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notadmblnd

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8. If the authorities think you are going to get behind the wheel, they can arrest for drunk driving

Tue May 26, 2015, 01:31 PM

May 2015

So, if you walk out of a bar with your keys in your hand, go to sleep in your car with your keys within reach or anything similar to that, you can be arrested for drinking and driving.

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DUI Checkpoints Just the Tip of the Iceberg, Cops Now Going Directly into Bars with Breathalyzers [View all] KamaAina May 2015 OP

People need to take this all the way up to the SCOTUS. NYC_SKP May 2015 #1

The Central Valley is far less enlightened than the coastal regions KamaAina May 2015 #2

California's odd. LuvNewcastle May 2015 #24

I agree. It's odd, and it's big, and diverse. NYC_SKP May 2015 #30

One thing that's obvious to me is LuvNewcastle May 2015 #43

That definitely sounds unconstitutional. - n/t Jim__ May 2015 #3

The bar owners must love that. jwirr May 2015 #4

Well, I watched the video cwydro May 2015 #5

Clickbait sharp_stick May 2015 #15

Lol! Exactly. cwydro May 2015 #44

It isn't illegal to be drunk in a bar MiniMe May 2015 #6

If the authorities think you are going to get behind the wheel, they can arrest for drunk driving notadmblnd May 2015 #8

Wrong. closeupready May 2015 #11

It is the law in Michigan. I know from experience. notadmblnd May 2015 #17

Most states allow for a drunk driving charge where they can show an intent to drive as well as the DefenseLawyer May 2015 #19

Staggering out the bar doors with ones keys in their hands, would indeed give a LEO notadmblnd May 2015 #20

No. former9thward May 2015 #22

Fraid not notadmblnd May 2015 #23

Guess who will be found not guilty if he gets a lawyer? former9thward May 2015 #27

I know of no case anywhere that has allowed for a drunk driving conviction DefenseLawyer May 2015 #26

Conviction and arrest are two different things, no? notadmblnd May 2015 #32

Nope. You might be staggering to your car to grab your coat, and then take a taxi home (nt) Nye Bevan May 2015 #37

I'm certain many a LEO has bought that one over the years notadmblnd May 2015 #38

That's "Ossifer, I was just going to get my coat.... ". KamaAina May 2015 #42

+1 appalachiablue May 2015 #45

You are wrong. GummyBearz May 2015 #28

Nope. But keep lying to yourself. closeupready May 2015 #31

give it a try sometime notadmblnd May 2015 #33

Okay, done here. closeupready May 2015 #35

bye notadmblnd May 2015 #39

Or you're gonna use Uber or Lyft. None of cops' business. KeepItReal May 2015 #25

It's not only when you drive. Public drunkeness when you are walking HereSince1628 May 2015 #47

Another reason to support the ACLU Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2015 #7

Way to clickbait sharp_stick May 2015 #9

It's not from HuffPo KamaAina May 2015 #10

I know sharp_stick May 2015 #14

Educational or not, it's intimidation Panich52 May 2015 #18

Voluntary breathalyzer tests! Free information! The police state is upon us! Major Nikon May 2015 #36

Precrime jakeXT May 2015 #12

The customers should bend over Politicalboi May 2015 #13

Interesting idea if someone other than the police did it karynnj May 2015 #16

Do you have to do it or will they arrest you if you say no? nt Rex May 2015 #21

I would be one of the first to find out Go Vols May 2015 #29

The Fairfax Co police pulled this crap in December about 12 years ago, after YEARS of ads calling peacebird May 2015 #34

I believe this, anything there. Bet they'd go into ABC stores & arrest people right after they appalachiablue May 2015 #46

NO %$^&ing WAY !!! Say it ain't so !!! nt clarice May 2015 #40

Clickbait. It was an educational thing. MineralMan May 2015 #41