Posted on 03/30/2023 12:04:28 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A 28-year-old intoxicated Florida man on a bicycle was arrested Wednesday after he failed to exit U.S. 1 or stop for deputies.
Clayton Guy Peavey of Marathon was charged with DUI and fleeing and eluding, according to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
According to deputies, Peavey was impeding traffic while on a bicycle on U.S. 1 near 15th Street at approximately 9 a.m.
Deputies attempted to stop Peavey with their lights and sirens activated. Peavey did not stop and began to peddle faster.
He finally stopped at 29th Street after tiring and was booked into the Monroe County Jail on a $7,500 bond.
Florida Man rides again.
Florida’s DUI laws are written such that any “VEHICLE” you operate can get you a DUI, even a skateboard, and it has happened..................
How far do you have to get for them to break off?
Same in California, I know thea man.
He should have used a lawn mower.
When I lived in North Carolina there was a guy in our county who got arrested for being drunk on a horse.
The idea was to ride the horse to the bar, get drunk, untie the horse, get on it and it would naturally walk home. Police had other things in mind.
Just think of all those golf carts at The Villages!
A drunk and a horse walked into a bar...
When I was a company commander at Fort Hood, one of my soldiers was given a speeding ticket for doing 15 MPH in a 10 MPH zone.
When my Bn. Cmdr questioned the fact that I did not take a stripe per post policy, I pointed out that he was riding a bicycle, that I had given him an oral reprimand, and instructed him to outfit his bike with a speedometer.
What if it’s a self-driving car?
Am I still “operating” it if I’m passed out in the backseat?
I find this dubious that a DUI arrest could occur, unless the police (policy enforcers) claimed he was driving in a motor vehicle with DUI, and the bicycle was just incidental as the means of evading them.
For a DUI to stick legally, it is that one is operating a motor vehicle, under ‘contract’.
The State can do this because they essentially have allodial rights as per the title of the automobile (we grant the State these rights when we purchase the auto, by allowing the dealer to send the manufacturer’s MCO/MSO to the respective State Motor Vehicle Registry.
In Florida you can get a DUI passed out in the passenger seat, and keys not in the ignition. It has happened.................
In Florida, it does not have to have a ‘motor’, just a means of moving your butt. Even roller skates....................
It’s my contention that a defense attorney familiar with ‘color of title’ versus ‘allodial title’, and motor vehicle statutes, could swiftly put this to bed.
Not in Florida.
We have some of the toughest DUI laws on the books for many decades.
Even one of the prominent lawyers here that advertises on TV says in his commercials:
You got a DUI? Don’t even bother calling me.................
That’s when you put the dog in the driver’s seat so you can tell the cop “he’s driving”.
An American State National can drink with impunity and travel in his or her automobile anywhere in Florida. Doesn’t matter the alcohol level one iota.
It would only be if that traveler in their automobile were to hurt someone else that they’d be in jeopardy with the law.
Until that moment, that policy enforcing trooper or police can go pound sand.
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