Boating DUI?

[bratch]

I know you can recieve a DUI in a powerboat but what about a sail boat? We were having a discussion this evening and this came up. Can you get a DUI in a sail boat?

[SiGARMED]

Id think so. At the least itd still be a public intox Id think.

[DrBaker]

Can you get a DUI on a bicycle?

I saw a guy in his 30's riding a bicycle and drinking a bud on S 59th/Sunnylane.

[J.P.]

Can you get a DUI on a bicycle?

I saw a guy in his 30's riding a bicycle and drinking a bud on S 59th/Sunnylane.

No.
Nor on a riding lawnmower.

[bratch]

There are a couple local drunks in Norman that ride their bicycles everywhere.

I'm still curious on the sailboat.

[liliysdad]

I dont think so.


I do know that you can only be charged municipally for DUI/Boat, as the State Stautes do not provide for this. There must be a city Ordinance prohibiting this.

[F16mickey]

I thought that the OHP lake patrol was charging people with DUI/Boat, can they charge people with local Ordinance violations?

[liliysdad]

Unless something has changed, and it may well have, there is no State Staute for DUI Boating. However, I am not a marine expert, so I may very well be wrong. I do know that we had an issue a while back, and all we could charge was public intox.

[liliysdad]

OK guys, I was wrong. 100%, unabashedly wrong. I am not sure where I got my info, but it was screwed.

Oklahoma Title 63 OS SS 4210A
Operate a Vessel While Intoxicated or Under the Influence


Looks like no Jail time, and a maximum fine of 1000 dollars.

Again, I am sorry for lying to you.

[ChrisC]

http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeID=437393

H. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months.



and here is the DUI for a vessel

http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeID=437423

3. Any person refusing to submit to such test or tests shall be in violation of this section and subject to the fines provided for herein.

C. 1. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Any second or subsequent conviction shall be punishable by a fine in an amount of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), nor more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).

2. A person arrested by a law enforcement officer for a violation of this section may be allowed to post a cash bail in an amount set by the arresting law enforcement officer not to exceed the maximum fine provided by this section, or deposit a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in exchange for an official receipt issued by the arresting officer as provided for in Section 1111 et seq. of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes

[liliysdad]

oscn.net wouldnt work for me, so I had to dig through an old 1999 Title book that I had lying around. Thanks for the cut and paste and links.

[bratch]

As long as you can keep the boat from swerving maybe they won't notice :wink2:

I had found OKC statues but hadnt see the state site. Thanks for posting it.

Any idea if the .1 BAC is still .1 or is it now .08 like automobiles?

PS
I don't even own a boat anymore just a curious question :)

[ChrisC]

what i posted is current information. on the water is 0.10.

knowing a few lake patrolmen, there is a lot more to owning a boat then there used to be, or at least there is someone out enforceing the laws now. also depends on what lake.

[blake711]

There are open container laws in boats also for a while now I thought.

Funny side story a good friend is a HP Dispatcher in Ohio she got a call about a guy that had a motorised scooter went to check his mail at end of his driveway lived on a curve. He busted a U Turn in the streat to go back to his house car comes around corner SMACK rolled the dude on the motorized wheelchair.. The Wheelchair got the ticket for unauthorised motor vehicle on a state highway.. LMAO when I heard that.

[skyydiver]

Damn dude. That story was funnier before the scooter became a wheelchair.

[blake711]

wheelchair, scooter same thing.. you know handicap, retard its all teh same to me. :smack: :smack:

[F16mickey]

wheelchair, scooter same thing.. you know handicap, retard its all teh same to me. :smack: :smack:
That isn't very P.C. of you, I guess you have never heard of the Handi-capable? :)

[blake711]

That isn't very P.C. of you, I guess you have never heard of the Handi-capable? :)

Opps my bad I forgot to post that I was being facetious (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=facetious). Gosh all these forum intricacies are so hard to remember. I think it would be cool if the site took up donations and they could send me and Michael Brown to an Internet forum training class. That would be cool we could learn forum etiquette, proper smiley usage, how to show body language and tone on a forum. Yup that would be sweet.

>>>>> Disclaimer: Note to anyone that read the above statements. THAT WAS SARCASM. The following smilies should also cover my rear incase my disclaimer didn’t. <<<< :) :screwy: :wink2: :gun1: :smack: :giveup: :flybuzz: :naughty: :brick:

[ez bake]

Real men don't drive boats drunk.



...



Real men water ski drunk. If there's no fine for that one - there should be.


- Sorry, I just realized that this was a super-old post.

Man I'm bored.

[the_territory_kid]

I think it would be called SUI. :)

[blake711]

:puke: :smack: Wow you guys are forum necropheliacs.. You are screwing with dead posts. Yucky.