Busted in the Bar

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:48 am

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8169246/detail.html

What is going on here?

How can the police bust you for drunk driving before you even get in your car? How can the police bust you for drunk driving if you have a designated driver? How can the police bust you for drunk driving if your drinking in the bar of the Hotel your staying at and arent even going to drive?
I mean I know its strictly against the law to be publicly intoxicated but geez.

What to stop drunk driving? Get a public transport system, cheap taxis!

This just seems bizarre to me. I know that if they tried this in New Zealand there would be a public uprising!

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:13 am

Hilarious. But don't let our Government know

It's almost the law to go out and get drunk over here. It deviates our minds from the endless stream of stealth taxes being imposed on us.

Of course it costs a fortune to actually get drunk...

wardo68 · Post by **wardo68** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:44 am

Here in Illinois it's called the 50-foot rule. If you're in possession of your car keys within 50 feet of your car, and you're intoxicated, you can be arrested. If you're in the back seat of your parked car sleeping it off, you can be arrested. If you're in your driveway washing your car, and you've got the ignition on to play the radio, and you've been drinking, you can be arrested. There's more but you get the idea.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:34 pm

Strikes me as an extreme example of American puritanism run pathetically amok. And we liberals are the ones always being accussed of being for "a nanny state"...

Of course, this is a state which until fairly recently, as I recall, allowed drive-through daiquiris and drinking-and-driving (though not drunk driving).

Not exactly consistent in messaging.