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I've recently had 2 friends get charged with DUIs. The one guy - first time offender - got $1000 fine and 3 months suspension, and will have to pay to install a governor on his car. He got off easy because he was scheduled to go in for treatment for alcoholism a few days later. I'm not sure about the other friend, and what he got.

I've never been close to getting a DUI. My formative years were in a small town, where all the bars were in close walking distance to my house (and cabs were readily available and dirt cheap). In university, I didn't have a car, so I made sure I left the bar early enough for a bus or was close enough to walk home (or made sure I had a place to crash). Since then, I have always made sure to find a neighbourhood bar to frequent when I feel like going out for a beer. I never drive if there is the chance that I could be drinking, and never drink if I have to drive home.

Earlier in the thread, someone mentioned about driving home a few blocks from the bar after getting hammered. My question - why would you drive there in the first place?

In my work, I see too many people who thought they were OK to drive home about to become organ donors.