Bruce Springsteen arrested for DUI after 1 shot of tequila(.02 BAC)

[Anonymous]

More has come out. They gave him a sobriety test which he failed and then he refused the breathalyzer at the scene. His BAC wasn't taken at the scene but later and was .02. He also said he did two shots.

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Anonymous wrote:How dumb it is to take a shot and then immediately drive off? I wouldn't do this in a car or on a motorcycle. Glad they stopped him - blatant disregard for basic rules of the road.

It's the same as not driving with an open container next to you - I don't think I would be drunk if I drank one beer while driving, but it is still illegal.

Millions of fine people nightly have a glass of wine at dinner (sometimes two!) and hop in their car right after under the legal limit. One drink or even two is not enough to make a grown man legally drunk (0.08). Each drink is usually about 0.02 -- so if he did even two shots that's only 0.04.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More has come out. They gave him a sobriety test which he failed and then he refused the breathalyzer at the scene. His BAC wasn't taken at the scene but later and was .02. He also said he did two shots.

Refusing the breathalyzer is very telling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:More has come out. They gave him a sobriety test which he failed and then he refused the breathalyzer at the scene. His BAC wasn't taken at the scene but later and was .02. He also said he did two shots.

Refusing the breathalyzer is very telling.

No, it's not. The breathalyzer won't be accurate if you JUST drank one shot of hard liquor. It will indicate a far higher BAC than you really have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More has come out. They gave him a sobriety test which he failed and then he refused the breathalyzer at the scene. His BAC wasn't taken at the scene but later and was .02. He also said he did two shots.

That's how Fox News, the NY Post, and the Daily Mail appear to be reporting it.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, you're crazy if you think DMV bus drivers are making 80K.

https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Metro-Bus-Driver-Salary-in-Washington,DC

I work in that industry, they do. Average $35/hour. Most runs have 8-10 hours of overtime built into the run each week.

$35x40 = 1400/week regular pay
8 hours of OT each week = 8 hours at $52.50 =420/week
$1400 + $420 =1820
$1820x 52 94,640

add in 4 weeks vacation 3 personal days, sick leave, healthcare and retirement.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, his dad was a bus driver and his mom was a legal secretary. How can you argue that he doesn't have working class roots?

Is he not allowed to advocate for the working man just because he achieved success in his career path?

And somehow now he’s a cowboy from middle America ;0)

Bus driver = union job
Legal secretary = good salary

He was solidly middle class, likely UMC.

There’s no need for an affected accent. That’s an act.

And, perhaps most importantly: what exactly has he done for the working class aside from appropriate a persona to sell records to them?

Bus driver = UMC? WTH are u smoking?

bus driver sin this area make north of 80k a year

A NYC bus drive made at most $2/hr in 1955.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924054549476&view=1up&seq=171

$2 in 1955 is now worth $19.44.

https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1955?amount=1

So at most his dad was bringing home $80/wk, which is $777/wk, which is 40K a year.

And the pay for bus driver in NJ was likely lower than in Manhattan.

And he wasn't always a bus drive, he was also a factory worker and cab driver, where he probably made less.

You can thank me now for my research,

We all have heard the into to MY father's house

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he was acting impaired, yeah, that could be a problem. He can be on medications, and even a little alcohol can be a problem.

He took the shot, rode off on his motorcycle, and was arrested immediately. Total BS.

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Anonymous wrote:How dumb it is to take a shot and then immediately drive off? I wouldn't do this in a car or on a motorcycle. Glad they stopped him - blatant disregard for basic rules of the road.

It's the same as not driving with an open container next to you - I don't think I would be drunk if I drank one beer while driving, but it is still illegal.

Millions of fine people nightly have a glass of wine at dinner (sometimes two!) and hop in their car right after under the legal limit. One drink or even two is not enough to make a grown man legally drunk (0.08). Each drink is usually about 0.02 -- so if he did even two shots that's only 0.04.

But what about grown OLD men? He's 71! I do not want my father doing two shots and hopping on his bike.

And just because millions of people do it does not make it a good idea.

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Anonymous wrote:More has come out. They gave him a sobriety test which he failed and then he refused the breathalyzer at the scene. His BAC wasn't taken at the scene but later and was .02. He also said he did two shots.

Refusing the breathalyzer is very telling.

No, it's not. The breathalyzer won't be accurate if you JUST drank one shot of hard liquor. It will indicate a far higher BAC than you really have.

Knowing exactly when the BAC was taken will answer a lot.

[Anonymous]

There's definitely more to this story than meets the eye. I suspect that his PR people are REALLY hammering home "It was just one shot" and really he was drunker than that.

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Anonymous wrote:Just want to say that my inlaws are bus drivers in a low cost of living area. They make 50k, excellent health care and they have pensions! They live a great life off that. (Houses cost about 150k for a very nice one)

New Jersey is not a low cost of living area. Despite being kind of crappy it is consistently top ten in the highest cost of living states. I grew up there and where he lived is also definitely not an UMC area and is really only a tier above living someplace like Newark.

Umm where did you come up with NJ? My inlaws don't live there. But I'd assume their bus drivers make a lot more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's definitely more to this story than meets the eye. I suspect that his PR people are REALLY hammering home "It was just one shot" and really he was drunker than that.

You should apply down at the police station for the detective job.

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Anonymous wrote:Just want to say that my inlaws are bus drivers in a low cost of living area. They make 50k, excellent health care and they have pensions! They live a great life off that. (Houses cost about 150k for a very nice one)

New Jersey is not a low cost of living area. Despite being kind of crappy it is consistently top ten in the highest cost of living states. I grew up there and where he lived is also definitely not an UMC area and is really only a tier above living someplace like Newark.

Umm where did you come up with NJ? My inlaws don't live there. But I'd assume their bus drivers make a lot more.

Umm, because Springsteen has lived his entire life in New Jersey?

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Anonymous wrote:Just want to say that my inlaws are bus drivers in a low cost of living area. They make 50k, excellent health care and they have pensions! They live a great life off that. (Houses cost about 150k for a very nice one)

New Jersey is not a low cost of living area. Despite being kind of crappy it is consistently top ten in the highest cost of living states. I grew up there and where he lived is also definitely not an UMC area and is really only a tier above living someplace like Newark.

Umm where did you come up with NJ? My inlaws don't live there. But I'd assume their bus drivers make a lot more.

Umm, because Springsteen has lived his entire life in New Jersey?

What does that have to do with anything?