D.U.Idiot: Trucker Drank Beer to Stay Awake

he told them he had drank a couple of beers

That's what they always say. Which is why, in many places, cops call it "Deuce"

His blood-alcohol level was .127

And this puts the lie to it. Two beers will not give a grown man a BAC of .127. Unless said grown man weighs 70 pounds.

 

just where do people like this come from ?!?!?!?

 

Well, at least we know where he's going... to the courthouse, straight from his cell!!!

 

and we all win because of it !!

 

Couple of beers is almost always at least a six pack.

 

I'd like to know how he can be charged with 2 counts of DUI, when he was only caught doing it once. That would be like getting 2 counts of murder for stabbing your victim twice in the chest. You only killed him once, so you only get one charge. Now if they want to charge him with 2 counts of reckless driving (one for each reported car forced off the road) in addition to 1 count of DUI, that would be OK, as each incident was a separate occurrence....but I fail to see how the second count of DUI will stand...double jeopardy and all.

 

"TWO BEERS OSSIFER, that's all I had, I THWEAR it."

OBTW the term "deuce" came from the OLD California Motor Vehicle Code when DUI was a violation of section 522. They called it a "deuce" just as cop speak. The current section, (unless they have changed it,) is 231152, so you still have a couple of "deuces" in a "deuce."

And I had a "deuce" of a good time posting this!

 

Maybe that driver will get the judge from that "Cheech & Chong" movie... you know, the one with vodka in her water glass???

 

Because if he was pulled over, field tested and failed, then insisted on getting back in the truck and trying to drive it, that would be two separate counts. Yes, I have actually seen drunk morons do that. They get the idea in their heads that they are free to go (or can get away) even though the officer has told them specifically not to....try to drive and then get charged with a second count.

Not everybody has more than a few brain cells to rub together.