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Pending public drunkeness, need advice...

Discussion in 'Trucker Legal Advice' started by teqer, Jul 31, 2023.

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  1. Jul 31, 2023 #31
    LOTSO

    LOTSO Heavy Load Member

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    I was hoping this story would sound something like a good beat down on a flip flop fuel island parker. If it was, I and many others here would be happy to pay any legal fees...:occasion5:
     
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  3. Jul 31, 2023 #32
    Roadgeek395

    Roadgeek395 Light Load Member

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    You mentioned this situation possibly could have been a DUI. How so?
     
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  4. Jul 31, 2023 #33
    gentleroger

    gentleroger Road Train Member

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    It is very possible to get charged with a dui just by opening the driver's door.

    Being convicted is another thing, but for a cdl just being charged comes with a heap of trouble. Couple months ago a driver I know blew a .05 in his pov and got a dui. He's fighting it, but in the meantime he was fired and is not rehireable.
     
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  5. Jul 31, 2023 #34
    Diesel Dave

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    Have you signed up for AA classes yet ? They keep telling me to sign up for the last 50 years. Still haven’t. :occasion5:
     
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  7. Aug 1, 2023 #35
    ZVar

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    In a lot of states a DUI is if you have control of the vehicle. A lot of courts have interpreted that as having keys in your possession while in the vehicle, even the back seat.
    Then there is Texas where one got a DUI while working on his boat in the driveway.
     
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  8. Aug 1, 2023 #36
    Tumbleweed TowMan

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    Do you pass out beside trailers at truck stops?
     
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  9. Aug 1, 2023 #37
    MacLean

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    This is a non moving / driving ticket, keep it to you. This is no different from beating the wife or robbing a store (which you shouldn’t also do). I’m more concerned with you laying on the ground in a truck stop. Did you burn your clothes? Get a lawyer and beet it and start driving light beer, definitely no more Everclear or Absynth or Jose Cuervo.
     
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  10. Aug 1, 2023 #38
    teqer

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    The report says that I was asleep on the ground, though, my clothes and skin were spotless, which has me deeply confused. I was blacked out and the first thing I remember is talking to cops so it's hard to reason out exactly what happened though.
     
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  11. Aug 1, 2023 #39
    teqer

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    Indeed. Blackout drunk me had the good sense to take his keys out of the ignition and get found where there were wasn't any visible alcohol, which is how I think I was somewhat lucky.
     
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  12. Aug 1, 2023 #40
    teqer

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    I guess the consensus is that I'm fine trying to switch to the new company while the charge is pending since I already passed the background check from the tenstreet application before this happened. That was probably the biggest individual question I had was whether I was safe to do that or not.

    Im certainly going to be attending some sort of class related to what happened, and fight the charges with a lawyer and try to at least argue it down to I guess disorderly conduct, but just anything that doesn't involve 'alcohol' in the offense.
     
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