Behind a DUI (Page 2): do like holland , get caught , and you loose your driver license for life .then you can ride a bicycle and get healthy .

agillot

do like holland , get caught , and you loose your driver license for life .then you can ride a bicycle and get healthy .

JoAnneK01 Loc: Lahaina, Hawaii

Thank you so very much. You did a great civic service and may have saved someone's life.

andesbill

You are probably correct in believing that it was a du, but: last year I was involved in an accident, with a driver who was swerving all over the street. He hit not just me, but several signs and poles. He drove off both sides of the road, and almost drove into a water retention pond before slamming into a pole which finally stopped him.
I was so certain that he was drunk, but I was wrong. He was a diabetic with dangerously low blood sugar. He was also an idiot, because he should have recognized his situation, and he should have had some candy on him. He was arrested because he had no insurance, and this wasn’t the first time. His father, a lawyer appeared within 10 minutes to deal with the cops.
Anyhow, low blood sugar looks identical to a dui. Keep it in mind.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

andesbill wrote:

Anyhow, low blood sugar looks identical to a dui. Keep it in mind.

See my 3rd post. Either way, he needed to be stopped.

andesbill

Basil wrote:

See my 3rd post. Either way, he needed to be stopped.

I chased him down. I tried blocking him at a light, but he drove onto the sidewalk and tried to get away. I followed him, using my horn and lights to warn other drivers to get out of the way, while my wife dialed 911. He was criminal, but you might come across someone with low blood sugar, not driving. If you come across this situation, you might be able to save a life.

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Bootneck Loc: Perth Western Australia

Victoria, Australia's most populist State has quoted that over the last five years,11% of drivers killed who were tested had ecstasy, speed or crystal methamphetamine (ice) in their system and 18% of drivers and motorcyclists killed on the states roads tested positive to THC, the active component of cannabis.
When quoting statistics of deaths involving alcohol it would pay to comment on the increasing use of so called party drugs. They are not safe and neither is marijuana

Basil Loc: New Mexico

andesbill wrote:

I chased him down. I tried blocking him at a light, but he drove onto the sidewalk and tried to get away. I followed him, using my horn and lights to warn other drivers to get out of the way, while my wife dialed 911. He was criminal, but you might come across someone with low blood sugar, not driving. If you come across this situation, you might be able to save a life.

In addition to the situation in Huntsville I mention in a previous post, about 5 years ago, I was driving back to work from lunch (in Albuquerque) and there was a car coming at me going the wrong way in traffic (a 4-lane road), but going very slow, maybe 3 MPH. As I passed I could see it was an elderly lady and could tell she was in some sort of distress. I did a U-turn and caught up with her, stopped my car and ran to her car (which as I said was going very slow). I was able to run along side and reach in and shut off her car. She was as white as a ghost and barely conscious. I called 911 immediately and started trying to talk to her, but she was just moaning and not able to speak (though luckily she was breathing). I thought she might have been having a heart attack, but soon the EMTs arrived and started tending to her. Later, her daughter arrived on scene and that's when I learned she was diabetic.

CBruceM Loc: South Central Texas

The local newspaper lists all the people booked into the county jail every week. Some of the DUI/DWI arrests are listed as multiple offenders. Unfortunately, it seems the only way some of them will ever quit driving under the influence is when they kill themselves or someone else and are sentenced to jail. Options for minimum sentence not good enough for first, second, third, and more, offenses.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Had such an encounter several years ago in Ohio. On the way to a party, fell in behind a slow moving, weaving driver. Guy was WAY over the limit. Came to a traffic light, I approached him while stopped, asked if I could drive him to his dest, said yes. Wife followed us to his home. I pulled into his driveway and was met by wife. Got him inside and departed, but not before Seeing wife light him up pretty good. Probably save a very serious accident from ocurring and probably saved some lock’em up time.

SuperFly48 Loc: NE ILLINOIS

Had a similar experience a couple of years ago, going home from work on southbound I-55 towards Wilmington, IL, following a vehicle which could not stay in one lane. I asked a family acquaintance who is a law enforcement professional proper protocol, he advised to call it in, report the situation. However he made an interesting point, let the professionals handle the matter and do not assume the vehicle operator is intoxicated, the individual might be have medical issues of some sort and still might require assistance.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Years ago I was driving on an interstate in Dallas. I came across a car that was in the far left lane and barely moving. I parked my car as did another driver. We found the driver of the car asleep at the wheel and obviously drunk. We were able to stop all traffic and push the car out of traffic and onto the shoulder. A bus driver called the police for us. When they arrived they didn't do anything since none of us actually saw her driving.

blue-ultra Loc: New Hampshire

SteveR wrote:

Years ago I was driving on an interstate in Dallas. I came across a car that was in the far left lane and barely moving. I parked my car as did another driver. We found the driver of the car asleep at the wheel and obviously drunk. We were able to stop all traffic and push the car out of traffic and onto the shoulder. A bus driver called the police for us. When they arrived they didn't do anything since none of us actually saw her driving.

In NH that would be prima evidence, drunk, in the vehicle, at the wheel, keys in the ignition. Actually the police have arrested people walking down the road drunk with the keys in their pocket and the vehicle off the road, and made it stick! Don't drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs in NH. You will be arrested...Hopefully this will someday not be an issue... For now we do all we can!