Drunk Driver Gets 27 Traffic Tickets In One Day

ZAGREB — A Croat driver went on a romp on Sunday, receiving 27 driving fines in a single day, the Internet-edition of the Jutarnji List daily reported yesterday.

Ivan S., 20, first met police at 2am on Sunday, while driving drunk in Koprivnica, 50km northwest of the capital Zagreb.

Within minutes, he had tried to escape one routine police control, then ignored a second pursuing police vehicle, drove in the dark with lights turned off, overtook a column of cars across a full white line, drove in the opposite-direction lane and nearly hit a pedestrian on a crossing.

When he finally stopped — after running several red lights Russian-roulette style — it also turned out that his car was technically faulty.

All in all, he received 24 citations and was fined a total of 26,000 kuna ($4,300) in an emergency court hearing. Addressing the judge, Ivan S. promised to “change.”

He was in custody until Sunday afternoon, when he was allowed to drive off — and was promptly pulled over for another ticket for his faulty vehicle.

In the evening, he was again caught driving drunk — though that time he did not attempt to flee — earning himself a 26th ticket for drunk driving and the 27th within a single day for failing to fix his car. The fines for the latter violations were pending.

Source – Khaleej Times Online

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South Carolina Goes Easy On Drunk Drivers?

The Toyota Way

Fewer state troopers and a change in law that makes it more difficult to prosecute drunken drivers has led to a sharp decrease in the number of people arrested for drinking and driving, law enforcement officials and others say.

According to the Highway Patrol, driving under the influence arrests dropped to about 7,400 last year, down from more than 10,000 in 2001.

Troopers make the majority of drunken-driving arrests.

The State Law Enforcement Division reported a similar drop among police agencies statewide with total drunken driving arrests of 9,200 in 2004 from more than 14,000 in 2000. SLED figures for 2005 were not yet available.

During that same period, South Carolina was among the top five states for percentage of fatal wrecks that involved drunken drivers, according to the most recent figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Almost 30 percent of drivers involved in fatal crashes in those years had blood-alcohol levels above the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

"We have nowhere to go but up," said Jami Goldman, executive director of the state chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. "I'd like to feel safer driving on the roads."

Highway Patrol commander Col. Russell Roark attributes the drop in arrests to a 15 percent decrease since 2001.

During that period, the total number of citations issued by troopers dropped 43 percent, but the number of collisions troopers had to handle increased slightly.

Last year, lawmakers approved 100 new troopers and another 100 are expected to be approved this year. That would put staffing near 2001 levels. "We are on the road to recovery," he said. "It's just going to take a little while to do it."

More troopers may not be the only answer. Victim's advocates say loopholes in state law discourage officers from making drunken-driving arrests.

"What's taking place in our state is that the officers are placed on trial, not the defendants," said Laura Hudson, spokeswoman for the South Carolina Victim Assistance Network.

Hudson says as part of the law changes that made a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or higher illegal, officers were required to inform people of their rights several times during an arrest and to videotape the arrest and breath testing.

But, if a case is prosecuted under an older law, police say, it's easier to get a conviction.

"It 's almost as if the state of South Carolina is ashamed to prosecute DUIs," said Jeff Moore, executive director of the state Sheriff's Association.

Richland County Chief Magistrate William Womble said the newer law doesn't have major loopholes if officers follow the rules.

"If you absolutely follow the law, you can successfully prosecute," Womble said.

He said fewer arrests may mean that public education programs aimed at reducing drunken driving might be working.

Source – The State

Drunk Game Of The Day - Mad Caps

How To Come Home Drunk And Not Wake Your Parents Up.

We’ve all been there. You’ve had a few to many drinks after a night on the town, stumble home and suddenly realize you’ve got a problem. How the hell do you get inside in the state you’re in without waking the parents?

Tip 1: This may sound obvious but don’t go through the door which is closest to your parents bedroom. You may think you’re being quiet but in reality you’ve probably slammed the door and are banging into the furniture, so the more distance you put between you and your parents bedroom the better.

Tip 2: For gods sake TAKE YOUR KEYS. Otherwise your options include knocking on the door and causing that early morning scene you were so desperate to avoid, spending the night between mum’s prized roses and the vegie patch or being taken away in the back of a squad car when the neighbors call the cops on you for trying to get in through the bathroom window.

Tip 3: Don’t let your mates crash on your floor. Simple math really…the more people you allow to crash at your place, the bigger the chance someone is going to stumble into your folks room and mistakenly hop into bed with them.

Tip 4: If your parents are Destiny church types, don’t think it’s ok to engage in noisy, post-boozing activities in your bedroom with the secret agnostic girlfriend that they don’t know about, or even worse that 16 year old chick who you met down at the Loaded Hog.

Tip 5: Don’t ring your folks at 3am to come and pick you up because you’ve got no cash for a cab. Having an argument in the car about how irresponsible you are is even worse than having it out with your parents at home, because in the car there isn’t any escape. Plus, you’re in front of the taxi driver/possible MBA graduate.

Of course there is a chance that you will wake your parents up so you’re going to need the best negotiating skills you can muster considering the condition that you’re in. One option is to not argue with them. Just look somber, nod shamefully until the ranting and raving stops and agree to be more considerate next weekend. While it’s by far the most humiliating option at the time, you’ll probably be to drunk to even remember it in the morning so don’t worry about it.

Another possibility when they confront you is to not say anything, run like hell and lock yourself in your room! Let’s face it, all you really want to do is get to bed and sleep it off rather than listen to your dad tell you what an inconsiderate little prick you are at 3am. There’s plenty of time for him to do that in the morning, when you’re too hung-over to care.

The last option is to stand up to your parents when confronted by them and argue the point. Considering you’re drunk and they’re pissed off this is your worst option. The consequences for this can vary. Everything might have blown over by the morning, but if this happens consider yourself lucky. You might just get the silent treatment for a few days and end up having to do your own laundry. Worst case scenario is that when Monday rolls around you‘ll be looking for a flat.

So remember, alcohol fuelled confrontations with the olds are best avoided, but if you do happen to wake them up after an unexpected altercation with that pesky bookcase in the hallway, try and make the argument that is bound to follow as short as possible. Happy drinking!

Source – Varsity.Co.Nz

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