in Utah, being near the car and having the keys or them being in a place you can reach is a DUI. guy got one washing his car in front of his house with keys in in his pocket. >..< i think we all know where good intentions can lead?
Yep, even if you put them in the glove box and climb in the back seat they can argue you had intent to drive while intoxicated. Put them in your trunk.
i mean, it was stupid for her to drive in the first place, but it's impressive she realized while drunk that she shouldn't be driving, too bad it was in the middle of the street, it's just a good thing she stopped before she hurt someone
Because it’s silly to suggest otherwise. We should be encouraging people to reconsider and stop like this girl did rather than just forcing themselves the drive home even if they really shouldnt
Ermm yess but let’s not encourage someone to stop in the middle of the road way .. that’s extremely unsafe for them and any drivers especially with the car off it has no lights to indicate it is in the roadway
In Maryland they can’t be within reach! Sometimes even if you are just in the drivers seat they will get you. Worked at a bar and one dude would bring a sleeping bag and lay in the bed of his truck!
This reminds me of an episode of Cops where I guy was stopped in the middle of the freeway late at night. The driver wasn't drunk. He had worked a 24 shift and simply fell asleep while driving. Luckily, his car was a stick, and when he fell asleep, his foot slipped off of the accelerator, and his car stalled in the middle of the freeway.
Its not just one state that thats the law, its federal The police have to prove that the person was actually operating the vehicle rather than simply occupying it Doesn't stop them from wrongfully arresting though
I heard a story about this. A man got pulled over, he was drunk so he took out the keys, ran out of the car with a bottle of vodka a few meters then opened and chugged the vodka down. Since he surely got drunk now, while not driving, there was no way to know if he was drunk while driving and he got away with it.
In utah you cant even have the keys on you and I believe you cant even be in the drivers seat, parents made sure to tell me if I ever got drunk just call them or put the keys in my backpack/trunk and sleep in the back or passenger seats
I live in NC. The law is, if you're in the driver's seat with easy access to the keys, you're driving under the influence. As long as the keys are not within easy reach, you're fine. Also, you don't really have to be in the driver's seat. You can be arrested from any seat in the car if you have the keys on you, so leaving the car on for the AC while you pass out in the back seat is not gonna cut it...well, I suppose a limo would be different maybe?
Honestly that was hilarious. The law had two requirements for a DUI and she cleared both of them! If they did charge her, a lawyer would have a field day! Either way, I’m sure the law got changed
My friend once called me to come get him home bc he was Abt to pass out drunk..when I arrived bro had the keys on the trunk, doors all open and him laying in the car upside down..thank God he didn't throw up like that but it's still funny rethink of the memory😂 I got him home and threw him on the couch then walked all the way back to get my car😂 thankfully it was nearby so u must understand how bad it was for him not to be able to drive 5 minutes away from home.
That's a strangely rare level of responsibility for a person too soused to make good decisions. I hope she is okay these days. I know many people with much worse stories, and this is... Well, it is some amount of forethought. Not even bad to be reminded that even this is better than actually causing harm. Even if it didn't work out quite as well, it would still be better than causing harm.
As it should be. It’s non of the police business if I drove to a forest to get hammered and sleep the night in my car… unless they see me driving it while hammered, there is no crime committed.
Fricken hate this bs. Saw some guy blacked out behind a wheel,my brother and I had to take the keys out. Cops showed up and said pretty much that. Since no property was damaged and the guy wasn't able to drive because we had his keys, dude was let off Scott free
ive heard of ppl getting arrested for dui bc they were in the drivers seat drunk, but they werent planning to drive or anything. just staying in the car. this is a great law
It used to be that technically, in NJ, if someone was sitting at a bar with their keys in their pocket and are over the legal limit to drive, a cop could arrest them for intent to drive. I used to encourage the customers to put their keys on the bar so they could say that they were giving them to me, the bartender. If you so much as put your key in the car door to unlock it, same thing, intent to drive. The penalties were much the same as an actual DUI.
