Cops in Miramar Beach? WCSO operations & DUI discussion

[scooterbug44]

So in the eyes of law enforcement, if you are drunk you shouldn't be anywhere near your vehicle w/ your keys.

Seems reasonable.

 

[LuciferSam]

So in the eyes of law enforcement, if you are drunk you shouldn't be anywhere near your vehicle w/ your keys.

Seems reasonable.

I think that's going way, way to far. At the very least the engine should have to be running before charges can be made. A drunk who decides not to drive home and sleep in his vehicle is acting responsibly in my opinion. These extreme measures are just a ploy feed $$$ to cash strapped law enforcement officials and others who leech off the system.

 

[emeraldcoastdav]

Scooterbug,
we are all being honest here whether we agree or not.
You seem to know who I am. Will you tell me if you drink and what you do for a living?

 

[scooterbug44]

What about the drunk who sees the cop, pulls over, and throws their keys out the window?

My guess is that there is a reason why certain standards have evolved and the police should be able to exercise some judgment - and if you disagree, you can take it to a judge/jury.

Seriously though - I haven't heard of many local DUIs where they weren't actually driving impaired..............and had never done it before.

If the penalties are too severe (they are pretty major), how do we change that while still discouraging a far too common and dangerous habit?

Scooterbug,
we are all being honest here whether we agree or not.
You seem to know who I am. Will you tell me if you drink and what you do for a living?

I don't actually know who you are - just that you drive a taxi, because I asked another Sowaller why you were so pro drunk driving. Didn't know you had gotten a DUI until you posted it.

Yes, I do drink .............. and go to great lengths to avoid driving after I have done so.

 

[emeraldcoastdav]

How about a less severe penalty for consuming and driving vs wreckless driving.

 

[emeraldcoastdav]

That is leaving those standards in existanceas the lesser penalty and a definition of wreckless as swerving, lane changes, wrecks, failure to signal, erratic driving, and so on.

 

[emeraldcoastdav]

Scooter,
mine was a two part ?
The second answer please.

 

[scooterbug44]

I don't feel that is any of your business.

 

[emeraldcoastdav]

Scooter,
I thought we were being honest. I am not asking to determine your identity. My
only concern was if your occupation influenced your determination to convict. Your motivation for this debate. I respect your right to annonimity and I respect your rights to your belief. I just wondered what your motivation was.

 

[SurferGirl]

So in the eyes of law enforcement, if you are drunk you shouldn't be anywhere near your vehicle w/ your keys.

Seems reasonable.
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That is just asinine... so what you are saying that if you, for example, are at Grayton Beach and having a couple of cocktails, you have your keys in your pocket, yet have a DD with you that you should be arrested for DUI because you are holding your keys and you are near your truck??? Makes no sense at all.... and btw, emeraldcoastdave stated that he was not driving when he got the DUI.