From: tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi)
Subject: Re: Ok, So I was a little hasty...
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speedy@engr.latech.edu (Speedy Mercer) wrote:
> 
> randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis) writes:
> 
> > speedy@engr.latech.edu (Speedy Mercer) writes:
> >| jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel Moyne) writes:
> >|>       What does "DWI" stand for ? I thought it was "DUI" for Driving Under
> >|>Influence, so here what does W stand for ?
> >|
> >|Driving While Intoxicated.
> 
> >  Actually, I beleive "DWI" normally means "Driving While Impaired" rather
> >than "Intoxicated", at least it does in the states I've lived in...
> 
> >|This was changed here in Louisiana when a girl went to court and won her 
> >|case by claiming to be stoned on pot, NOT intoxicated on liquor!
> 
> >  One can be imparied without necessarily being impaired by liquor - drugs,
> >not enough sleep, being a total moron :-), all can impair someone etc...  I'm
> >surprised this got her off the hook...  Perhaps DWI in Lousiana *is* confined
> >to liquor?
> 
> Lets just say it is DUI here now!

OK. It varies from state to state. It has to do with operating a vehicle
while there is greater than a given percentage of alcohol in your
bloodstream. Can we drop this now, and get back to asking Ed Green to
getabike?

                  tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil
 
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