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Driving in Baja: 57% of drivers tested drink and drive
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/0210...
Of the 900 tests carried out to motorists breathalyzer between 1 August and the third week of September, showed 57% positive to alcohol, 112 of them
above the legal limit for driving .
According to figures from the Department of Municipal Health Services, when subjected to review at checkpoints implemented by the Municipal Public
Security Ministry, the results showed that while 400 people tested positive for alcohol consumption had a lower concentration of 0.08 milligrams per
100 milliliters of blood. Techalott Sergio Lopez, head of the Department of Public Safety Support of the Municipal Health Department, said that having
this amount of alcohol in the blood is still not prevent the driving of a motor vehicle , but people were advised to preferably not handled. However,
another 112 were to drunk drivers, to have more than 0.08 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood; amount that prevents driving a motor
vehicle According to the physician. Techalott Lopez stressed that it is important that people are aware of the concept of intoxication, it is not the
same as driving from mainstream society that established by the authorities. He said that the state of drunkenness, not necessarily the person has to
be almost shot, but what the law is set from 0.08 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood, it could even reach up to 3 beers to drink, but
depends on the body people. He explained with this amount of alcohol in the blood, people are beginning to have vision difficulties, as it makes have
perceive the object in view at a distance wrong, have slowed thinking, and trying to make a maneuver to avoid the accident have a delayed response by
10%. In general pointed out that alcohol produces a depression in the central nervous system, causing psychomotor-coordination of movements, such as
sensory perception, sight and be distorted ears, plus it has effects on behavior and the behavior of those who ingest it.
80% are men about 80% of people testing positive in the tests are men, although males have a better able to metabolize alcohol than women. delved in
the gastric mucosa, the activity of the enzyme that breaks down alcohol is lower in women than in men, ie in the case of men this enzyme destroys
something alcohol, while in women it does to a lesser extent, in explaining why women achieve higher levels of blood alcohol than men when they eat
the same amounts of alcohol, and hence the reputation of the men tolerate alcohol better than women. deadly white balance The Head of Department of
Public Safety Support of the Municipal Department of Health, said that while not yet have a comprehensive study on how much related deaths have
decreased the intake alcohol during the time it takes the campaign, said at least 1, 2 and 3 September there were no deaths because of this.
He added that in just three days 220 certifications were performed where 42 people for violations driving with alcohol levels in the blood are not
allowed. Techalott Lopez said that the implementation of breathalyzers due to the increase in deaths related to alcohol. Nationally in 2010 there were
over 24 000 deaths in road accidents in which the 40% is related to the intake of alcohol, while 679 people were killed in Tijuana because of this. To
tell the specialist, the figure in the locality may be much higher because they do not get timely records of such cases. With these figures, it was
established that this was a public health problem in all municipalities of the country was determined to integrate a municipal committee to promote
accident prevention and strategies to avoid accidents.
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Marc
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What is your point??
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I was at a restaurant on the water NE of La Paz heading toward Tecolote, there were 9 gas tanker trucks in the parking lot, all were inside drinking
Pacificos at 9:30 in the morning, about 1/2 mile from the gate to the tank farm. If you see a gas tanker truck near you watch out, that guy maybe
drunk at the wheel.
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Finally, I am a member of a majority!!!
Well, occasionally............
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
What is your point?? |
Cultural.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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dtbushpilot
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I would imagine results would be similar NOB. How many of us will have 1 beer with lunch or dinner or 1 glass of wine? We would be counted as a
positive test result while not being impared.
This isn't an attempt at MX bashing is it? ....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
I would imagine results would be similar NOB. How many of us will have 1 beer with lunch or dinner or 1 glass of wine? We would be counted as a
positive test result while not being impared.
This isn't an attempt at MX bashing is it?....dt
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It is a cultural observation to provoke a discussion. 57% of a country drives with alcohol in their system and that is not a problem? 8% are over
the .08 (DUI), and 44% blow less less than .08 percent. Many countries have ZERO tolerance or you go to jail.
"Of the 900 breathalyzer tests administered between August 1 and the third week of September, 57% were positive for alcohol consumption, 112 of those
were above the limits permitted to drive."
[Edited on 10-3-2011 by Woooosh]
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I'll drink to that............and most other things...
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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And what percentage is on drugs? 
I'm just a bad driver...never mind the drunks!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Finally, I am a member of a majority!!!
Well, occasionally............ |
Much less than 57% of the time I drive. So, maybe I am actually pulling the stats down...........
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Mexico has a lot of issues to work on before it tackels the problem of drinking and driving.
