Is "Drink, Drive Go to Jail" Really The Law?
If you were not a DWI attorney in Texas you would think that "Drink, drive, go to jail" is the law in Texas. The reason must people think this is probably due to the signs that display the propaganda are owned by the State of Texas. What makes in worse is that the State uses the same displays that are used to find lost children or announce traffic jams on the highway. This is a blatant attempt to scare the citizens of Texas. It is irresponsible that the government does this to the general public. Moreover, it illustrates what police officer's are really thinking when they pull someone over. They have the mentality if they someone has been drinking they are going to jail no matter what the subjective field sobriety tests show. I want to be clear that this is NOT THE LAW IN TEXAS. There are only three ways to be arrested for driving while intoxicated in Texas are as follow: (1) loss of your normal mental faculties; (2) loss of your normal physical faculties; or (3) having a blood alcohol level of 0.08. The government should properly inform the public regarding the law instead of scaring them into abstinence.