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Public Intoxication Ruling Could Dampen Party Plans (law allows intoxicated passengers to be cited)
WRTV 6 (Indianapolis) ^ | 7/01/11 | n/a

Posted on 07/01/2011 8:06:34 PM PDT by DemforBush

INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana Supreme Court ruling this week is a timely, cautionary reminder for Hoosiers who plan to consume alcohol over the holiday weekend.

It is possible to be charged with public intoxication, even while in a vehicle with a designated driver.

Police had arrested an Indiana woman who was drunk in the passenger seat of a car. The Supreme Court ruled that a public intoxication charge can stand against people in a car on a public street...

(Excerpt) Read more at theindychannel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: blackrobedthugs; fasciststate; frontpage; govtabuse; indiana; intoxicated; judicialtyranny; judiciary; lping; rapeofliberty; tyranny
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To: libertarian27

Is there any great public outcry for measures this draconian? It’s not for the sake of safe streets. MAAD (Mothers Against Any Drinking)


41 posted on 07/01/2011 9:26:54 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: bigheadfred

Ah, the Idahoan version of Chinatown. Do they want tourism?


42 posted on 07/01/2011 9:28:56 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: DemforBush
How about those holiday times of the year when organizations offer "free rides" home if you've been drinking.

Under this law you would be subject to arrest because you avoided driving your vehicle while intoxicated (DWI). Instead you'll now be cited for "Riding while intoxicated" (RWI)

43 posted on 07/01/2011 9:29:18 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I think we need to ban alcohol, its clearly nothing but evil... oh, wait!


44 posted on 07/01/2011 9:31:04 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour (With The Resistance...)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

To be honest, I don’t know what the ruling is based on. Is a cabbie any different than a party boat operator.......


45 posted on 07/01/2011 9:33:23 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: EdReform

Indiana was usually a reliably sensible state. What happened??


46 posted on 07/01/2011 9:34:43 PM PDT by Teacher317 (really?)
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To: eyedigress

Not if the cabbie invites you to BYOB


47 posted on 07/01/2011 9:35:25 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

What if the partyboat operator has the same rule, but a live band is playing and there is a 25 dollar cover............


48 posted on 07/01/2011 9:37:09 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Ah, the Idahoan version of Chinatown. Do they want tourism?

If I want cheap Chinese shit I'll just go to Walmart. No point in crawling through all that razor wire.

49 posted on 07/01/2011 9:38:45 PM PDT by bigheadfred ( He put... creatures... in our bodies... to control our minds.)
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To: VideoDoctor
Under this law you would be subject to arrest because you avoided driving your vehicle while intoxicated (DWI). Instead you'll now be cited for "Riding while intoxicated" (RWI)

HA! By Jove - you've got it!
The drunk drivers apparently have subsided -along with the arrests of said-drunk drivers and application of fees anf fines of said runk drivers
Therefore government entities must go the extra steps to secure their rightful ordained revenue.

Deviously Perfect Law - got you coming and going - whether you drove yourself there or not.....

50 posted on 07/01/2011 9:38:54 PM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Dept. of Life, Dept. of Liberty and the Dept. of Happiness)
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To: He Rides A White Horse
If everybody followed every law in effect, it would be necessary to manufacture a crime so that government would still hold sway over the populace.

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?”... “We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system... that's the game"

Ayn Rand may be off on her stances on God, but she's dead-on-balls accurate about Government

51 posted on 07/01/2011 9:39:29 PM PDT by Teacher317 (really?)
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To: Teacher317

I must admit, I agree with those conclusions.


52 posted on 07/01/2011 9:42:34 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: He Rides A White Horse

Just imagine the “revenue enhancement” opportunities this can offer. Stop any cabs leaving a bar. Easy money.


53 posted on 07/01/2011 9:42:49 PM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: newzjunkey
Just imagine the “revenue enhancement” opportunities this can offer.

It appears that most laws enacted are provisioned in such a way. To some measure. I have noticed a trend towards asset forfeiture. Laws seem to be enforced with the assessment of the dollar amount going to government coffers.

54 posted on 07/01/2011 9:52:47 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: He Rides A White Horse

I guess passengers will have to be like having a gun in Illinois - unloaded and locked in the trunk.


55 posted on 07/01/2011 10:58:29 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: DemforBush

couldn’t one just as easily be accused of vagrancy for failure to produce I.D., even though you are a passenger?


56 posted on 07/01/2011 11:03:35 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

It is not illegal to operate a motor vehicle while intoxicated on your own property. If it was, I would be in trouble for mowing my lawn.


57 posted on 07/01/2011 11:32:06 PM PDT by runninglips (Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics.)
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To: DemforBush

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws."

Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged

58 posted on 07/02/2011 12:56:59 AM PDT by RasterMaster (FU DUh-bama and the JACKASS you rode in on!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I agree. I would also state that people have a right to go get sloshed at a public establishment too, if they desire to. As long as they don’t cause problems for the establishment or other patrons, it’s nobody’s damned business but their own.

It is absolutely dumfounding to think you can get arrested for being drunk in the back seat of a car, no other contributing factors.


59 posted on 07/02/2011 5:56:43 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Muslim Brotherhood (renames itself) the Liberty and Justice Party. NOT A JOKE.)
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To: DemforBush

Basically then, its illegal to get drunk in Indiana. This is crazy. You have one too many, do the responsible thing and get a friend to drive you home, and you still get arrested.


60 posted on 07/02/2011 6:10:57 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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