Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams was arrested for driving under the influence early Friday morning in Tampa, according to the St. Petersburg Times, citing Hillsborough County Jail records. Williams was arrested about 2:48 a.m., according to jail records. A pair of tests revealed Williams' blood alcohol content at .065 and .061 percent, below the state's .08 percent legal limit. He was being held in the Hillsborough County Jail in lieu of $500 bail, according to the newspaper. Source: NFL.com
Not sure how Florida works, but in California you can still get a DUI if you blow under the legal limit. .08 is an automatic violation but below that is at the discretion of the officer. If he was questionable in the field sobriety tests (touch your nose, walk in a straight line, count backwards from 100, what have you) or acting noticeably intoxicated, but blew under .08, the officer can still choose to violate him for DUI anyway. It usually will get dropped to a wet & reckless in court instead of a DUI, but that's not much of a difference in the grand scheme.
that crap would never hold up in PA. i cant see any way you can be drunk enough to fail a sobriety test with a .06, thats nothing.
yep, i'm not sure how they charge someone with dui if their blood alcohol level is not illegal .......... ???
It depends on the wording of the state's laws, I'm sure- whether you're legally intoxicated or driving while impaired are two things, and the latter is subjective. Laws like that with variables in enforcement are really stupid, leaving things up to an officer's discretion is one of the worst things for anyone. **********Automerged Doublepost********** Now that I think of it, maybe that's not true everywhere. But I'm from a small city where the police are out to make money from college kids. Subjective laws make them able to go after college kids to cite them for whatever they can, and let older people off who live on the other side of town. End rant.
This one smells. Unless there's something else in his system, this wont make it to court. If a cop wants to arrest you, forgetaboutit, you're going down. He's going to start and play Sunday.
Because blood alcohol levels mean different things to different people. .08 might not mean noticeably intoxicated to an everyday drinker or larger person, while it could get a 98 pound girl who rarely drinks absolutely hammered. That's why they leave it up to the officer for the final determination below .08. In CA anymore though, any alcohol in your system, even if you're below .08 and appear sober, will get you a Wet & Reckless which counts as a DUI on your record. Just less fines and penalties.
Never take a sobriety test they were created to fail sober or not Ur bac in reality doesn't matter all discretion of officer
Again, if the piss test comes back with nothing more then alcohol or even weed, the charges will be dropped. And this LEO will be punished (hopefully).
I've found the field sobriety tests to be ok. If I was actually driving drunk, it seems to be a means to "earn" your way out of it. A couple years ago a buddy of mine was pulled over driving after drinking, he wasn't wasted, but probably around a .08, with an ounce in his glovebox. If he went to jail for the driving, they were finding that in his car and adding charges. So it made sense for him to do the field test, and the cop actually let him go without a breath since he did fine. It's all about being smart enough to deal with it the way it should be dealt with at the time. Just my $.02.
