I can still smell the odor of personal responsibility's rotting corpse. It is the only time I will ever describe the smell of a rotting corpse (metaphorical or otherwise) as "refreshing".

Call a friend/relative instead of 911?

In my day, the cop would have had him sleep it off in the drunk tank and released him the next morning.

We've turned into a police state with way too many powers given to law enforcement and not enough rights preserved for the citizens.

Well of course the cop will simply give the guy a ride home and not arrest him for being so responsible right?


Oh who am I kidding, mug him! Mug him and keep expanding your departments budget!!!

grinding_journalist: I can still smell the odor of personal responsibility's rotting corpse. It is the only time I will ever describe the smell of a rotting corpse (metaphorical or otherwise) as "refreshing".

There's personal responsibility, and there's stupidity. Would it have been less responsible to pull over, walk to a gas station and call a cab?

It was probably some passive aggressive way to get back at a girlfriend. Oh yeah? Well if I leave your apartment now ill probably get pulled over ans go to jail. Im drunk can't I just stay here? Fine ill leave, but when I go to jail it's going to be your fault.

Candygram4Mongo: Well, so much for pleading the fifth...

He was pleading with the fifth before he got in the car

Fail? He had more sense than all the drunk drivers in the world had and stopped himself before he could hurt anyone. He falls short of the Hero tag though.

leonel: Fail? He had more sense than all the drunk drivers in the world had and stopped himself before he could hurt anyone. He falls short of the Hero tag though.

Most of us at least have the sense to sleep it out in the car (and hope to not get a DUI for sitting in the car, blah), or call a cab.

It'll get tossed out... he will refuse to testify and then claim his right to face his accuser is being denied...

MindStalker: leonel: Fail? He had more sense than all the drunk drivers in the world had and stopped himself before he could hurt anyone. He falls short of the Hero tag though.

Most of us at least have the sense to sleep it out in the car (and hope to not get a DUI for sitting in the car, blah), or call a cab.

Loitering. And if your keys are in the ignition just for the heat or radio, they'll count that as it being on and charge you.

indylaw: grinding_journalist: I can still smell the odor of personal responsibility's rotting corpse. It is the only time I will ever describe the smell of a rotting corpse (metaphorical or otherwise) as "refreshing".

There's personal responsibility, and there's stupidity. Would it have been less responsible to pull over, walk to a gas station and call a cab?

Why can't he be both personally responsible and stupid? Most people in the world are just stupid.

GODMMAIT GRANDMA, I SAID STAY IN THE CAR AND SHUT UP!!

In order to get that retarded, I couldn't even operate a car I'd be so drunk. I couldn't even sleep with a fat chick. Too bad the cop couldn't just kick his ass. Now you're out 5K+ moran.

stonicus: It'll get tossed out... he will refuse to testify and then claim his right to face his accuser is being denied...

very clever... I like your style...

/ i wouldn't rely on you for a case involving any witness evidence, but I'd still appreciate your style.

AverageAmericanGuy: In my day, the cop would have had him sleep it off in the drunk tank and released him the next morning.

That's more or less still Wisconsin's general attitude towards drunk driving. It's not uncommon to see people rack up six DUI's around here. At least six.

AverageAmericanGuy: In my day, the cop would have had him sleep it off in the drunk tank and released him the next morning.

We've turned into a police state with way too many powers given to law enforcement and not enough rights preserved for the citizens.

My dad tells a story from the 70s where they were at a Rugby party a few towns away. The DD was passed out in the car 'sleeping it off' (he left the party around 2). The other few people almost set fire to the house. Were setting off fireworks, etc.

Someone called the cops, asked where they were from and how they were getting home. They all woke up the DD and the cops followed them to the county line and told them not to come back.

darkscout: AverageAmericanGuy: In my day, the cop would have had him sleep it off in the drunk tank and released him the next morning.

We've turned into a police state with way too many powers given to law enforcement and not enough rights preserved for the citizens.

My dad tells a story from the 70s where they were at a Rugby party a few towns away. The DD was passed out in the car 'sleeping it off' (he left the party around 2). The other few people almost set fire to the house. Were setting off fireworks, etc.

Someone called the cops, asked where they were from and how they were getting home. They all woke up the DD and the cops followed them to the county line and told them not to come back.

I asked my dad about dui's back in his day. He said, if someone got pulled over for dd, they were told to drive straight home, and drive very very slowly. Mind you this was the 50's, a much happier time I bet.

AverageAmericanGuy: In my day, the cop would have had him sleep it off in the drunk tank and released him the next morning.

