When we lived in Austin, (circa 1984) there was a situation where a motorcycle cop cited over one hundred people for DWI and also noted that they had wetness visible between the legs. The insinuation was that they hid their beer cans in their laps or were incontinant. A lawyer noticed that this report was repeated often in the file of his citations and threw all the convictions out because the men were ashamed to contest the tickets because of the report that they had damp pants.
This was apparently the way this cop made his repretation. And extra money for the county.
So what was the wetness specifically caused by? Holding their beer between their legs while riding or what?
I had an acquaintance who was very drunk and actually drinking WHILE driving. The police report noted that he had “urinated in pants”. He went to court and wanted it specifically noted in court that he spilled a beer in his lap when he was pulled over and that he did not “wet his pants”. He got the book thrown at him but he walked out proudly!