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<p>Seriously. What state was this in?</p>
<p>I grew up in a county that was notoriously lax on DUIs. Couple of friends got some and were able to get them dropped without too much of a hassle. Things have changed dramatically within the past couple of years though.</p>
<p>tell her it could be worse… she could’ve killed someone, and then she would be in jail.</p>
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<p>She didn’t hit another car, she went in a ditch and into someone’s yard, and may have taken out a mailbox in the process. The people who found her called the city police, but the state boys found her before they could get there.</p>
<p>I probably should have mentioned she was belligerent beyond words when the cops got there. She refused to do the tests (walking the line and all that), so they took her to the nearest hospital to do a blood test. She refused to do that started beating up the cops. She ended up with the two cops and her dad (a security guard at the hospital they took her to) pinning her to the ground. She was screaming, swearing, the works. They were going to release her to her dad’s custody, but he told them to take her in. She ended up spending the night handcuffed to a chair in the police station. They did eventually get her to do a breathalyzer and she ended up having something like a .28 BAC - YEAH. </p>
<p>I know all this because one of the arresting officers’ daughter was on the cheerleading squad that my drunk friend and I were on. We all found out at practice the next day. I guess she gave him a black eye and bit him. He had to get a Tetanus shot. </p>
<p>The charges ended up being DUI, Assulting an Officer, and something along the lines of damage to personal property - I think they went easy on her. She lost her license because Pennsylvania has ridiculous underage laws - if you are caught for underage drinking, you automatically lose your license for a year, regardless of whether a vehicle was involved or not. I think she (or her mom) had a speeding ticket they hadn’t paid and that’s why it was impounded - she couldn’t get it out without a valid license and the car was in her name. They should have kept her license - stone cold sober she still drives like a crazy person.</p>
<p>Another fun fact is, at the time of the arrest she was suspended from school for a week because she and her BFF egged one of our gym teachers’ house three nights in a row because the teacher was failing the BFF. The teacher’s nine year old neighbor got the plate number off my friend’s car and called the cops. The cops told the school about it, the girls were suspended and the teacher was thinking about pressing charges (they did a number on the paint job on her house). </p>
<p>The best part about this? My friend’s mom was on the way to the scene of the wreck to get in the front seat and say she fell asleep or something. Fully admitted this as well.</p>
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<p>Geez. After all that, I’m glad she lost her license for a year. I’m usually sympathetic to people less than 21 who get DUI’s for miniscule amounts of alcohol, or people who lose their licenses in borderline cases in which they didn’t wreck, but your friend is something else. I’d even be fine with sticking her in jail for a couple of days (or weeks) to straighten her out.</p>
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<p>Ehh…the charges seem about right. Pretty hard to explain during a job interview, though. What else do you think they should have given her?</p>
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<p>Those laws are absolutely ridiculous. Way too stringent.</p>
<p>I’m from PA. An underage in Allegheny County results in a 90 suspension, not a year.</p>
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<p>Any suspension for underage drinking is ridiculous unless there are extenuating circumstances.</p>
<p>^CT is a 30 day license suspension even if you are over 18 (and under 21 of course). I believe it is only if the cop writes you a certain citation, I heard they often let you go with a warning. But yeah, I’m 99% sure you can get a 30 day suspension here even if you weren’t driving/don’t even have a car.</p>
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<p>That sounds like it was for assault on officer instead of DUI. If I was on the adcom, that’s a rescinded admission even without the probation: someone who will assault someone else, even when drunk, is too much of a liability. I’d say that the DUI was just a cover for several more serious issues.</p>
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<p>I’d even take it further and say that a suspending a license for anything not directly related to driving is ridiculous.</p>
<p>One friend has 4 underages, never got a DUI, can’t drive until he’s 22. His brother can’t drive until he’s 21 1/2. It’s silly.</p>
<p>ahh idk you probably should have been more responsible and made sure she didn’t drive i guess. I mean shes stupid to have drove but so many people drive drunk so its nothing new. What if she killed someone? Wouldn’t you feel a little guilty bc you and your friends had a chance to stop her? But again anyone that drives drunk is an idiot and just risking too much for too little. I mean its not your job to stop her but still whats the right thing to do?</p>
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<p>Time to move to a different state. :)</p>
<p>I will say they Put themselves in really bad situations. Regardless, PA has some very stringent laws regarding alcohol an drugs. A surprisingly consevative state, with the exception of Philly.</p>