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noahplow t1_ira1mk9 wrote

So state police in rural areas will arrest then release you to a family member. I’ve actually seen this happen to two different people. One was released then went straight to his car the other went to bed woke up 8 hours later and got his car and still blew over 0.6

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e30eric t1_iraowow wrote

FWIW Manheim Township is hardly rural. It's massive shopping centers, expensive suburbs, and a few farms. This was local/township police, which makes it a little odd IMO.

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TiberiusCornelius t1_irb1rga wrote

I do think it's kind of weird that they arrested and then released him rather than holding him in the drunk tank.

I had an uncle who got pulled over for DUI back in the late 80s/early 90s, he lied and told the cop his parents' house was like three doors down. So the cop sat and watched while he pulled into the driveway, and then he went and sat in this stranger's back yard for a couple minutes to make it seem like he went in the backdoor, then he got in the car and started driving back home. Same exact cop pulled him over again like a mile down the road. So he got a court date and 30 days in county.

I could totally see something like that happening still today, but if you're at the point where you're already arresting the guy, what's up with letting him go before he sobers up?

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ben70 t1_irap1tz wrote

Wait. Point six??!!????!!!!

Not .06 - if that's not a typo, Jesus Christ on a pogo stick!!

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noahplow t1_iraq9ng wrote

Well whatever the legal limit is. I had one mixed drink then got a call to be someplace and was pulled over. I blew a .013. Then they wouldn’t even take blood to prove I wasn’t drunk. I fought the case and had it knocked down to open container.

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ben70 t1_iraql9v wrote

.08 is the federal max - not sure if states like Utah have lower local limits, but .6 means the person should be damned near legally dead at the time.

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tuenthe463 t1_irakzes wrote

State police in rural areas will arrest them release you to a family member.

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