[DemforBush]

Let's hope the law gets amended before too many more folks get cited for "RWI", eh?

[wolfman23601]

That’s ridiculous. Public drunkeness should be reserved for nuisances, not responsible passengers minding their business.

[ClearCase_guy]

If I’m passed out in the back seat, they can arrest me? Arrest me for sleeping?

[EdReform]

What the hell is up with Indiana?

[BipolarBob]

Operation Shakedown is a revenue enhancement policy which helps speed up the redistribution of wealth. If you look too impoverished to pay a fine or "look" illegal, you get a pass. Otherwise it looks like profiling. Welcome to the New Ameriʞa.

[Deaf Smith]

“I don’t want to be drunk in Pu-blick. I want to be drunk in a bar”...Ron White

[He Rides A White Horse]

"Someone who's trying to do something right is going to be made into a criminal (doing) something we've asked them to do -- don't drink and drive. So now, it's don't drink and ride," Young said. "We shouldn't arrest them because they've taken a ride instead of driving a car."

That sums it up for me.

An Indiana Supreme Court ruling this week is a timely, cautionary reminder for Hoosiers who plan to consume alcohol over the holiday weekend. It is possible to be charged with public intoxication, even while in a vehicle with a designated driver.

The judicial branches in our country are quickly eroding our liberties, legislating from the bench in this manner.

We are dealing with oligarchic renegades at this time.

[bigheadfred]

All righty then. Good thing I don’t live in Indiana. Be some judgie wudgies looking for a place to F@@@ING hide.

[Don Corleone]

It is the unstated goal of the Marxist/Super Stateists to make so many laws that everyone is a criminal. Then their TOTAL power over the people will be achieved.

[merryberry]

then why bother having a designated driver. Going after bar and restaurant business now? You can’t drink and drive. So, now you can’t drive and not drink or just not drink and not drive. or just not drink period. Must be a dem law its the only way it makes sense...even then NOT

[freekitty]

Kind of defeating purpose isn’t it?

[eyedigress]

There is more to this story.

[merryberry]

Sorry, now I get it, bars will have to make room for drunk cots for anyone over the limit..ride or not. smh...or only serve soda that way they’re completely off the hook (and out of business)

[libertarian27]

I’d be real curious what MADD has to say about this law....to spend countless years and money to convince society that a designated driver is all you need...and then this?

Would hate to be a bar or restaurant owner in Indiana - no one will get home unfined.....Might as well order Pizza-delivered.

[VideoDoctor]

How about those holiday times of the year when organizations offer "free rides" home if you've been drinking.

Under this law you would be subject to arrest because you avoided driving your vehicle while intoxicated (DWI). Instead you'll now be cited for "Riding while intoxicated" (RWI)

[Vendome]

couldn’t one just as easily be accused of vagrancy for failure to produce I.D., even though you are a passenger?

[RasterMaster]

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws."

Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Basically then, its illegal to get drunk in Indiana. This is crazy. You have one too many, do the responsible thing and get a friend to drive you home, and you still get arrested.

[Mariner]

This is one of the dumbest things I've seen from a PD in a long time.

They should be encouraging drunks to ride rather than drive.

Silly cops, stupid is for commies.