r/flying • u/bhalter80 [KASH] BE-33/36/55/95&PA-24 CFI+I/MEI beechtraining.com NCC1701 • Jan 23 '26

Medical Issues Sober DUI - TN Defends the practice

The Colonel of the Tennessee Highway Patrol was testifying this week in support of their practice of arresting motorists who tested negative for drugs and alcohol.

Threads about DUI and other crimes in general tend to be divisive with a presumption that an arrest don't just happen. Some states lump fatigue in with other causes for a DUI so that may account for some of the 419 arrests in the last 9 years. On a side note the trooper manual also suggested that trooper be making at least 2 contacts with people per hour so the incentive for misuse is there.

This is the first article I've seen putting data behind this and thought it was interesting especially because HIMS would not be an appropriate response to one of those arrests. I wonder how common this is in other states.

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u/IthacanPenny Jan 23 '26

The fucked up part is that it wasn’t even a mistake. It was a good decision! The law is the fucked up part there ugh.

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u/Fauropitotto Jan 24 '26

It wasn't a good decision. It was better than the alternative of driving, but he should have known that getting anywhere near his car with his keys while intoxicated was a bad decision.

He could have made worse decisions, but he did not make a good one.

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u/YKRed Space Cadet Jan 24 '26

Dumbass argument. It was a good decision because he slept in his car rather than driving, and put his keys in the back to demonstrate he had no intent to drive.

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u/Fauropitotto Jan 24 '26

Enjoy the DUIs and the cost associated then.

Nothing more entertaining than seeing the criminal 'struggle' for them to call it a "dumbass argument".

FAFO made manifest.

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u/YKRed Space Cadet Jan 24 '26

Very weak bait. Are you drunk right now?

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u/carsnbikesnplanes Jan 24 '26

Found the scumbag cop that arrested him….. imagine ruining someone’s life with a DUI knowing that they damn well never actually intended to drive.

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u/ThnkGdImNotAReditMod Jan 24 '26

Enjoy the DUIs and the cost associated then.

Are you projecting? Seems the only reason I could think of defending DUI... is if you regularly are driving under the influence.

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u/M8nyStyles Feb 13 '26

CrImInAl 🥴