In my country you can get charged with a DUI if you’re sitting in the drivers seet with over 0.5% alcohol in you. Doesn’t matter if your keys aren’t even with you or that you’re parked
My flatmate while being drunk used to have loud drunken sex , he would pass out and we would see the ladies quietly making their way out . But, somehow, he always remembered to put his wallet in the fridge as soon a got home with them , so they wouldn’t steal it 😂.
They could still charge her since she was parked in the middle of the road, regardless of if the keys were in the ignition at that point. The cops and the courts could reasonably believe that she was operating the vehicle . How else did the car get to where it was in the middle of the street
I was parked at a traffic light and passed out. I was not drunk, but my medic alert tattoo gave the cop the reason. My blood sugar was extremely low. My tattoo is the medical cadecus in red with diabetic TYPE1 underneath it. Its on my left forearm. It happened 2 times in about 8 days. The first time had been a week earlier, and I was parked at the side of the road. Lucky me and lucky (smart) for her.
The keys in the ignition thing has always seemed really stupid to me. I know so many people who sleep it off in their car, but that's discouraged so i also know people who drive home cause sitting in their car could get them a ticket anyway. Seems to me that sleeping in the car is alot safer than driving drunk.
The key in the ignition thing is true my buddy and his wife was in NC for a concert they went to the car my friend got in the passenger seat she turned car on to run ac then decided to run to a Porta potty b4 they left the parking lot my friend got a dui he had no intention of driving but lost his license anyway
Me being me...I've gotta ask...what if someone were in the same situation, but (in the rare instance) being in a vehicle that was made before key ignition was was a thing...1910's automobile coming from a bar crawl or something and pull over to "sleep it off"..no key required, just a crank or starter pedal....
I mean, maybe OP's profession is as a lawyer? This story happened to be about a friend, but that doesn't mean OP wasn't a member of the questioned demographic...
Do not take legal advice from CZcams shorts. That was the case in that jurisdiction. In mine, even if you have pulled over, turned off the car and you have the keys with you you are deemed to be in control of the car while impaired and will likely be charged.
Here in Colorado you can get a dui even if the keys aren't in the car but you're sleeping drunk in it. Hell you can get a DUI on a bicycle, scooter, even a skateboard. How ridiculous is that? If you have neighbors that hate you, you can get a dui-per say while drinking in your house. That one usually never goes further than the first court hearing because there's no proof but still.
In NC she got a free ride home??? Wow i was stuck in a thunderstorm of epic proportions with a new born after my car died and they wouldnt help me get a ride home, had to call a friend for him to do a 2 hr one way drive for a 15 min ride home.
At least she was aware enough to realise her mistake
At least she was semi responsible enough
Yup
Yeah, it's surprising
What a low bar.
She tried. Sadly too drunk tho
its the thought that counts lol
in Utah, being near the car and having the keys or them being in a place you can reach is a DUI. guy got one washing his car in front of his house with keys in in his pocket. >..< i think we all know where good intentions can lead?
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@@ameliemileva6459eh close enough
That Law should specify "With reasonable suspicion the person would be driving" since the point of the D in DUI is Driving.
Yep, even if you put them in the glove box and climb in the back seat they can argue you had intent to drive while intoxicated. Put them in your trunk.
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i mean, it was stupid for her to drive in the first place, but it's impressive she realized while drunk that she shouldn't be driving, too bad it was in the middle of the street, it's just a good thing she stopped before she hurt someone
I’d say being stopped in the middle of the road is still very dangerous… especially if it was at night on a road with fast MPH
@@Souls-at-zer0 that's why i said it was too bad it was in the middle of the street
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even if it was the middle of the road, i applaud her for “pulling over” bc she was too drunk😂🙌🏽
She was not actually driving when they found her, good on her for stoping even if she did choose to do it in the middle of the road
Because it’s silly to suggest otherwise. We should be encouraging people to reconsider and stop like this girl did rather than just forcing themselves the drive home even if they really shouldnt
Ermm yess but let’s not encourage someone to stop in the middle of the road way .. that’s extremely unsafe for them and any drivers especially with the car off it has no lights to indicate it is in the roadway
Atleast she was smart enough to realize that she wasn't supposed to be driving drunk
Idaho your keys can’t be in the ignition or in your possession. So cup holder is totally fine.
