downstairs: basemetal: Yeah, I have no problem with this.

Life lesson learned: don't drive drunk people home. They will wreck your car and puke on the floorboard.

/or make them ride in the back.

meh

croesius: downstairs: basemetal: Yeah, I have no problem with this.

dammit

ZAZ: basemetal

I have a big problem with this being treated the same as somebody who goes out drinking, knows he's drunk, and drives away. This should be charged under some other law.

Not defending the drunk person here, but I agree with you. DUI doesn't seem to be the proper charge here. There has got to be something along the lines of "interfering with driver operating a moving vehicle."

This is not the only way for a passenger to get a DWI in MN. If you are shatfaced and someone who is legally intoxicated drives you home in your car, both of you get a DWI. They claim you are in control of the car because you own it and can legally prevent anyone from driving it.

Really it is just a legal way for the state to get a 2fer.

ZAZ: basemetal

I have a big problem with this being treated the same as somebody who goes out drinking, knows he's drunk, and drives away. This should be charged under some other law.

I'd imagine that they could make a case for assault with a deadly weapon or attempted murder since it sounds like the woman deliberatly crashed the car.

UpTheIrons66: umad: croesius: downstairs: basemetal: Yeah, I have no problem with this.

Herb Utsmelz: ramblinwreck: "interfering with driver operating a moving vehicle."

I was thinking reckless endangerment as well.

I'm sure a DUI charge is much more profitable.

umad: dammit

I also have no problem with this. I also figure if she has a half-decent lawyer the charges will be reduced.

/I hope it hurt.

Herb Utsmelz: ramblinwreck: "interfering with driver operating a moving vehicle."

I was thinking reckless endangerment as well.

Agreed, though the penalty should be just as stiff. Even if I was smashed out of my mind I would never grab the wheel while someone was driving.

OH BOY A DRINKING AND DRIVING THREAD!
Here is my rant on actual physical control laws... Nevermind I dont even have the enrgy for that shiat right now. DUI laws need to be re written period!

Lenzi was charged by summons with two counts of felony criminal vehicular operation.

Two felony accounts? Are you kidding me?

cgraves67: Life lesson learned: don't drive drunk people home. They will wreck your car and puke on the floorboard.

/or make them ride in the back. trunk

ftfy

DashFieldpaint: BigBooper: UpTheIrons66: umad: croesius: downstairs: basemetal: Yeah, I have no problem with this.

Hey! Why am I being left out of this?!11!

I'm sorry, you're not cool enough to hang with us.

This is the no DashFielpaint club: No DashFieldPaint's allowed!

Since she grabbed the wheel I guess I'm ok with this. Reading the headline I thought she was just a passenger which would have been asinine.

She should have three counts of attempted manslaughter.

Jerking the wheel into the farking median? The only reason I don't bump them to attempted murder charges is because this chick obviously knows how to party and I'm pretty alright with that.

/doesn't know if attempted manslaughter even exists
//but this would qualify if it did

ZAZ: basemetal

I have a big problem with this being treated the same as somebody who goes out drinking, knows he's drunk, and drives away. This should be charged under some other law.

The purpose of the law is to keep drunk assholes from killing people. This drunk asshole could've killed somebody. How is that different? Case closed.

Alcohol + Dumbass = DUI

When you grab the steering wheel you cease to be a passenger no matter which seat your in.

It's not my fault. My friend was in physical control of the car.

cgraves67: Life lesson learned: don't drive drunk people home. They will wreck your car and puke on the floorboard.

/or make them ride in the back.

or they will piss on your seat, true story!

Can't they make up some magical law like "interfering with the driver of a motor vehicle" and "interfering with the driver of a motor vehicle while under the influence"? I mean seriously, are they going to charge a drunken three-year-old who happens to grab the wheel with a DUI? Come on!

KidneyStone: BigBooper: UpTheIrons66: umad: croesius: downstairs: basemetal: Yeah, I have no problem with this.

This is why we can't have nice things.

lanmac: cgraves67: Life lesson learned: don't drive drunk people home. They will wreck your car and puke on the floorboard.

/or make them ride in the back.

or they will piss on your seat, true story!

Or they will attempt to piss in an empty Dr. Pepper com, splattering everyone else with urine in the process.

Equally true story, I'm afraid.

Out in the Twin Cities
Where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Mollie Marie
*blurp blurp*

Pussies, gimme that damn wheel I'll show you how to drive this damn thing, burp.

nyseattitude: Lenzi was charged by summons with two counts of felony criminal vehicular operation.

Two felony accounts? Are you kidding me?

Hey, they come with a free toaster. If she would have gotten a ghetto account she wouldn't have gotten a gift and would probably have a minimum balance requirement and a monthly service fee!

My main problem isn't the grabbing the wheel. I think it is bullshiat that you can publish that someone was arrested for underage drinking.

Oh you are too young to be responsible with the devil juice, but you are old enough for us to artificially punish you with something that will follow you for life because we want to protect adult minors.