretty heroic, though. Unlike subby, who, probably not for the first time, fails at math.

"0.06" means 0.06%, not 6%.

I'm not a mathematician, but I'm pretty sure 0.06, or 6/100, is equal to 6%.
 
moulderx1 [OhFark]
2008-02-15 4:13:28 AM  
Goimir: So I guess the fact that poppyseeds will cause a false-positive for opiates in a drug test is OK?

It was the Irish comment that provoked your slashies, wasn't it?

We'll let the poppy seed wrongly accused go and more severely punish the drivers involved in the much smaller percentage of non-alcohol related traffic deaths; the control group based on your personal experience is at odds with national statistics.

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But I still say....don't let the Irish drive.
 
moulderx1 [OhFark]
2008-02-15 4:17:47 AM  
12inpianist:

I'm not a mathematician, but I'm pretty sure 0.06, or 6/100, is equal to 6%.

Of one percent.
 
Crosshair
2008-02-15 4:27:54 AM  
ultraholland: As far as I know, field units are only used as a preliminary device. I don't believe their actual readings are admissible in court. The ones down at the station are a different story.

That is the problem. Regardless of if it is a hand held unit or the one at the station, Breathalyzers are inherently unreliable as they make assumptions about a persons body chemistry that are quite often different from those assumptions.

A Breathalyzer assumes a specific ratio between BAC and breath alcohol content in order to determine BAC. The machine assumes a ratio of 2100:1. Your bodies actual ratio may range between 1700:1 and 2400:1

Let's say the breathalyzer test estimates your BAC as 0.08. In reality, your BAC may vary between 0.065 (legal) and 0.09 (illegal).

Another problem is that almost all Breathalyzers don't measure alcohol. They measure the presence of the methyl chemical group. There are almost 100 compounds that could be found in human breath that contain the methyl group.

So yea, use the Breathalyzers for probable cause, but not in the courtroom.
 
cal_double_agent
2008-02-15 4:33:23 AM  
Montenegran mothers should be against drunk driving. Their driving and roads are insane! Probably the worst in Europe.

I almost killed myself and my wife on several occasions while driving up steep, cliff side roads with no guard rail, only about 1 1/2 car widths wide, on the cliff side, while tour buses are heading down the opposite side. And all of this while learning how to drive stick.

It's freakin scary. Every few hundred meters or so, on every road, is a roadside memorial. As one Montenegran I met said, "we drive like crazy, and die like crazy"

//Actually I think they have a zero tolerance policy...
///Montenegro is awesome though! Much better than Croatia...
 
dudleydowrong
2008-02-15 4:34:15 AM  
umm isn't .03 less than one 12 fl oz 10proof beer?
 
12inpianist
2008-02-15 4:35:41 AM  
moulderx1: 12inpianist:

I'm not a mathematician, but I'm pretty sure 0.06, or 6/100, is equal to 6%.

Of one percent.

Of one percent of what? Are you saying that 0.06 does not equal 6%? Is there some new math rule that says six of one hundred no longer equals six percent? 'Cause this could be big! I may have overpaid at the store when I bought that milk earlier today. It was labeled as .99 and I paid a dollar. Maybe I should have paid... uh, a penny?
 
moulderx1 [OhFark]
2008-02-15 4:48:55 AM  
Start with 100 percent.

What's one percent of one hundred?.....
1.0

Use your milk example. Let's say it was 2% non-fat.

or, 2.0

.06 does not equal 6% of 100 percent when describing content quantity.

Your $1.00 example fails
 
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