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Archive for 2. July 2008

Obviously impaired lady on video arrested for DUI

2. July 2008 by admin.

This was amazing dangerous. Obviously this highway has heavy traffic. Notice that the Trooper approachs the stopped vehicle on the passenger side — protecting himself from traffic as best he can. Then he allows an obviously unsteady lady to stumble around on the side of this busy highway.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ja42o3m_o5Y

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Even Doctors drive impaired; even physicians suffer from alcohol addiction

2. July 2008 by admin.

A Surry county doctor will be incarcerated for 21 days after pleading guilty to DUI with two minor children in the automobile.

http://www.mtairynews.com/articles/2008/07/02/news/local_news/local05.txt

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Harrisonburg VA extradites DUI driver to give her 15 days in jail and $100 fine

2. July 2008 by admin.

Harrisonburg law enforcement extradited a South Carolina resident from South Carolina to find her guilty of DUI first in Harrisonburg. Jane Ellen Pikaytis, 48, of Tega Cay, SC, was arrested for driving 25 miles per hour down the middle of Interstate 81. She was eventually stopped by veteran Virginia State Trooper Gordon Scott Cooper.

While most people think drunk drivers exceed the speed limit, actually most impaired drivers are stopped for driving too slowly.

Ms. Pikaytis registered a .33 on Intoxilyzer 5000, SN 001998 at the Rockingham County VA jail. SN 001998 is scheduled to be replaced this year by Virginia’s new breath tester the EC/IR II. SN 001998 is well past its intended work life expectancy as parts are no longer being made by the manufacturer for this model Intoxilyzer. This machine is still working only through jury rigged parts intended for a cassette player.

Virginia in internal documents has labeled its Intoxilyzers as “dated, unstable and unreliable.” Ms. Pikaytis is probably guilty but Virginia’s decision to use a dated, unstable and unreliable device calls any reading into question.

Pikaytis was apparently on a cross county trip of self destruction having a pending DUI in NY.

Two deputies traveled to SC to pick her up and bring her back. We do not know how many thousands of dollars in law enforcement time was spent on this extradition. In the end, Pikaytis lost her license for one year, got a fine and spent 15 days in jail. If Pikaytis had been tried in her absence she would have lost her license for one year, got a fine and had at least 60 days of jail time waiting on her if she ever came back to Virginia. In a time of $4.00 gas, you decided if our local tax dollars were well spent to put a drunk driver with probable emotional problems in jail for 15 days.

It reminds me of the old saying, “If you think that you are good with a hammer, you see every problem as a nail.”

http://www.rocktownweekly.com/news_details.php?AID=29633&CHID=1

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Innocent Woman believes truth will set her free–she was wrong

2. July 2008 by admin.

This is an interesting story about how a young female law student attempted to free a then 29 year old convicted murder; a murder the 29 year old did not commit. There are alot of morals to this story: the truth will not set you free; dont believe in the system to give you justice; if you have to plead guilty to a crime you did not commit to avoid a life in prison do so; don’t hang around with criminals.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401155_pf.html

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Virginia generates more money by state police reckless driving push

2. July 2008 by admin.

Virgnia state police launch a state wide money hunt for drivers exceeding the 65 mph speed limit. No mention is made of the fact that these interstates were designated for 80 mph in the 1950s and 1960s when automobiles were alot more dangerous. Improvements in brakes, suspension, handling, tires and other features make modern vehicles far superior to cars 50 or 60 years ago. As Virginia proved with the civil remedial fees it is a money grab disguised as a safety issue.

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/06/state-police-issue-nearly-2000-speeding-tickets-i95

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