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Drunk but Not Driving DUI Arrest

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We’ve mentioned many times that you can get a DUI in vehicles other than cars. This includes drunk driving of snow mobiles, scooters, riding lawnmowers, etc. But, could be arrested for DUI even if you aren’t driving. How’s that? The Connecticut Supreme recently ruled in the case of a man who staretd his car in a parking lot, sat in the driver’s seat while drunk but did not drive anywhere. The court ruled that merely starting a vehicle is considered operating a vehicle. So the DUI conviction, which a lower court had overturned, was reinstated. There are other examples in the DUI world of people being arrested even though they weren’t "driving" at the time. There are cases where a drunk driver got on the road, realized he was drunk and pulled over to rest or "sleep it off...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).