surprised they didn't still get a DUI for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated
y'know, what with cops giving them out to people sleeping it off in the back of their car and whatnot. somebody had to get in the car to put it in neutral
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Sorry who can translate this to a European?
The woman's car wouldn't start because of an installed device that makes her pass a breathalyzer (something courts can mandate). Midwestern people are stereotypically very helpful, but the ones from Wisconsin drink a lot, so nobody present could pass the breathalyzer either. The solution was for all the drunk strangers to physically push her car to where it needed to be.
that's why you have sober balloons in the trunk
Holy crap lol i hope people dont do that
They're joking. Interkocks are more sophisticated than that. You're not going to fool one with a balloon. You have to inhale before exhaling, and a camera records a video of you blowing to make sure there's no funny business.
I had a friend in high school who's father was an alcoholic attorney, and he'd have his kids pass the breathalyzer for him every morning.
I actually bought a user 2001 S10 off them in 2004 with like 25k miles on it for only 3 grand because he'd keep rubbing along the side of in the driveway pulling in and out drunk, so it had a bunch of cosmetic damage that I didn't care about at all.
I drove that truck for 11 years.
That’s the best kind of S-10
It was so scraped up people probably assumed it was a Dakota.
You have to humm too no?
Not anymore. You just have to breathe a certain way that can't be faked by a non-human.
A car does not randomly have a DUI device...
Especially in Wisconsin. Our drunk driving laws are some of the most lax in the nation. There's a saying that the first DUI is free, and it's only kinda a joke.
Pop over to Michigan and they permanently revoke your license for a second DUI.
can't have shit in detroit
When you look at consumption rates it makes sense. Wisconsin is a powerhouse of drinking.
Takes a whole lot of DUIs in Wisconsin. Probably years and years of consistently driving home drunk
Driving drunk is just an expected part of American life in most of the country. If it weren't, we'd have ways to get around other than by car
Or maybe she's one of those dimwits who likes to annoy judges by asking them if they are following maritime or common law, and assert that the court doesn't have jurisdiction over them, and that they're not travelling, and that nobody was personally harmed...
It's impressive just how careful judges tend to be with these nutcases, which I suppose is because it's so far outside the rules of court, that they tend to play too safe and end up vindicating the whole clown show...
Seriously, this isn't that sweet of a scene
Why not? Not a single person drove drunk that day
At least not the car that has a DUI device installed. But considering the car is the primary method to get around in the States, some of the people in that story probably drove a car before and after
Is "waiting a few hours until you're better" not a thing in the US?
It seems to me that there's some weird propaganda going on in this thread. I've only ever known one person who has driven while drunk and the only reason I know that is that he confessed it out of deep shame.
I guess it's possible that everyone I know is out joyriding every time they drink and just not telling me, but assuming that's not true, I - being from and in the US - never really experienced a culture remotely supportive of drunk driving.
Not really. You can get a DUI for sleeping in the backseat of a car and you can get charged with vagrancy or public intox for sleeping it off in public. You have to go home (or to someone else's home), and the car is probably the only way to get there.
That's why designated drivers and taxis/ubers are so important. The only alternatives are dangerous or illegal unless you can find and afford a spontaneous hotel or you live in a big enough city to have useful public transit.
"You don't have to go home but you can't stay here!"
Sitting in a car while drunk is a DUI in many if not most states.
It never pretended to be a sweet scene. It's basically just saying that wisconsinites are alcoholics.
That's because they didn't include the part where she lands flat on her ass laughing when she realizes "this isn't even MY CAR you guys!"
Some friends and I (though sober) once did this to a friend's car so that they would be confused when their shift ended.
I'm pretty sure they didn't even notice.
It would have been fine. The tow truck also has a DUI lockout.
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The DUI device will let you shift into neutral? I thought usually you had to turn the key to get it into neutral.
It would be a safety hazard if it prevented you from shifting into neutral, for situations like this. Tow truck would have needed to put it in neutral as well
Tow trucks dont have to. If they cant tow it on a free axle, they'll just use dollys.
Sometimes but many cars also have a shift lock override that allows you to drop it in neutral, usually a small slot near the shifter knob the key will fit into. Dollys are only good for short distance and sometimes you need to get it on a bed.
Don't most cars also have the little hidden keyhole next to the shifter, specifically for this purpose?
Depends on the car and device, but I think they usually disable the ignition, not the key turning.
I mean it is pretty damn unlikely these days but it could be a stick
That's the Midwest I miss
Big 'ope energy.
The responsible thing to do would have been to make sure her car got towed.
why?
it was parked in the wrong spot and they corrected the situation