• QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
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    24 days ago

    Legally speaking in the USA anything after the first is driving while intoxicated/under the influence (different states use DWI or DUI).

    Working in the booze biz you are sadly correct though. I had a wine rep a few years back offer to pay for my parking in NYC if I went to a tasting. I told him I was taking the train and he was surprised. He shouldn’t be.

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      24 days ago

      driving while intoxicated/under the influence (different states use DWI or DUI).

      I thought it was a matter of severity, with DUI being over the limit but not obviously impaired and DWI driving while there’s no doubt that you’re drunk, leading to more severe punishment?

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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        23 days ago

        There’s actually been a trend of shifting the language to “owi” or “operating while intoxicated” since the law is the same whether you’re operating a car, a bike, a boat or a dump truck