In Maryland they can’t be within reach! Sometimes even if you are just in the drivers seat they will get you. Worked at a bar and one dude would bring a sleeping bag and lay in the bed of his truck!
What I don’t understand about this law is… even my 2013 Toyota is push to start, so the key could be in the trunk and the car would still operate…
@@DefinitelyNotAFerret Push to start is really a past 15ish years since mass adoption. Lots of cars were made and still made with physical keys.
@@maryjane4432everywhere, they cannot be in a spot where you can easily start the car without intentionally trying to. Even in NC. This story is fake.
This reminds me of an episode of Cops where I guy was stopped in the middle of the freeway late at night. The driver wasn't drunk. He had worked a 24 shift and simply fell asleep while driving. Luckily, his car was a stick, and when he fell asleep, his foot slipped off of the accelerator, and his car stalled in the middle of the freeway.
That is one lucky mofo
Those are some cool cops. I know few guys who would've given her the DUI anyways.
Probably with the reaaoning off, "She obviously drove herself to this point". But regardless, it depends on the state and its laws for DUI.
Its not just one state that thats the law, its federal
The police have to prove that the person was actually operating the vehicle rather than simply occupying it
Doesn't stop them from wrongfully arresting though
So drunk she couldn't be given a dui😂😂😂
I heard a story about this. A man got pulled over, he was drunk so he took out the keys, ran out of the car with a bottle of vodka a few meters then opened and chugged the vodka down. Since he surely got drunk now, while not driving, there was no way to know if he was drunk while driving and he got away with it.
Here just sitting in the front seat is enough. Youd have to be in the back or in the passagers side.
In Maryland you can’t have the keys in your possession! It’s best to lay in the back seat and have the keys in the glove box or trunk
I know someone who pulled on the shoulder and got in the backseat and got out of a dui. I had to go get them
I fucking knew it was gonna be a cube
It is illegal to block roadways though so I'm surprised she got away with that
That's why many states say you must be behind the wheel
In utah you cant even have the keys on you and I believe you cant even be in the drivers seat, parents made sure to tell me if I ever got drunk just call them or put the keys in my backpack/trunk and sleep in the back or passenger seats
I would love to see the fear on her face waking up on her lawyers couch lmao!
I live in NC. The law is, if you're in the driver's seat with easy access to the keys, you're driving under the influence. As long as the keys are not within easy reach, you're fine. Also, you don't really have to be in the driver's seat. You can be arrested from any seat in the car if you have the keys on you, so leaving the car on for the AC while you pass out in the back seat is not gonna cut it...well, I suppose a limo would be different maybe?
Honestly that was hilarious. The law had two requirements for a DUI and she cleared both of them! If they did charge her, a lawyer would have a field day! Either way, I’m sure the law got changed
At least she tried to be responsible
My friend once called me to come get him home bc he was Abt to pass out drunk..when I arrived bro had the keys on the trunk, doors all open and him laying in the car upside down..thank God he didn't throw up like that but it's still funny rethink of the memory😂 I got him home and threw him on the couch then walked all the way back to get my car😂 thankfully it was nearby so u must understand how bad it was for him not to be able to drive 5 minutes away from home.
That's a strangely rare level of responsibility for a person too soused to make good decisions. I hope she is okay these days. I know many people with much worse stories, and this is... Well, it is some amount of forethought.
