Did you know you can get a DUI while not driving??

By drinking and hoping in your car you are not only endangering yourself anymore but you are endangering others also. Even if you were sleeping it off or just trying to walk home, you are not yourself when you are intoxicated so i guess it is fair in a since. I have a friend that got a DUI like that...he fell asleep in the McDonald's drive-thru. so I know it can happen lol

It is a well known fact here that you can get arrested for drink driving if you are in your car with the keys in the ignition. Even if you are just listening to music or watching a DVD, you can get done for it. It happened to a friend of mine many years ago. All he wanted was a peaceful place to go to sleep, so he went out to his car and just put the keys in the ignition out of habit before he locked himself in.

Yes. I did know this actually. I have heard a lot of stories about people getting DUIs in cases like this. The rule is, at least in my state, that the keys can neither be in the ignition nor on the intoxicated person while in the vehicle. Just having the keys is considered intent.

As far as I know, "being in charge of a vehicle" is the main phrase in most country's laws. That might even mean that you can be charged when you don't know how to drive, or are too young to drive, and don't even own the vehicle. Suppose the vehicle breaks down and the owner goes off to find a phone. You are left there, technically in charge! I hope the judges or magistrates would use their common sense in such a case.

As a rule I don't drink much, however if I know I am taking even a sip I do not drive. My boyfriend and I both prefer to spend on a cab then deal with a DUI for whichever reason later and or the consequences. I did know about the information in the article, simply because as drivers and drinkers it is our responsibility to know the law where we reside in. Personally even the smallest amount can impair anyone and for anyone to feel it is okay to do so and jeopardize perhaps their child/my child and or anyone loved one, should not be driving after consuming.

I didn't read the article but I think it's better than people have punishment for being under the influence when they are doing stupid things like laying in the street. It's for their own protection, because if it's not illegal, innocent drunk youths might find themselves more likely to go out and get into dangerous situations. If a girl is out in public, on the street so drunk that she doesn't know what she is doing, someone could come take advantage of her, steal her money, or anything.

Well there is still no DUI law in our country but from what i have heard in the US, being drunk and sitting in a car may get you charged with a DUI. I find it odd but the scenario of a drunk sitting in a Turned on engine not moving car is understandable enough to get a DUI.