I was arrested for a DUI and in the end the charge was dismissed. Prior to the courts dismissal of the DUI I was ordered to attend a MADD lecture and do 30 hours of community service. Does this still count as a conviction to the USCG when I renew my documents? Thank you.

I was driving my family down the highway yesterday and my 6 year old was raising hell in the back seat that I was breaking the law. All because I was drinking a can of Coke while driving.

True, and likely everyone knows that, and I suspect a fair percentage of the adult population has driven with a BAC above .08, and a fair percentage of U.S. seafarers have set foot aboard a ship with a BAC above .04. Nobody is perfect, we’ve all done stupid things, the question here is, what can the…

The Government and everyone else has gotten far too carried away with ruining people’s lives forever over simple drunk driving offenses. And, a lot of other things too.

With all respect to your comment, I attend a fair number of drunk driving involved accidents as a volunteer EMT. I do this when I am home and off the boat. I work in a busy 911 system. Last night, I attended yet another DUI crash. Fortunately nobody was hurt in this one, but the drunk driver smashed…

A very high percentage of accidents are caused by drunk driving or excessive speed or both. A good percentage of drivers have been drinking, and a significant percentage are over the legal limit. A huge percentage of drivers are routinely speeding. There is a simple and relative inexpensive way to …

[image] tugsailor: Don’t mix apples and oranges, or apples and coconuts. Just because someone once got a DUI coming home from a party late at night in their own car, that doesn’t have any bearing on whether they would drink at sea. Yeah but I’d rather sail with the guy or gal that was profess…

Perhaps, but as been pointed out, we all make mistakes, we’ve all done stupid stuff, should that prevent someone from earning a living? Tugsailor makes an excellent point, a person can be a very skilled and professional seafarer and be a complete shit head ashore.

I agree that some people can separate work and time at home. But I’ve also seen guys with the shakes cuz they’re a couple days into the hitch and haven’t had a drink. Even if they are 100% sober, its gotta be taxing on the body to go through, and they certainly aren’t performing their best. Now I t…

[image] NH_Domer: At least now if you turn the keys and you’ve been drinking you always know there’s a risk it might be your career. Yes, and that’s what I and likely most others do, and I’m pretty sure no one here advocates driving drunk, I advise people if they’re going to have even one dri…

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Guess the lesson is don’t drink and drive.

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