[Old North State]

A practical problem with this judicial overreach is that it will lead admittedly inebriated people to come the conclusion, that; what the hell, I might as well drive and hope I avoid the cops, because if I stay here and sleep I will get convicted anyway. And what about people who are in a car with a designated driver? It is easy to concoct a situation where the driver might become incapacitated and the legally drunk passenger is therefore in ‘proximate control’ of the vehicle. And if a designated driver allowed a passenger with previous DUI’s into the vehicle isn’t he guilty of abetting a felony?

[PapaBear3625]

I was once in a situation where I was the only only one sober and needed to be the driver. I only had a learner's permit, but that was OK since I was in the car with a licensed driver (law didn't say the supervising driver had to be sober). Problem was, the car was a stick and I didn't know how to drive a stick. So the owner would tell me "clutch!", and he would work the stick.

We got everybody home without problems.