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  1. furriner

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    If you know, what is the legal blood alcohol percentage in the Philippines? What is the penalty if you are caught? I don’t even know the penalty for speeding (and I haven’t seen too many speed limit or stop signs) here. Checkpoints are mainly concerned with registration, helmets but never alcohol.


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    If it were a big enough plastic bag you would just run out of oxygen, possibly become euphoric or confused and then fall asleep and die. Though, if it were a small bag that cut off your ability to take a breath I would think you would need some "assistance".
     
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    I think everyone should show compassion - it must be a hell of a thing to take one's own life and it leaves behind misery for loved ones. When we see people not only as people but as spouses, fathers, mothers, siblings, etc. then we can think more about the loss.

    Anyone is entitled to disagree but I think most people have a heart.
     
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    https://www.autoindustriya.com/auto...ng-law-finally-take-effect-march-12-2015.html

    0.05 is correct, with heavy fines, imprisonment and impounding of the vehicle if above. According to the article they started using 150 breath analyzers in 2015. I wonder how many of those ever made it outside the NCR. Probably zero...
     
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  5. furriner

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    You do not know if the driver was drunk, you are just assuming he was because he had attended a party where alcohol was served. How much alcohol did he drink, what was his capacity? What if he weren’t drunk? He wouldn’t have hit a motorcycle parked in the middle of a national Hwy? How man beers caused him to hit the vehicle if the baseline line is zero for a completely sober man? Sometimes it appears to me that almost all motorcycle drivers in Dumaguete are attempting to use my car to commit suicide with their motorcycle. Thus, car drivers, as in the case of the referenced accident, please show some compassion to these suicide-prone 2 wheelers who drive without any rational logic, no lights at night, pass you on the right as you turn right and dart out in front of you without looking, just taking a gamble that nobody will really hit THEM ( God is protecting them). And by all means, drink nothing because you will be convicted of drunk driving by the expat base who hates other people drinking alcohol unless of course those other people happen to be themselves.


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    Yes that's true, and if the kid would have worn a helmet (assuming she didn't) she maybe wouldn't have died either. Still, the driver seemed to see that it obviously was his fault alone and did the right thing, imho.

    I have only been riding occasionally before moving here, and since then made around 20k kms on two wheels so far. I try to avoid driving at night, especially on unknown roads.

    Especially in the city and with the mostly nice weather two wheels are simply much more practical - I have a car but I only use it if I really have to. Drives me nuts when I have to drive walking pace behind tricycles instead of just zipping past them...
     
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    Oh yes they are. They both kill people. In the USA, far more people are killed by motor vehicles than by guns. But I do understand why the deep states of the world’s governments do not want to have potential opposition force to their domestic militaries.


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    It is even possible that depression, the mist easily treated mental illness, affects most people at least once in their lives. So he “may” have been in the brink but probably not since he had the state of mind to load up his SUV with his tenants and go out partying. He “may” have been many things but one thing for sure was that he was drunk and behind the wheel of a lethal weapon, every bit as lethal as his .45.

    OK, so you asked about the firearm which he used to kill himself, Let me ask the corollary question about the SUV which he used to kill the girl:

    “I wonder how how / why he even had ownership of an SUV and what percentage of SUV ownership is here.”



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    The judicial system here can be a bit strange. As I understand it the government can file a case if they want, as often the situation in drug related cases. In cases of murder sometimes it is up to the family to ask for a case to be filled. Sometimes a case will not be persuaded if blood money is paid.

    In the case of the phil Prins murder I think someone came from the US embassy to make sure a case was filed. The police waited for the culprits to leave town before filing the charges.
     
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  10. furriner

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    Is it really possible to kill yourself by putting a plastic bag over your head? Too much discomfort, and opportunity to back out, unlike a bullet or a bridge. Before this gets too morbid...


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