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Ravens QB McNair charged w drunk-driving though not drunk and notdriving
http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_130061156.html May 10, 2007 3:16 pm US/Eastern Although Not Driving, McNair Charged In DUI Case (WJZ/AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair has been arrested in Nashville, Tenn., and charged with owning a vehicle being driven by a drunken driver. Police say McNair was a passenger in the silver pickup truck when police pulled the driver over for speeding early this morning. The driver is reported to be McNair's brother-in-law. Police say Jamie Cartwright, 31, was driving McNair’s 2003 Dodge pickup truck, with McNair as a passenger, at 11:53 p.m. Wednesday when DUI Squad Officer Harold Taylor saw that the truck was traveling 45 mph in a 35 mph zone. Police say the officer activated his siren and Cartwright pulled into a strip mall. According to police, when Taylor approached Cartwright, he detected an obvious odor of alcohol and saw that Cartwright’s eyes were red and glassy. Cartwright admitted to drinking at least two beers earlier in the evening. Taylor administered the standard field sobriety tasks to Cartwright, which indicated impairment. Cartwright was taken into custody for DUI and was asked to submit to a breath alcohol test. He refused. Because McNair owns the truck and was a passenger with Cartwright, he too was charged with DUI. Reporter Robert Goulston from the CBS station in Nashville explains the law. "In our state of Tennessee, we have a law called driving under the influence of an intoxicant owner. So, if you own a truck that somebody stopped and they're charged with drinking and driving, you too can be charged with driving under the influence," said Goulston. Metro police in Tennessee have charged 43 persons, including McNair, for violating that statute since the first of this year. McNair was charged with a misdemeanor and released. "He paid $100 and he left with his entourage. We talked to one person in that entourage and they said Steve didn't do anything wrong. He was in the car, but he was not driving and he was not drunk," said Goulston. (snip) McNair was arrested in downtown Nashville in May 2003 and charged with DUI and illegal gun possession. After a year of legal wrangling, a judge dismissed those charges, ruling that police didn't have sufficient reason to pull over McNair in the first place. ----------------------- I'm all for this. If you own the car, you're responsible to make sure the driver is sober. DUIs are killers and maimers. Let's stop coddling them. |
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Ravens QB McNair charged w drunk-driving though not drunk andnot driving
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote:
> > I'm all for this. If you own the car, you're responsible to make sure > the driver is sober. DUIs are killers and maimers. Let's stop coddling > them. But if you're too drunk to drive - and you know you are, how the **** are you supposed to be able to judge the sobriety of another driver? In fact, cops require lots of training in order to identify inebriated drivers - even if sober, how is the average citizen supposed to identify them as being too drunk to drive? |
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Ravens QB McNair charged w drunk-driving though not drunk andnot driving
Fred G. Mackey wrote:
> Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote: > >> >> I'm all for this. If you own the car, you're responsible to make sure >> the driver is sober. DUIs are killers and maimers. Let's stop coddling >> them. > > But if you're too drunk to drive - and you know you are, how the **** > are you supposed to be able to judge the sobriety of another driver? > > In fact, cops require lots of training in order to identify inebriated > drivers - even if sober, how is the average citizen supposed to identify > them as being too drunk to drive? If in doubt, don't let them drive. Next question. |
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Ravens QB McNair charged w drunk-driving though not drunk and not driving
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote:
>Fred G. Mackey wrote: >> Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote: >> >>> >>> I'm all for this. If you own the car, you're responsible to make sure >>> the driver is sober. DUIs are killers and maimers. Let's stop coddling >>> them. >> >> But if you're too drunk to drive - and you know you are, how the **** >> are you supposed to be able to judge the sobriety of another driver? >> >> In fact, cops require lots of training in order to identify inebriated >> drivers - even if sober, how is the average citizen supposed to identify >> them as being too drunk to drive? > >If in doubt, don't let them drive. Next question. Oh, this is TOO easy... I doubt you're ever sober, so it's time for you to surrender your license. Next question. -- We're all here because we're not all there. |
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Ravens QB McNair charged w drunk-driving though not drunk andnot driving
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote:
> > I'm all for this. If you own the car, you're responsible to make sure > the driver is sober. DUIs are killers and maimers. Let's stop coddling > them. So let me see if I understand this. If a drunk steals your car and then gets busted, then you (the owner of the car stolen by the drunk) should get a ticket? Dumbest thing I ever hears. Where do our lawmaker come up with stuff like this? |
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Ravens QB McNair charged w drunk-driving though not drunk and not driving
On May 14, 9:50 am, jcr > wrote:
> Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote: > > > I'm all for this. If you own the car, you're responsible to make sure > > the driver is sober. DUIs are killers and maimers. Let's stop coddling > > them. > > So let me see if I understand this. If a drunk steals your car and then > gets busted, then you (the owner of the car stolen by the drunk) should > get a ticket? Dumbest thing I ever hears. Where do our lawmaker come > up with stuff like this? These kind of laws usually have exceptions that if you can show the car was stolen you will escape the charge. |
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