Springsteen charged with drunken driving; Jeep ad on pause

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

HIGHLANDS, N.J. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen is facing a drunken driving charge in New Jersey, prompting Jeep to put on pause the Super Bowl television commercial that features him.

Springsteen was arrested Nov. 14 in a part of the Gateway National Recreation Area on the New Jersey coast, a spokesperson for the National Park Service confirmed Wednesday.

The park is on a narrow, beach-ringed peninsula, with views across a bay to New York City. It is about 15 miles north of Asbury Park, where Springsteen got his start as a musician and bandleader and which was later made famous with his debut album, “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.” Springsteen lives in Colts Neck, about 12 miles from the site of the arrest.

Springsteen received citations for driving while under the influence, reckless driving and consuming alcohol in a closed area. The spokesperson said Springsteen was cooperative.



FILE - This Oct. 23, 2019 file photo shows Bruce Springsteen at the world premiere of HBO Documentary Films' "Very Ralph" in New York. Springsteen is facing a drunken driving charge for an incident in New Jersey in November. A spokesperson for the National Parks Service says Springsteen was arrested on Nov. 14 in the Gateway National Recreation Area. He received citations for driving while under the influence, reckless driving and consuming alcohol in a closed area. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)


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[Skittles]

1. .02 hardly seems like drunkeness

sounds like he was just driving erratically

[pnwmom]

4. Where does it say .02? n/t

[Skittles]

5. sorry

I read that earlier

https://www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2021/02/10/springsteen-blew-0-02-quarter-legal-limit-source-says/6712582002/

[mn9driver]

7. There are some posts on Twitter saying that. No actual news articles that I can find.

Might be true, might not be. It doesn’t seem to make sense that they would charge him with DUI if he was only .02, so I would be skeptical of this until I hear it from a more reliable source.

[pnwmom]

10. Skittles posted it just above your post, but the info came from an unnamed source.

So we'll find out eventually, I guess.

[TeamPooka]

13. It's a USA Today publication reporting the source so it's probably accurate.

[3Hotdogs]

15. It was on federal land. .02 may be a stricter federal law.

[Jirel]

2. Sorry for him, but it's for the best.

That ad needs to disappear from memory.

[Bayard]

3. Damn!

What were you thinking Bruce? Hard to believe he was driving himself anyway.

[electric_blue68]

8. He could have been in one of his depressive moods...

not that he should have been doing that...

[3Hotdogs]

16. Its N.J. He was born in N.J. Grew up in N.j. Me, too.

We drive. Sometimes we Uber.. Most of the time we drive ourselves.


I ain't rich. But even if I won the Mega- an powerball on the same day, I would still be driving my own car.

[MoonchildCA]

6. No, Boss! Why?

Man, at some point in your life, you just know better.

[orleans]

9. oh well. the stuck in the middle with you ad or meet me in the middle or

let's all go to the middle because the fucking gop deserves a second chance or move on from trump's insurrection so we can all middle up, or liberals & lunatics should go to the middle because it rhymes with griddle and we could all eat waffles ... whatever the fuck it was just pissed me off

[OneBlueSky]

11. Aw, Bruce . . . talk to Stevie . . . or plan a tour . . .

sounds like he's bored since he hasn't been able to perform in almost a year . . . his son says he's an "attention junkie," so he's probably chomping at the bit to get out there and tour again . . . let's hope he'll be able to do that sooner than later . . . he is, after all, in his 70s, so the next tour (if there is one) may well be the last . . .

[scarletwoman]

12. I'm sorry about his drunk driving, but I'm really glad that execrable Jeep ad will be off the air.

It made me want to vomit and weep at the same time.

Why, why? Why would The Boss sell out like that?

[Mike Nelson]

14. Hmm...

... November? Why didn't we hear then... probably, it would have been better for Bruce to announce this in November and get ahead of the story. This makes it look like he/NJ maybe wanted it hushed... let's hope it's a blip, and not a trend. Springsteen has been in the predominantly admired group for a long time. I hope he stays there.

[0nirevets]

17. Rock legend with a drinking problem. Not exactly Earth-shaking news. Go to a meeting, Boss.

[Gregory Peccary]

18. I'm surprised he didn't flee since he was Born To Run

[The Wizard]

19. 0.2 is 25% of the legal limit

He was not drunk. 0.8 is considered drunk.

[NYC Liberal]

20. Limit is 0.08. Not 0.8.

[The Wizard]

21. Read another article that said .08 (NT)

[CTyankee]

22. It was a bad mistake. He owned up to it. Now let's hope he's wiser. It doesn't diminish his talent

or his goodness as a human being. If he has learned something, if he is more careful or perhaps just stops drinking entirely it may add to his humanity and his music. I wish him well.