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Sounds like he's still stuck in the 90s. The police used to be corrupt as all hell, but things have slowly improved. Most would probably take a kickback for something very minor, like drinking a beer in a park, but there's too many eyes on them for anything more major.
Just 2 months ago a guy I know came in from Italy, but didn't realize Romania has a zero tolerance policy on drunk driving. He had a single glass of wine and was driving. Police stopped him, asked if he'd been drinking, he said yes. Once he realized how much shit he was in, he tried to bribe them. They added that to the charges. He's now banned from driving in Romania (he had to get a pair of friends from Italy to come pick up his car), but they were nice enough to not cancel his driving license completely.
Cries in north america where drivers can collect DUIs as if they are trying to get a high score.
When I was 19 or 20, I got caught driving without insurance (don't do this) and my license was suspended for six months. Maybe two years later, my friend got pulled over on a DUI. He spent maybe an hour in jail before his parents bailed him out and got his license suspended for six weeks.
Like I said, don't drive without insurance, but I think I was a hell of a lot less likely to kill someone with my car than he was.
It's obscene the revoke a license for insurance. I can understand a fine, maybe impounding the uninsured vehicle until you have proof of insurance.... But suspending the license? That's fucked.
I don't disagree with you. And six months was ridiculously excessive.
Of course, I had to go to work, and the bus didn't even remotely come close to my job, so I drove anyway. I didn't have a choice. I just hoped I didn't get pulled over again, which I thankfully did not.
But think of the shareholders!
Like blood alcohol limit is 0.00? Because most countries define a limit that makes you drunk and it ain't zero.
Yup, exactly. Strictly 0.0. There are cases where people have lost their licenses after having one of those little chocolates with the rum-flavored fillings. This was a reaction to a huge wave of deaths due to DUIs.
That's a bit rough. Bread that rises due to the action of yeast contains as much as 1.9% alcohol by volume.
I'm all for clamping down on drunk driving. But I'm not for making it illegal to drive after eating a sandwich.
Edit: the exhaled air alcohol content is higher, at 0.4mg / l. I assume that's been calibrated to avoid false positives from eating bread.
They're far from the only country to do this. Japan is the same way. Driving after even a drop of alcohol is illegal. It's technically even illegal to operate a bicycle with any alcohol in you.
Huh. So how do they pull over people that had those rum filled candies?
If they get into an accident, or it's a spot check, or something like that they get breathalized.