We've turned into a police state with way too many powers given to law enforcement and not enough rights preserved for the citizens.

Your day sucked. You don't have the "personal freedom" to endanger my life.

LeroyBourne: darkscout: AverageAmericanGuy: In my day, the cop would have had him sleep it off in the drunk tank and released him the next morning.

We've turned into a police state with way too many powers given to law enforcement and not enough rights preserved for the citizens.

My dad tells a story from the 70s where they were at a Rugby party a few towns away. The DD was passed out in the car 'sleeping it off' (he left the party around 2). The other few people almost set fire to the house. Were setting off fireworks, etc.

Someone called the cops, asked where they were from and how they were getting home. They all woke up the DD and the cops followed them to the county line and told them not to come back.

I asked my dad about dui's back in his day. He said, if someone got pulled over for dd, they were told to drive straight home, and drive very very slowly. Mind you this was the 50's, a much happier time I bet.

I know someone who in the late 70s got 6 DUIs in i believe he said 2yrs. He told me he never got a single conviction bc all he had to was slide the counties head judge some cash and didnt have to worry.
That being said i do believe how it is today is how it should be.
I do think maybe we could raise the legal limit a scotch tho...

OMG... I would give anything to see the first look on that guys face when he sobered up enough to understand the full implications of what he did. Can we send this story to smokinggun? Maybe they can get the mugshot... I'd like to at least see the mugshot.

Not yet?

SoCalSurfer: Well of course the cop will simply give the guy a ride home and not arrest him for being so responsible right?

No, that sort of "discretion" is only to be used in cases where the criminal is a fellow officer. You know, because there's nothing wrong with corruption professional courtesy.

i can drive fine with 7 beers. now i've not tried any more but i bet it could be done

leonel: Fail? He had more sense than all the drunk drivers in the world had and stopped himself before he could hurt anyone. He falls short of the Hero tag though.

How is drunk driving any different than reckless driving? They both put other people needlessly in harms way, but drunk driving is a big ethical (and profit making) action.

LarryDan43: It was probably some passive aggressive way to get back at a girlfriend. Oh yeah? Well if I leave your apartment now ill probably get pulled over ans go to jail. Im drunk can't I just stay here? Fine ill leave, but when I go to jail it's going to be your fault.

HA! I was thinking along these lines.

De Ja Vu is just a glitch in the matrix that happens when they change something.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video?id=8983113

Jon iz teh kewl: i can drive fine with 7 beers. now i've not tried any more but i bet it could be done

This came from an OLD fark thread but you should be able to get 'certified' for a limit.

In Europe if you take your test on an automatic you can't drive manuals. In the US if you need glasses you can't drive with out them. So you should be able to certify at a certain level.

I have friends that I'd ride with at a .15 over others at a .00.

Some guy when I was in college drove away from a party and said he woke up in the car parked on the shoulder and didn't remember anything.

cjmook21: Some guy when I was in college drove away from a party and said he woke up in the car parked on the shoulder and didn't remember anything.

This happens to me every weekend

I didn't know Fark had so many drunk driving victims, as evidenced by this thread.

And when I say drunk driving victim, I of course mean the drunk driver himself because they're the true victims.

Last night, I gave a co-worker (a 20-year old) a ride to his house, where he showed me a totalled vehicle in his driveway. He said he was drinking at a local bar with a friend and woke up the next morning back at home and went outside to see his mangled truck. He has no recollection of any second of the drive home, but his girlfriend said he arrived with the motor skills/cognitive abilities of a 1 year old child.

He's a great kid and I'd hate for his life to be ruined, but anyone who thought it was okay to get behind the wheel of the car in that state deserves some time in jail.

superlawyergirl: Last night, I gave a co-worker (a 20-year old) a ride to his house, where he showed me a totalled vehicle in his driveway. He said he was drinking at a local bar with a friend and woke up the next morning back at home and went outside to see his mangled truck. He has no recollection of any second of the drive home, but his girlfriend said he arrived with the motor skills/cognitive abilities of a 1 year old child.

He's a great kid and I'd hate for his life to be ruined, but anyone who thought it was okay to get behind the wheel of the car in that state deserves some time in jail.

Absolutely. He might have killed someone that night and not even know it.

RealAmericanHero: They should give him an extremely small sentence. Doing the right thing should ALWAYS be rewarded. By punishing it harshly because of some stupid zero tolerance rule, you're making sure no one will ever do the right thing again.

The true right thing would be not driving. He was so drunk he lacked judgment to do even that. Hell, he also could've just stopped driving and called a cab instead of the police. It would've saved himself and the taxpayers some money.