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Subject: Re: arrests for being drunk in a bar
From: -JAM-
Posted: Thu Mar 23. 2006, 05:48 UTC
Followup to: "Re: arrests for being drunk in a bar"  by chuckd  (Wed Mar 22. 2006, 23:11 UTC)
> > how do they link the being drunk, to a drink driving offence?
> > 
> 
> i thought it was done to deter and to show people in the bar that 
> they would be considered "drunk" if they drove.
> 
> 
> > i've heard of it being done once, an undercover officer just sat down 
> > 
> > next to a really drunk guy, asked him how he was going to get home, 
> > 
> > he said he would be driving and WHACK, he nicked him. If you're in a 
> > 
> > bar, with your car keys many miles away from your car you can also 
> > 
> > get nicked, as apparently in the right circumstances this can look 
> > 
> > like you're intending to drive drunk.
> 
> not sure what country that was in but this sounds suspect.  Sounds 
> like the movie Minority Report.  in some States, you can be arrested 
> for a dui if you have your keys in the ignition and are drunk, even 
> if parked.
> 
> > 

In the UK there is a law of "drunk and in charge of a vehicle".  Lots of info 
on UK law here: http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/crimedrinkdriving.htm

JAM

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