What's the difference? I'm still in the car with the keys. This whole idea is nutty anyway. If the law wants to catch someone for drunk driving, the should have to find them actually driving, not sleeping.
As a matter of fact, while chasing this story to its root thru a "Wires" search on Drudge, I came to a news site that described the supposed offense which also had an opinion poll as to whether these women should be charged at all. As of last night, it was 57% - 43% against charging them at all.
I said it was weird. You don't think its weird?
Just using the chickeneyed logic of arresting someone for something because they're maybe capable of doing it. The drunk that is sleeping in the car might wake up and drive it. The tired person might wake up too soon, still, tired, and drive the car anyway. Its exactly equivelent, and a serious stretch on the part of the law to buttume that if someone can do something, that the certianty of their actually doing it is great enough to apply the punishment anyway, whether they've actually done it or not. Ever see the movie, "The Minority Report"? Its about as far-fetched in its logic as this is.
Rest buttured that if I can't use the CP where I most need it, I'll not be paying for it on a monthly basis, and will sell it for whatever I can get.
Reported another drunk tonight - the guy went way left of center twice - second time almost a head-on with an oncoming car. Slipped over the white line on the right of the road once, too. Got the license, phoned it it. Oh, BTW, I was going straight down the road under perfect control while phoning this in, while the drunk was not maintaining his side of the road. So much for CP talking being more dangerous than DUI.
This case in Indiana will almost certainly come before a jury, unless the DA has a flash of rationality and throws the charge, and hopefully the overzealous cop, out of the courtroom.
Dave Head
