Bad choice and not sure what to do

ndakcfi said:
This.

I served on a jury for a DUI trial where the defendant blew something like a .06 but since the state law uses the phrase "impaired to the slightest degree" to define "under the influence", they were charged with a DUI.

We ended up finding the defendant not guilty without much deliberation (the traffic stop was made only because they threw a cigarette butt out the car window), but they were still out whatever $$ they paid their DUI lawyer, on top of having the arrest on their record.
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Wow. What a stupid law. Arguably, you are impaired to the slightest degree after a single beer. Or after staying up for 20 hours straight, for that matter...
 
PhilosopherPilot said:
Wow. What a stupid law. Arguably, you are impaired to the slightest degree after a single beer. Or after staying up for 20 hours straight, for that matter...
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From a Human Factors Presentation that I put together...

20% of reported incidents to the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) mention factors that are fatigue related.

Sleep loss degrades performance. With just 2 hours of sleep loss, productivity decreases 17%.
With 4 hours of sleep loss, productivity decreases by 43%.

After being awake for 18 hours, mental and physical performance on many tasks can be like having a blood alcohol level (BAC) of .05. After 23 hours of continuous awake-ness, people perform as badly as those with a BAC of .12

CNN Article
 
Stomp16 said:
From a Human Factors Presentation that I put together...

20% of reported incidents to the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) mention factors that are fatigue related.

Sleep loss degrades performance. With just 2 hours of sleep loss, productivity decreases 17%.
With 4 hours of sleep loss, productivity decreases by 43%.

After being awake for 18 hours, mental and physical performance on many tasks can be like having a blood alcohol level (BAC) of .05. After 23 hours of continuous awake-ness, people perform as badly as those with a BAC of .12

CNN Article
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Agreed...
 
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