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Anyone been pulled over for boating under the influence?
Posted on 6/6/25 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 6/6/25 at 1:53 pm
Watched this the other day, I feel like I’d refuse any field sobriety testing (sober that is - wouldn’t drink while boating) after watching a couple of these clips. All it does is provides them justification for the arrest and they seem impossible to pass
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Posted on 6/6/25 at 1:55 pm to Shexter
That’s a dead fish
Posted on 6/6/25 at 1:57 pm to Proximo
Ask them "has anyone ever passed this test and been let go?" Then refuse to do it. If you are sober, you will blow 0.0. If you are drunk, the test is only giving them evidence.
Posted on 6/6/25 at 1:59 pm to Proximo
One thing is clear, that guy doesn't know shite about boats and should have been taken off the water for that alone.
Posted on 6/6/25 at 1:59 pm to deeprig9
You can’t be arrested for being a boat noob though
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:00 pm to Proximo
I am anti field sobriety tests. I don’t have an issue with breathalyzers and such but field sobriety tests are ridiculous. There are 100 different factors that can skew some hard legs interpretations of your performance.
A good lawyer can shred almost all of it if you have the money to fight it.
A good lawyer can shred almost all of it if you have the money to fight it.
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:05 pm to Proximo
This officer has a promising future in law enforcement.
He's probably a Captain by now.
He's probably a Captain by now.
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:16 pm to Proximo
Something similar happened to us one year.
We were in the boat on the diversion late in the afternoon and were literally the only ones still out. They were at a dock and pulled over for "boating left of center." They took the boat driver to a dock and asked him to walk a straight line and he was a little wobbly since it was on some random persons deck and we had been on the boat all day. So they hauled him to LaPlace and he blew a 0.0.
They asked me if I was sober, and I told them that if they thought he was drunk, then I was hammered. They did the pen test and said I was good enough we had to drive the boat to the slip at what is now Rum Bouys, tie the boat up, and then go drive and pick him up in LaPlace.
He said they were are assholes to him the whole time until he blew a 0.0, then suddenly they were nice to him
We were in the boat on the diversion late in the afternoon and were literally the only ones still out. They were at a dock and pulled over for "boating left of center." They took the boat driver to a dock and asked him to walk a straight line and he was a little wobbly since it was on some random persons deck and we had been on the boat all day. So they hauled him to LaPlace and he blew a 0.0.
They asked me if I was sober, and I told them that if they thought he was drunk, then I was hammered. They did the pen test and said I was good enough we had to drive the boat to the slip at what is now Rum Bouys, tie the boat up, and then go drive and pick him up in LaPlace.
He said they were are assholes to him the whole time until he blew a 0.0, then suddenly they were nice to him
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:18 pm to deeprig9
Not arrested, dick head! But you obviously would be that guy nc he doesnt need to be operating a boat bc hes inexperienced
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:26 pm to Purple Spoon
From a 2025 federal case where a guy was arrested for DWI.
Delgado (game warden) performed three tests for “scientifically validated clues of alcohol impairment.” First, he administered the horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) test, which tracks involuntary jerking of the eyes as they gaze to the side. Delgado observed all six possible clues of intoxication on this test. Second, he administered the walk-and-turn test, observing two of eight possible clues of intoxication. Lastly, he administered the one-leg stand test and observed no possible clues of intoxication.
Delgado placed McClain under arrest for driving while intoxicated. After the arrest, Texas Trooper Dallon McKay conducted the HGN test and confirmed Delgado's results. McKay remarked that “what [Delgado] saw, is the same thing I just saw;” to which McClain replied, “I don't doubt it, maybe I've got something going on.”
McClain was taken to the hospital for a blood test. That test did not show the presence of any alcohol or drugs. And the County Attorney did not prosecute McClain.
McClain lost his lawsuit for false arrest. Arresting officer got qualified immunity.
Delgado (game warden) performed three tests for “scientifically validated clues of alcohol impairment.” First, he administered the horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) test, which tracks involuntary jerking of the eyes as they gaze to the side. Delgado observed all six possible clues of intoxication on this test. Second, he administered the walk-and-turn test, observing two of eight possible clues of intoxication. Lastly, he administered the one-leg stand test and observed no possible clues of intoxication.
Delgado placed McClain under arrest for driving while intoxicated. After the arrest, Texas Trooper Dallon McKay conducted the HGN test and confirmed Delgado's results. McKay remarked that “what [Delgado] saw, is the same thing I just saw;” to which McClain replied, “I don't doubt it, maybe I've got something going on.”
McClain was taken to the hospital for a blood test. That test did not show the presence of any alcohol or drugs. And the County Attorney did not prosecute McClain.
McClain lost his lawsuit for false arrest. Arresting officer got qualified immunity.
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:26 pm to Proximo
I have, the one time I was actually sober and carrying a boat full of drunks.
Did sobriety test and was let go.
Did sobriety test and was let go.
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:30 pm to jbgleason
quote:
If you are drunk, the test is only giving them evidence.
It gives them evidence even if you are sober. Even if you pass 99% of the test, they will use that one stumble as evidence and arrest you.
Just say no.
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:32 pm to jbgleason
quote:
If you are sober, you will blow 0.0.
The guy in the video blew a 0.0 at the station I think, but they said no way he isn’t on some type of drug.
relied on the FST’s as their evidence for arrest and still booked him
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:36 pm to BigBinBR
Some people should not be cops. This guy is one of them. His itch to give this guy a BUI was more than he could stand. The test notes were BS, either on purpose, or because he is just that bad at his job, despite saying it was his "specialty."
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:38 pm to Proximo
Any yahoo who brags that his specialty is detecting something as subjective as impairment in field sobriety tests is probably full of shite up to his eyeballs.
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:42 pm to Proximo
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:44 pm to Proximo
I was pulled over once with my family (4 kids under 12 at the time). The Coasty said, “Do I have your permission to board your boat, Captain?” My kids giggled at him calling me “Captain”. He boarded, then asked me a bunch of questions, each punctuated by “Captain”:
Do you have a throwable flotation device?
Do you have an audible alarm signal?
Etc.
With each question, and each iteration of “Captain” my kids giggled louder. And I didn’t know the answer to almost any question, but my wife kept chiming in, “The driver’s seat cushion!”; “Life preservers in there!”.
As he left the boat he told me “Have a good day” turned to my wife and said, “You have a good day, too…Captain”. Yeah, my kids were rolling.
Do you have a throwable flotation device?
Do you have an audible alarm signal?
Etc.
With each question, and each iteration of “Captain” my kids giggled louder. And I didn’t know the answer to almost any question, but my wife kept chiming in, “The driver’s seat cushion!”; “Life preservers in there!”.
As he left the boat he told me “Have a good day” turned to my wife and said, “You have a good day, too…Captain”. Yeah, my kids were rolling.
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:47 pm to Penrod
He wanted a piece of that
Posted on 6/6/25 at 2:54 pm to Proximo
Now that weed is legal everywhere I think it’s time we co-opted the “legalize it” slogan
Maybe the flag could have a bottle and a steering wheel instead of a weed leaf?
Maybe the flag could have a bottle and a steering wheel instead of a weed leaf?
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