Drunk while sitting in your car .husband just asked me and i dont know the answer.?

Question

if u are sitting in ur are drunk with the keys but no engin running can u been done for it.dont know how thw question came up but interested to know the answer

Answer 1

[note to Pami:  the heater doesn't work unless the car's running -- your boyfriend lied to you]

Answer 2

yep you are in control of the vehicle once your behind the wheel

Answer 3

You don't even have to be in the car! People have been successfully prosecuted for walking to the car while they were drunk. Apparently, the "intent to drive" is all that is needed for a conviction.

Answer 4

i believe that you can be arrested for this

Answer 5

Yes that true if the keys are in the ignition its an offence.

Answer 6

In the UK, it's an offence: People have been convicted for sleeping off a night on the beer in their car, because you have the keys in your posession.

In a noteable case from a few years ago, a man shut his keys in the boot before sleeping in the car for the night, just in case of this eventuality; he was caught by a passing police officer, and lost his license.

Answer 7

Yes. You would only be in the car with intention to drive. You would get done.

Answer 8

yeah if keys are in the ignition its drink driving.

Answer 9

I believe you can.

The vehicle is in your care, custody and control.

Answer 10

you will be prosecuted

Answer 11

Yes you can....they have to believe you intended to or have driven the car. get out!!!

Answer 12

Yes you can be done if you have the keys.  they dont have to be in ignition.   (ireland)

Answer 13

Yes if sat in the car.Even if the car is in your own drive way.

Answer 14

Were you drunk when you wrote this? Idk about where you live, but in PA it's illegal to be physically behind the wheel at all while intoxicated...

Answer 15

Yes, I am afraid so, it's called being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle.

The only way an offence would not be committed is you did not have access to the keys at all and the keys were not in your possession, therefor there was no possibility that the vehicle could be driven

Answer 16

yrs,its an offence in the UK,because if an officer caught you sleeping it off,regardless of where you put the keys,what`s to say you won`t drive off later,after he`s gone???

Answer 17

Yes you can, in the UK anyway, you can be done for being drunk whilst in control of a vehicle. the fact you have the keys shows it was likely that you were about to drive the car

Answer 18

It's called "care and control", even if the keys are in your pocket or anywhere in the car or on the ground around the car, you will be charged and convicted.

Answer 19

yes you are deemed to be in charge if you are sat in the car with keys in your possesion

Answer 20

Yes you can, because it can be argued that you probably intended to drive or had already driven the car.

Answer 21

Yes  its an offence  

you could be going for a drive

drunk while in charge of a motor vehicle  

even if the keys are in your pocket or on the floor

Answer 22

yep coz you are in possession

Answer 23

Well I didn't think you would be. But a friend of mine was actually done for it.

He had drove to the bar, got pissed, came out and fell asleep in his van.

Police knocked him awake and charged him for being intoxicated while in charge of a vehicle even though he wasn't driving it.

Doesn't make sense.

Answer 24

The drunken party should not be at the wheel, or have possesion of the keys.  He can sit in the back with the keys hidden in the car, to sleep it off.  If the police ask him where the keys are, tell them your wife/friend has them.

Answer 25

plz don't drink and drive!

Answer 26

yes you will get done the police will think that you are going to drive off and crash into to some think or hurt some one because you are intoxicated and the fact that you just driven some where strick law no drink driving  thats what thery are trying to get across my friend got done this whey drove on his way home  relize that he was to drunk pulled over to sleep left  his keys in the car police pulled over to see what was going on why the car was parked there woke him and he was intoxicated done. had been  trying to drive while intoxicated.