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[–] 82 points 11 months ago (20 children)

A car does not randomly have a DUI device...

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  • [–] 63 points 11 months ago* (5 children)

    Especially in Wisconsin. Our drunk driving laws are some of the most lax in the nation. There's a saying that the first DUI is free, and it's only kinda a joke.

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  • [–] 28 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Takes a whole lot of DUIs in Wisconsin. Probably years and years of consistently driving home drunk

    Driving drunk is just an expected part of American life in most of the country. If it weren't, we'd have ways to get around other than by car

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Or maybe she's one of those dimwits who likes to annoy judges by asking them if they are following maritime or common law, and assert that the court doesn't have jurisdiction over them, and that they're not travelling, and that nobody was personally harmed...

    It's impressive just how careful judges tend to be with these nutcases, which I suppose is because it's so far outside the rules of court, that they tend to play too safe and end up vindicating the whole clown show...

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    Seriously, this isn't that sweet of a scene

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Why not? Not a single person drove drunk that day

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    At least not the car that has a DUI device installed. But considering the car is the primary method to get around in the States, some of the people in that story probably drove a car before and after

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Is "waiting a few hours until you're better" not a thing in the US?

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Not really. You can get a DUI for sleeping in the backseat of a car and you can get charged with vagrancy or public intox for sleeping it off in public. You have to go home (or to someone else's home), and the car is probably the only way to get there.

    That's why designated drivers and taxis/ubers are so important. The only alternatives are dangerous or illegal unless you can find and afford a spontaneous hotel or you live in a big enough city to have useful public transit.

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    [–] 32 points 11 months ago

    Communities are stronger when they come together. Truly a inspiration to us all.

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  • [–] 29 points 11 months ago

    It would have been fine. The tow truck also has a DUI lockout.

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  • [–] 27 points 11 months ago (13 children)

    Sorry who can translate this to a European?

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  • [–] [S] 73 points 11 months ago (12 children)

    The woman's car wouldn't start because of an installed device that makes her pass a breathalyzer (something courts can mandate). Midwestern people are stereotypically very helpful, but the ones from Wisconsin drink a lot, so nobody present could pass the breathalyzer either. The solution was for all the drunk strangers to physically push her car to where it needed to be.

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  • [–] 41 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    that's why you have sober balloons in the trunk

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Holy crap lol i hope people dont do that

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    I had a friend in high school who's father was an alcoholic attorney, and he'd have his kids pass the breathalyzer for him every morning.

    I actually bought a user 2001 S10 off them in 2004 with like 25k miles on it for only 3 grand because he'd keep rubbing along the side of in the driveway pulling in and out drunk, so it had a bunch of cosmetic damage that I didn't care about at all.

    I drove that truck for 11 years.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    They're joking. Interlocks are more sophisticated than that. You're not going to fool one with a balloon. You have to inhale before exhaling, and a camera records a video of you blowing to make sure there's no funny business.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    I've not seen one with a camera before but it would take multiple very large balloons, and a level of coordination that a drunk would not have.

    You have to breathe out for a full 30s strong or it will error. It was suprisingly difficult. Then every 10 minutes while driving - it will beep and you have 2 minutes to blow into it or it flips out, and the car shuts off. You won't be able to turn it back on without contacting someone.

    Source: My buddy's dad was an alcoholic. He'd have to go home early from playing so he could do the breathalyzer and ride along so his dad could take the car out anywhere. Sometimes he'd have to skip school to go to his dad's work.

    Actually it's fucked up thinking about it now....

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    surprised they didn't still get a DUI for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated

    y'know, what with cops giving them out to people sleeping it off in the back of their car and whatnot. somebody had to get in the car to put it in neutral

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    The DUI device will let you shift into neutral? I thought usually you had to turn the key to get it into neutral.

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  • [–] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    It would be a safety hazard if it prevented you from shifting into neutral, for situations like this. Tow truck would have needed to put it in neutral as well

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Tow trucks dont have to. If they cant tow it on a free axle, they'll just use dollys.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Sometimes but many cars also have a shift lock override that allows you to drop it in neutral, usually a small slot near the shifter knob the key will fit into. Dollys are only good for short distance and sometimes you need to get it on a bed.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Don't most cars also have the little hidden keyhole next to the shifter, specifically for this purpose?

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    If you have to have a breathalyzer device installed, you shouldn’t be allowed to drive

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Big 'ope energy.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    That's the Midwest I miss

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