DUI - TEXAS STYLE

Only a person in Texas could think of this.

From the county where drunk driving is considered a sport,
comes this true story.
Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar in
Austin , Texas after last call the officer noticed a man
leaving the bar so apparently intoxicated that he could
barely walk.

The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes,
with the officer quietly observing. After what seemed
an eternity in which he tried his keys on five different
vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall into it.

He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons
left the bar and drove off.

Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and
off--it was a fine, dry summer night--, flicked the blinkers
on and off a couple of times, honked the horn and then
switched on the lights.

He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a
little and then remained still for a few more minutes as
some more of the other patrons' vehicles left.

At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot,
he pulled out and drove slowly down the road.

The police officer, having waited patiently all this time,
now started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights,
promptly pulled the man over and administered a breathalyzer
test.

To his am amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence
that the man had consumed any alcohol at all!

Dumbfounded, the officer said, I'll have to ask you to
accompany me to the police station. This breathalyzer
equipment must be broken.'

'I doubt it,' said the truly proud Redneck. Tonight
I'm the 'designated decoy.'

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:09 -0500, Jim wrote:






DUI - TEXAS STYLE

Only a person in Texas could think of this.

From the county where drunk driving is considered a sport,
comes this true story.
Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar in
Austin , Texas after last call the officer noticed a man
leaving the bar so apparently intoxicated that he could
barely walk.

The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes,
with the officer quietly observing. After what seemed
an eternity in which he tried his keys on five different
vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall into it.

He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons
left the bar and drove off.

Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and
off--it was a fine, dry summer night--, flicked the blinkers
on and off a couple of times, honked the horn and then
switched on the lights.

He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a
little and then remained still for a few more minutes as
some more of the other patrons' vehicles left.

At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot,
he pulled out and drove slowly down the road.

The police officer, having waited patiently all this time,
now started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights,
promptly pulled the man over and administered a breathalyzer
test.

To his am amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence
that the man had consumed any alcohol at all!

Dumbfounded, the officer said, I'll have to ask you to
accompany me to the police station. This breathalyzer
equipment must be broken.'

'I doubt it,' said the truly proud Redneck. Tonight
I'm the 'designated decoy.'


LOL!
--

John H

That WAS funny!

now I'm waiting for the analysts to show up...
HA!

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:45:29 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:



That WAS funny!

now I'm waiting for the analysts to show up...
HA!

Good morning, Tim. Your crap weather is keeping me off the golf course
once more. My wife loves it, 'cause now I can help her hang pictures
on the newly painted walls.
--

John H

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:45:29 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:



That WAS funny!

now I'm waiting for the analysts to show up...
HA!

OK, I'll give it a try. Good story but in most states, if not all,
the cops do not have to wait for you to start the car and drive off.
If you are sitting in it and have the keys that is sufficient for a
DUI/DWI bust.

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:45:29 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:



That WAS funny!

now I'm waiting for the analysts to show up...
HA!

OK, I'll give it a try. Good story but in most states, if not all,
the cops do not have to wait for you to start the car and drive off.
If you are sitting in it and have the keys that is sufficient for a
DUI/DWI bust.

Is that for acting stupid or being stupid in your car. Can you be
arrested for stumbling and playing with the controls in your car?

Demand a breathalyzer and a blood test.

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:23:43 -0500, BAR wrote:


OK, I'll give it a try. Good story but in most states, if not all,
the cops do not have to wait for you to start the car and drive off. If
you are sitting in it and have the keys that is sufficient for a
DUI/DWI bust.

Is that for acting stupid or being stupid in your car. Can you be
arrested for stumbling and playing with the controls in your car?

Demand a breathalyzer and a blood test.

Yeah, but there's probably some other law that could send you to the
pokey. Perhaps, interfering with a police investigation. Overall, I've
found it's best not to f' with cops.

In article ,
says...
Subject: DUI Texas style
From: thunder
Newsgroups: rec.boats

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:23:43 -0500, BAR wrote:


OK, I'll give it a try. Good story but in most states, if not all,
the cops do not have to wait for you to start the car and drive off. If
you are sitting in it and have the keys that is sufficient for a
DUI/DWI bust.

Is that for acting stupid or being stupid in your car. Can you be
arrested for stumbling and playing with the controls in your car?

Demand a breathalyzer and a blood test.

Yeah, but there's probably some other law that could send you to the
pokey. Perhaps, interfering with a police investigation. Overall, I've
found it's best not to f' with cops.

When I was younger I had some interaction with my State Troopers
(Virginia), mostly of the driving too fast kind. They didn't understand
that a pony likes to get out and run and where better to do it than on
the Interstate.

Several years later I moved to Maryland and I drove into Virginia often.
My truck at the time started its life, post delivery from Ford, to a
Virginia dealership and the Virginia dealership slapped on the Virginia
State Inspection sticker. I had Maryland tags and could care less about
the Virginia State Inspection sticker but, the Virginia State Troopers
did.

I was stopped several times by the Virgina State Troopers and they could
only ask me politely to remove the expired state inspection sticker on
the windshield. That truck was traded in for the new truck with the
Virginia State Inspection sticker still on the Windshield.

F'ing with the Virginia State Troopers was a sport for me at that time.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:43:48 -0500, wrote:


The real problem is they can **** quiz you and you never know how your
meds will show up on one of these crude field tests. We had a 72 y/o
guy here who was arrested for failing a **** quiz and in the end he
was totally innocent. The gas spectrometer test came back negative 3
weeks later. In the mean time his car was towed and he had to arrange
for a ride home., Even the cops suspected he was OK , at least to he
point that they didn't hook him up, they just gave him a DUI ticket.
Don't count on that. You probably go in the tank.

I've never heard of a "DUI ticket" Well, at least in the three
departments I worked for.
Ok, here's something to ponder.
A couple nights ago I was watching a cop show on Tru TV and they were
showing a fellow who seemed to have had too many. He wasn't driving
but he had sat in the driver's side, enough PC to check him out. They
gave him a field breathalyzer test and it measured *.47* The cop
administering it was shocked and thought there was something wrong
with the tester. So he tried once more and again, .47. The guy was
obviously drunk but he was not falling down, or staggering, or showing
signs of a severe intoxication. They decided to take him to the
station and there he scored an astounding .45! The officer said
someone with that much BAC should be dead, or at the least in a coma.
And the subject was not a large person, but average weight and height.
Holy cow, I've never heard of a BAC that high. My highest as I said
once was .35, but the person was rather large. Ok, she was fat.
Eddie

wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:08:29 -0800, Eddie
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:43:48 -0500, wrote:


The real problem is they can **** quiz you and you never know how your
meds will show up on one of these crude field tests. We had a 72 y/o
guy here who was arrested for failing a **** quiz and in the end he
was totally innocent. The gas spectrometer test came back negative 3
weeks later. In the mean time his car was towed and he had to arrange
for a ride home., Even the cops suspected he was OK , at least to he
point that they didn't hook him up, they just gave him a DUI ticket.
Don't count on that. You probably go in the tank.

I've never heard of a "DUI ticket" Well, at least in the three
departments I worked for.
Ok, here's something to ponder.

I suppose it was really released ROR but the effect was basically the
same as a ticket, he wasn't hooked up and taken in.
He was still charged with DUI and his car was impounded.

http://www.news-press.com/article200991102020

Most places you can get a DUI for drug impaired driving. So taking a
prescription drug, or over the counter drug can get you arrested also. What
the field sobriety tests are for.