Posted: 12/4/2004 2:56:22 PM EDT
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What's the difference between DWI and DUI? I forget how they explained it in Drivers Ed. What I think I remember is that DWI is when your blood/alcohol level is above the state's legal limit. And DUI is when you have alcohol in your system, and it's enough to make your drive wrecklessly, but you're not past the legal limit. Is that right? If so, can they give you a DUI for having any amount of alcohol in you (1 beer)? TIA. |
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I never know if I am good to drive or not, .08% is so low couldn't you be fine but still blow drunk? would 2 beers in a hour give you .08? because like most guys I can slam 2 beers and not even feel a buzz. |
I give you BAC Calculator |
According to the NHTSA 50% of drivers killed have a BAC of .010% or above. 60- 75% of drivers in single vehicle collisions have a BAC of .010% or higher. 2 beers in an hour will not make me a .08% Two beers an hour for 3 straight will though. Once drunk, BAC falls by about .02% an hour assuming you stopped drinking. |
Don't forget DUID ( driving under the influence of drugs). This pretains to all other substances besides alcohol. Oh, I thought that DWAI was driving while alcohol impaired? 
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The night that I had to do the roadside dance, I asked this same question after I blew a .045. He told me he could still take me in for DUI. At which point I about shit my pants. He said above the legal limit is DWI, and ANYTHING below that gives them cause for charging with Driving Under the Influence. If you blow a .02, and they believe you are impaired, they can arrest you for DUI. I passed all the tests, did the "yes, Sir" "no, Sir" stuff, and they let me go with the speeding ticket. But it definitely opened my eyes to what could happen. Anymore, and it's 2 beers tops if I'm driving. |
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It's dependent on the VTL/PL law in the state where you are charged. In NY there are several potential charges depending on your BAC or if you are impaired by drugs (legal or illegal). You may also be charged with multiple offenses in the event the chemical test is thrown out you can still be convicted of DWI based on FST's and direct observation of your impaired driving ability. ETA: In NY if you are under 21 you can be charged if you are found to have .02 amount of alcohol in your system. |
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in ny, at least 8 years ago when I was in drivers ed DWI was over .1 and dui was something lower up to .09 but I can't remember the number of the low end of the range. it was still more than 1 or 2 beers for most people though there was also DWAI driving while ability impared. I think that was used for other drugs |
| In Florida, there is no longer a DWI statute. The crime is now "driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances to the extent one's normal faculties are impaired." Other posters have accurately described DWI. Fla case law essentially required that the driver be fucked-up drunk to sustain a guilty verdict. Under the present law, ingestion + impairment = guilt. The point was essentially to lower the threshhold for punishment. |
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DUI=DWI Here in the Prarie State they call it DUI. Other states (WI and IA) call it OWI(operating under the influence) All terms refer to the state of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs in your system. Remember this Simpson's Episode? Grampa Simpson:"You're no angel behind the wheel, what about that DUI?" Homer:"That was a DWI! Deej86 |
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As usual different states, different terms. Generally DUI DOES NOT equal DWI. Driving Under the Influence (again depending on where you are) can (NOW in some areas) include being under the influence of both legal and illegal drugs, booze, tired with cough syrup if you are loopy. Anything that impairs your ability to drive safely. DWI classically was Driving While Intoxicated or definitely DRUNK, like over .12 where DUI was like .04 to .12, in other words stepped. And in some states, different levels for different ages. In any case, the safe thing is probably not to drink and drive period, it's not all that dificult a concept. If you have to ask or think you might be impaired, have somebody else who is sober drive. |
I'm not sure. In some areas the police radio code for drunk driver is 502 and some say the term "duece" comes from that. But I cant say for sure. |
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In Texas at least, DWI is given to any minor caught no matter how drunk they while driving are because they can't legaly have booze. It is also got to do with the level of alcohol in your system. 1 beer driving = under the influence, while 12 would be a driving while intoxicated. Unless you drank the 12 over a long period of time & were still sober according to the legal limit perscribed by your state. At least this is how I have seen it handled over, & over, & over, & over, & over in my line of work. Bail Bondsman. 
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In maine it's called OUI.....just depends on what each state wants to call it.... |
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Yep, different in the many states. DWI can stand for driving while impaired/intoxicated. DUI is driving under the influence. Illinois has only one charge. It's DUI for Driving Under the Influence. There are 6 subsections which cover everything from "impaired by alcohol" to bac over .08, to drugs, inhalants, medications etc. Everyone calls 'em "dewey" because that's literally how it would sound if you tried to pronounce "DUI" |
No he is wrong DWI is "driving while intoxicated is left over center, slow speed etc.after you have been drinking or using drugs" DUI is driving with your "blood alcohol" "drug level" over a certain limit no matter how well you drive. |
I thought for minors it was .02.....regardless, if youre a minor and drinkin and driving youre fucked. I can't believe how stupid I was in high school |