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11-04-2009, 06:36 AM
|  | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | | Woman calls 911 to report a DUI on.... herself!
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This is odd, to say the least. http://www.wesh.com/irresistible/21501316/detail.html
From the article... NEILSVILLE, Wis. -- The call came into the 911 dispatcher: "I don't want to hurt anybody. I'm drunk."
With that, Mary Strey, 49, of Granton, reported herself as a drunken driver about 3 miles northeast of Neilsville in central Wisconsin.
Clark County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Jim Backus said Monday that Strey's call on Oct. 24 led deputies to cite her for misdemeanor drunken driving with a blood-alcohol level double the legal limit to drive. She makes her first court appearance Dec. 10.
Backus said drunken drivers reporting themselves is rare.
In the 911 call, Strey said she wanted to report a drunken driver and the dispatcher asked if she was behind the suspect vehicle.
"I am them," Strey said.
She then followed the dispatcher's advice to pull over and turn on her flashers, telling him she had been "drinking all night long."
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11-04-2009, 07:36 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | | Two friends of mine in highschool robbers a liquor store, got drunk, then called themselves in.
Best part? They were so drunk they don't' remember doing it.
Idiots. |
11-04-2009, 07:38 AM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | I am them |
11-04-2009, 07:45 AM
| | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar I am them | That was the best part. They played the 911 call on Stern yesterday, and when she blurted that out I laughed my tail off!
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11-04-2009, 08:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wisconsin | | | Another reason I enjoy living Wisconsin. We have great drunks.
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11-04-2009, 09:06 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | What a nice lady. Some shred of morality left in that drunken body.
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11-04-2009, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago, IL | | | haha. She should have just pulled over and passed out. But then again, she might have gotten a DUI for that as well.
Our drummer got a DUI for being passed out in his car in the parking lot of a bar we played at. Blows my mind that you can get cited for DRIVING under the influence without actually driving.
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11-04-2009, 09:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago, IL | | | haha. She should have just pulled over and passed out. But then again, she might have gotten a DUI for that as well.
Our drummer got a DUI for being passed out in his car in the parking lot of a bar we played at. Blows my mind that you can get cited for DRIVING under the influence without actually driving.
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11-04-2009, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Wilson Two friends of mine in highschool robbers a liquor store, got drunk, then called themselves in.
Best part? They were so drunk they don't' remember doing it.
Idiots. | The Fail must have rubbed off from them?
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Originally Posted by Armueller2001 haha. She should have just pulled over and passed out. But then again, she might have gotten a DUI for that as well.
Our drummer got a DUI for being passed out in his car in the parking lot of a bar we played at. Blows my mind that you can get cited for DRIVING under the influence without actually driving. | Is it not classed as being while in charge of a vehicle these days? Tho I admit, it does seem a tad daft at times.
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11-04-2009, 10:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | You know, if your life was the one she saved by doing this, you probably wouldn't find it as funny. |
11-04-2009, 10:30 AM
|  | is, against all odds, still a scuba viking. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alta Loma, California | | | yeah, whatever her reason for doing it, props to her for trying to be responsible/ realizing her mistake. I hope they reduce her fine for this reason.
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11-04-2009, 11:14 AM
| | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Armueller2001 ...Our drummer got a DUI for being passed out in his car in the parking lot of a bar we played at. Blows my mind that you can get cited for DRIVING under the influence without actually driving. | That happened to someone I know in my area too. Amazing. Ya know, the guy probably would have made it home with no problems, but because he tried to be responsible, he was hit with a DUI. 
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11-04-2009, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Armueller2001 Our drummer got a DUI for being passed out in his car in the parking lot of a bar we played at. Blows my mind that you can get cited for DRIVING under the influence without actually driving. | Keys in ignition and you in the driver seat = bad.
You sleeping in the back seat = good.
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11-04-2009, 01:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Iowa | | | Careful with that, though. It varies state to state. Typically cops will mainly give DUIs to people sleeping while the engine is running, or at least the keys are in the ignition. In that case, it's better than driving drunk, but not by much - because what many of these people do is take a nap and then drive home while they're still buzzed/drunk. Or do other dumb things, like accidentally rev the engine while they're sleeping (can't find the video, but there's one on youtube of a dude asleep in an Audi with the engine revving at the limit, and smoke coming out of the hood). For sure, it's worse to drive, but a lot of the people whining about their DUI's while they were 'just sleeping' are not totally innocent either.
That said, there are people who are arrested for DUI because they are in possession of the keys, and in proximity to the vehicle. Or sleeping in the backseat, but with the keys in their pocket. It varies from place to place what 'in control' actually means, and sometimes its very loosely applied.
And in any of these cases, you can still be found guilty of public intoxication.
If you absolutely MUST sleep in your car, probably the safest thing would be to unlock the door from a distance, hide your keys somewhere that you can later retrieve them (make a note if you're too drunk to remember) or give them to someone to hold for you, hide out in your car and lock the door. Better that you don't have the keys anywhere near you than in your pocket or even worse, in the ignition. |
11-04-2009, 02:01 PM
|  | I'm gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Memphis/Knoxville TN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Stanley Design Keys in ignition and you in the driver seat = bad.
You sleeping in the back seat = good. | Not quite,
At least in Tennessee you can still get a DUI even if you are in the trunk of the vehicle with the keys in your pocket. What determines whether or not you can be cited with a DUI is the location of the keys. If the keys are located anywhere inside the vehicle, be it on you or anywhere else, then you can be written up. However, if your keys are outside the car and are sitting on top of the back bumper, on top of one of your tires, on top of your hood, etc... you cannot be written up. |
11-05-2009, 01:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | | I got a DUI in Illinois 20 years ago when I went to sleep in the backseat of my car in the parking lot of our band's rented practice place. The keys had not been in the ignition since I arrived many hours earlier before band practice. By the time practice was over about midnight I knew that I was not legally able to drive so I curled up in a blanket in the back with the keys in the center console.
After being charged, I consulted with a lawyer who told me that if I was in the vehicle and the keys were also in the vehicle then I was stuck with the DUI.
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