 Chuckles0Premium
join:2006-03-04
Saint Paul, MN | reply to jester121
Re: New service - FTTF It does when you could have killed someone. Like in a DUI case. I've spoken with people who got DUIs when they weren't even driving; just walking to the car. What's that intent to drink and drive? But yeah, could have burned my house down doesn't seem like it would stick.
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 POBRes Firma Mitescere NescitPremium
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Stepford, CA | said by Chuckles0: I've spoken with people who got DUIs when they weren't even driving; just walking to the car. What's that intent to drink and drive? But yeah, could have burned my house down doesn't seem like it would stick. Walking to your car irrrespective of BAC is not "intent" to drive. Walking to your car, getting in, putting the key in the ignition and merely sitting there without turning the key is. Whoever these people you know who were cited for DUI for merely walking to their car in a drunken state should have contested the citation. 
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 GlobalMindDomino Dude, POWER Systems GuyPremium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL | reply to Chuckles0
said by Chuckles0:But yeah, could have burned my house down doesn't seem like it would stick. I think it would if the fire was closer to the house, like the other cases we've seen where the siding ended up melting & such.
This seems it was far enough away that the burn the house down argument might not work. |
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| I agree. I call bulls%$t! The key HAS to be in the ignition. |
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My ex-wife got a DWI just for sitting on the front steps with her keys in her purse. Or so said the police report....
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to boober321
In some states, like CA, simply sitting in the driver's seat, even with the keys on the dash, not the ignition, is grounds for a DUI.
Source: Sacramento PD, CHP, ABC.
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