Not even bad to be reminded that even this is better than actually causing harm. Even if it didn't work out quite as well, it would still be better than causing harm.
good thing, that many cars dont even have an ignition anymore. just need to be inside the vehicle
That the law most places. They need non circumstantial evidence of operation of the car to convict.
As it should be.
It’s non of the police business if I drove to a forest to get hammered and sleep the night in my car… unless they see me driving it while hammered, there is no crime committed.
Fricken hate this bs. Saw some guy blacked out behind a wheel,my brother and I had to take the keys out. Cops showed up and said pretty much that. Since no property was damaged and the guy wasn't able to drive because we had his keys, dude was let off Scott free
Pov im in a lying contestand a reddit that has a 7th grade understanding of the law.
In the uk it’s illegal to be drunk while in charge of a vehicle, you don’t need to be driving at all
Its kind of impressive she knew what to do without knowing what to do
ive heard of ppl getting arrested for dui bc they were in the drivers seat drunk, but they werent planning to drive or anything. just staying in the car. this is a great law
She's lucky because most places if you're in the front seat or the keys are with you at all While you're in the car, you can be charged with a DUI
At least she saved herself from a DUI
I knew somebody who was asleep the same thing but he didn't remove the keys !!!!.
Great story.
A smart drunk woman 🤷♀️
In UK if you are in possession of the keys, that is enough evidence to prove you was going to dui
That is a problem when you parked your car near the pub and after the visit to the pub you want to retrieve your umbrella from the car.
Still could’ve been charged with obstructing traffic or public intoxication lol
That's CRAZY
It used to be that technically, in NJ, if someone was sitting at a bar with their keys in their pocket and are over the legal limit to drive, a cop could arrest them for intent to drive. I used to encourage the customers to put their keys on the bar so they could say that they were giving them to me, the bartender. If you so much as put your key in the car door to unlock it, same thing, intent to drive. The penalties were much the same as an actual DUI.
At least she had some responsibility and was not that stupid
Yoooo north Carolina!!!
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Best state ❤❤❤❤❤
In my country you can get charged with a DUI if you’re sitting in the drivers seet with over 0.5% alcohol in you. Doesn’t matter if your keys aren’t even with you or that you’re parked
If youre ever too drunk to drive, and for some reason want to sleep in your car. Lay in the passenger/back seat with the keys in the trunk.
In Canada, this is considered care and control it is not as bad as a DUI but almost
North Carolinians 🫡🫡🫡
In texas if the keys are near the car its a dwi regardless of where the keys are
Hey she stop and didn’t kill anybody
LMAO 😂 Parked in the road
So if I have the AC on, I'm getting a DUI. Damn
As someone who was born in NC it be WILDIN' over there.
this isnt crazy. its what the standard of the law SHOULD be.
Open your car give the keys to the bar staff and curl up in the back seat. No keys no driving.
I trust NO ONE in America except for my mother 💀
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Ah, I should have said, I’m in Ireland. Some places still don’t even lock their doors.
@@magsmcgarrigle981
That makes much more sense
That's the law everywhere
Lucky woman, that those cops didn't put keys in the ignition themselves.
She did the right thing 😂
Got to love push to start vehicles without ignitions.
I got behind the wheel not realizing how drunk I was and I pulled over threw my keys in the passenger seat and crawled in the back and slept it off.
My flatmate while being drunk used to have loud drunken sex , he would pass out and we would see the ladies quietly making their way out .
But, somehow, he always remembered to put his wallet in the fridge as soon a got home with them , so they wouldn’t steal it 😂.
That's actually a pretty good law.
Ik someone my state that got a dui for Sleeping drunk in their car which was so stupid
They could still charge her since she was parked in the middle of the road, regardless of if the keys were in the ignition at that point. The cops and the courts could reasonably believe that she was operating the vehicle . How else did the car get to where it was in the middle of the street
Yk what, at least she tried to get off the road.
Like she didnt *succeed*, but she tried.
