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hot70cc
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Beware the cottage industry of "councilors" and "educators" you'll probably wind up spending time with.
If your first offense, you might get steered their way via plea bargain or adjudicated judgement.
But you'll still pay $$$ and have to bum rides to stupid classes that are usually all weekend long, and friday night too.
Then your car insurance is going to be insane for a while.
OTOH the "jail" isn't as bad as you think, I know people who have gone several weekends in a row. It's a halfway house style thing where you get to wear street clothes/pajamas, go to bed early, and stay freakin sober.
My take on the "system" is it's run by teetotallers, who love to find an excuse to get someone on the wagon, puppettering moronic politicians who want to look "tough" on something everyone can agree on.
Might be worth pleading for leniency, as your lightweight bike would have been unlikely to injure another worse than it injured you. The "leniency" would probably be a lame plea deal I described above.
I agree, it wasn't like i was out to kill someone, only myself if worse came to worse. I don't drive a vehicle when intoxicated, I just made a bad decision to take my bike around the block at the wrong time. Im still awaiting on the paper work, like i said i'll keep you all posted on my sentince. Instead of DUI there should be a more leanient fine called PUI ( pedaling under the influence) Nothing more than a misdimeanor) <(SP). But I guess the state needs the most money they can get. Thanks all for the understanding, and kind words