DUI - A trip report

[HitHard69]

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Over here thats pretty much the law its very unusual not to lose your licence for a year minimum. All we have here though is the breathaliser at teh roadside and a refusal is counted the same as a positive test.

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I've heard that UK drunk driving laws are really strict, and that you can be charged if you are drunk, have your car keys on you, and are walking towards your car. Is that true?

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No dont think so, however if you say went to sleep in the driver side when drunk then you will get done then, one guy lost his licnece a while ago through that even though the engine was cold etc, he had come home drunk had an argument with his GF and slept in the car stupidly on the drivers side, police came round and did him. Sleep in the passenger side and I think its fine.

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In Illinois if you are drunk and in your car and your keys are accessible, you can get a DUI. If you are asleep in the back seat with the keys in your pocket, or on the floor, in the glove compartment... you're busted. If you have them in the trunk, however, you are no longer breaking the law.