Mickey Mouse clubhouse in the background at 8:53 lol
Hey at least she sobered up enough to realize that she shouldnt be drivjng she tried lmao
Wait for a dui you have to be driving? Holy shit who would've thunk.
I was parked at a traffic light and passed out. I was not drunk, but my medic alert tattoo gave the cop the reason. My blood sugar was extremely low. My tattoo is the medical cadecus in red with diabetic TYPE1 underneath it. Its on my left forearm. It happened 2 times in about 8 days. The first time had been a week earlier, and I was parked at the side of the road. Lucky me and lucky (smart) for her.
so u aren’t a lawyer
I don't think I've ever heard that since before too drunk to take a DUI test
The keys in the ignition thing has always seemed really stupid to me. I know so many people who sleep it off in their car, but that's discouraged so i also know people who drive home cause sitting in their car could get them a ticket anyway. Seems to me that sleeping in the car is alot safer than driving drunk.
The key in the ignition thing is true my buddy and his wife was in NC for a concert they went to the car my friend got in the passenger seat she turned car on to run ac then decided to run to a Porta potty b4 they left the parking lot my friend got a dui he had no intention of driving but lost his license anyway
She can still get a dui if she’s in the drivers seat
I don't think the cops gave her a free taxi ride to a friends house when her car was parked in a position where they had to move it...
To be fair she did realize that she was to drunk to drive and tried to pull over. I wish imparted person would act so prudently.
"Lawyers of reddit" "so my friend-" NO
Find a lawyer who has time to brag about his shit on reddit that isnt a lyer
Go on
@@zamn7937 Man, I'd rather a fake story than another guy not following the prompt.
she was responsible enpugh to realize her mistake at least
That's hella irresponsible.
If she's so drunk she should be in the hospital. Alcohol is our most deadly recreational drug.
Me being me...I've gotta ask...what if someone were in the same situation, but (in the rare instance) being in a vehicle that was made before key ignition was was a thing...1910's automobile coming from a bar crawl or something and pull over to "sleep it off"..no key required, just a crank or starter pedal....
She was trying to be responsible in that situation I feel like it’s not really her fault as she wouldn’t at first have realised she was that drunk.
I live in North Carolina, like I know that the state is bad but I did not know it was that bad
But she drove there THEN parked. It should still be a DUI
What part of that story was from the PoV of a lawyer????
I mean, maybe OP's profession is as a lawyer? This story happened to be about a friend, but that doesn't mean OP wasn't a member of the questioned demographic...
They never are. Lmao. It's like "parents of reddit..? When I was a kid!"
Men have died at the hands of the police for doing the exact same thing…
good thing shes smart
Do not take legal advice from CZcams shorts. That was the case in that jurisdiction. In mine, even if you have pulled over, turned off the car and you have the keys with you you are deemed to be in control of the car while impaired and will likely be charged.
North Carolina is a great state
Here in Colorado you can get a dui even if the keys aren't in the car but you're sleeping drunk in it. Hell you can get a DUI on a bicycle, scooter, even a skateboard. How ridiculous is that?
If you have neighbors that hate you, you can get a dui-per say while drinking in your house. That one usually never goes further than the first court hearing because there's no proof but still.
How does "you must have your keys in the ignition" mean when it comes to keyless start?
In NC she got a free ride home???
Wow i was stuck in a thunderstorm of epic proportions with a new born after my car died and they wouldnt help me get a ride home, had to call a friend for him to do a 2 hr one way drive for a 15 min ride home.
Well that was lucky
I’m in North Carolina rn on vacation so that’s cool
What about the cars where the keys don’t need to be in the ignition?
Smart girl! 😂
What happens if you're not moving but have keyless ignition?
so what your saying is in order to not get a DUI while drunk driving is pretend someone else was driving and remove the key from the ignition?
I like that law
...is parking in the middle of the street not a traffic violation in NC?
It is. The guy just lied for some reddit points
Is this your footage? If not, you should credit the creators in the description so people can find the oc.