In the US they didnt do much about it until it became the cash cow it is today.
What would you do in Mexico to a offender Take his drivers liscens most dont have one. revoke his auto registeration, most dont have that either.
cancel his auto insurance,HaHa put him in prison, they would have to let someone out first.
Like the old saying you cant threaten someone who doesnt give a shi--------.
Dont get me wrong i am aginst anyone drinking and driving but what you gonna dooooooooo.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
And what percentage is on drugs?
I'm just a bad driver...never mind the drunks! |
Tweekers don't have the money to drive. But Los Marijuanos are probably a bigger percentage, but maybe they overlap more 44% that are the light
drinkers? lol 
[Edited on 10-3-2011 by Woooosh]
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
Mexico has a lot of issues to work on before it tackels the problem of drinking and driving.
In the US they didnt do much about it until it became the cash cow it is today.
What would you do in Mexico to a offender Take his drivers liscens most dont have one. revoke his auto registeration, most dont have that either.
cancel his auto insurance,HaHa put him in prison, they would have to let someone out first.
Like the old saying you cant threaten someone who doesnt give a shi--------.
Dont get me wrong i am aginst anyone drinking and driving but what you gonna dooooooooo. |
La Verdad. The truth. You nailed it. Cultural.
[Edited on 10-3-2011 by Woooosh]
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We were in San Felipi and this cop rode up beside the car on a bycicle at a stop sign and asked the driver if he was drinking . He held the glass of
water and ice out the window and the cop stuck his nose in it and rode off.
We still laugh about the incident today.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
I would imagine results would be similar NOB. |
| Quote: | From The San Diego Reader
870 vehicles passed through the checkpoint controlled by police on Ingraham in Pacific Beach on Labor Day weekend, with 19 intoxicated driving arrests
made.
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Tijuana - 900 vehicles checked and 112 (12.4%) were DUI.
Pacific Beach (party central on Labor Day weekend) - 870 vehicles checked and 19 (2%) were DUI.
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I wasn't aware thate they are now using breathalizers in MX. The 0.08 limit is ony 100% accurate only by direct measurement (blood test). Because
the breathalizer measurements are indirect estimations, they must always be calibrated for precision. Improper calibration is a frequent reason for
discounting the analyzer results at trial (in the US anyway)..
Technical issues with the devices include sensitivity to ambient temperature as well as subject temperature; failure to properly account for
variations in the human hematocrit (cell volume of blood) range; and false assumptions of the conversion factor used in converting lung air alcohol
concentration to blood alcohol concentration.
Many alcohol breath analyzers assume a 2,100-to-1 conversion factor, but the ratio varies from person to person and within a person over time. All
these factors can increase a BAC reading.
When, how and by whom are they calibrated in Baja?
Bob Durrell
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
When, how and by whom are they calibrated in Baja? |
likely the same people who calibrate their radar guns...
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Seems there is some "bleed over" to the north...
"Among 2008 DUI arrestees, Hispanics (45.5%) again constituted the largest racial/ethnic group, as they have each year since 1992 (with the exception
of 1999). Hispanics continued to be arrested at a rate substantially higher than their estimated percentage of California’s adult population (32.8% in
2008). This is shown in Figure 3."
http://www.ots.ca.gov/pdf/Publications/DUI_2010_MIS_AR.pdf
Doesn't appear to be too far off....
And ya might wan't to be careful in the San Joaquin Valley in the evenings right after the pickers get "off" just saying....
[Edited on 10-3-2011 by wessongroup]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
How many of us will have 1 beer with lunch or dinner or 1 glass of wine? We would be counted as a positive test result while not being impared.
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i think you are foolish if you think you are not impaired by just 1 drink. you MIGHT pass a blood test, but does not mean you are not impaired.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
I wasn't aware thate they are now using breathalizers in MX. The 0.08 limit is ony 100% accurate only by direct measurement (blood test). Because
the breathalizer measurements are indirect estimations, they must always be calibrated for precision. Improper calibration is a frequent reason for
discounting the analyzer results at trial (in the US anyway)..
Technical issues with the devices include sensitivity to ambient temperature as well as subject temperature; failure to properly account for
variations in the human hematocrit (cell volume of blood) range; and false assumptions of the conversion factor used in converting lung air alcohol
concentration to blood alcohol concentration.
Many alcohol breath analyzers assume a 2,100-to-1 conversion factor, but the ratio varies from person to person and within a person over time. All
these factors can increase a BAC reading.
When, how and by whom are they calibrated in Baja? |
Maintenance seldom shows itself in Mexico
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