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HOW TO AVOID A DUI

Things you must do before you leave your house

By FRANKLIN PIERCE
Real Man Magazine, Editor and Publisher

 

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voiding a DUI isn’t simply doing a single task.  It’s a multi-faceted approach which, as a whole, diminishes your risks and your chances of getting a drunk driving arrest and conviction.  What follows is part one of a multi-part series.  Part one focuses on things to do before you leave your house and go to your place of drinking.

 

Before we start, I need to add a disclaimer.  This isn’t legal advice.  As with any legal matter, consult with an attorney.  In addition, never drive drunk.  Period.  Too many lives have been lost to drunks who have no business ever being behind the wheel of a car.

 

The ideas presented are not designed to show you how to drive drunk and get away with it.  If that’s your modus operandi, please go to the nearest high rise right now, and jump.  By doing so, we will have undoubtedly saved many innocent lives.  The ideas presented here are designed to instruct you on how to ensure you’re under the legal limit before you get behind the wheel of a car.

 

But above all, reading and following these steps will force you to think.  You will become more conscious and aware of how drinking can impair you, and how to ensure you are under the legal limit before getting in to your car.  The people who usually get in to trouble are those people who don’t think.  Congratulations.  You’re no longer one of them.

 

Now let’s get started.

 

Buy a Breathalyzer

A Breathalyzer is a portable hand-held device in which you blow, that measures your blood alcohol level.  Many good breathalyzers can be purchased on-line.  Buy a good one.  In general, they’re priced based on their accuracy - the more expensive the unit, the more accurate the reading.  For about $100 you can find a quality unit that is approved by the Department of Transportation.  Do your research, buy one, and put it in your car.

 

This is a critical first step in your protection against getting a DUI.  It could be the difference between going to jail and going home to sleep in your own bed.  

 

Think about it:  A $100 investment to avoid $10,000 in expenses and all of the time and hassles related to a DUI?  Talk about a great return on an investment.  Stop reading right now, go to the Internet, and purchase your Breathalyzer.  It’s that important.

 

After you receive it, make sure you put it in your car.  It does no good at home in a drawer.  As a matter of fact, you should buy one for every car you own and keep it in there.

 

 

Search Your Vehicle for any Incriminating Items

            Remember those empty beer cans that you threw in the back of your truck during your last fishing trip?  How about that flask that you keep in your glove box, or in your golf bag in the trunk?  Any remnants of marijuana in your ashtray?  Any concealed firearms or knives?  Now is a good time to go to your vehicle and get rid of any items that could be incriminating if you’re stopped.  When a cop pulls you over, he’s trying to build a case against you.  One of the ways he builds such as case is by simply looking inside your car for any evidence that you’ve been drinking.  Don’t help him build his case against you. 

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