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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / January 2005Jailed for Meniere's Disease
I was jailed recently for DWI with 0.00 BAC. I think this is a case of false arrest or at least an opportunity to point out that the City of Austin needs better training of their officers. Is there any group that might be interested in helping me and others avoid such arrest, particularly in Texas? Details of my experience are here: http://www.DanielNorton.net/dwi Thanks. -- Daniel That is quite a story. Did you write it to the local newspaper? Balance is one of the police bag of tricks. Unfortunately with age our balance gets worse. I have proved this to my satisfaction. But when I found out how bad I did on a balance test (in the chiropractor office) I went home and did something about it. I started walking around the table - hanging on to the chairs - walking heel to toe I believe is the term. The immediate thing I found out was how hard my feet had to work to keep upright. That is a muscle that gets very little use. No wonder the elderly are always falling over. With age all the muscles get worse. Did you get the legal thing sorted out? Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ >I was jailed recently for DWI with 0.00 BAC. I think this is a case of >false arrest or at least an opportunity to point out that the City of [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Thanks. I submitted it to a local weekly, but they apparently weren't interested. I still have to report to the county court administrator's office every few weeks, else forfeit a $1,500 bond. And I'll have to keep reporting until the city is ready to file with the county, which, as far as I can tell may be never. Why should they? They don't have a bond forcing them to keep showing up. I just found the Texas Civil Rights Project (www.texascivilrightsproject.org) and sent them an E-mail. Maybe they'll have some ideas. Regards, Daniel Daniel, Did you hire a good defense attorney? Is sounds like you were trying to clear this up by yourself. Not a good idea. The judicial system is a minefield from the inexperienced. >I submitted it to a local weekly, but they apparently weren't > interested. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Regards, > Daniel I don't intend to represent myself but I also don't intend to pay $1,500 to an attorney for a case that hasn't been scheduled and that is likely to be dropped. -- Daniel >I was jailed recently for DWI with 0.00 BAC. I think this is a case of > false arrest or at least an opportunity to point out that the City of [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > Daniel Daniel, I have some pointed questions to ask you. Why were you stopped on suspicion that you had been drinking. Was your car weaving? Were you driving erratically? What exactly caused the officer(s) to pull you over and test you for DWI? HNG Good questions all, HNG, but they're all answered in the details at the link I listed at the top of the thread (http://danielnorton.com/dwi). The officer claimed that I was going 50 in a 35 (it's possible, though I don't generally go faster than the prevailing traffic). Then the officer said that he smelled "the presence of alcohol" (extremely unlikely, given a BAC of 0.00). No, no weaving or otherwise out of control and the officers didn't mention that they saw such. I certainly didn't need any help (and they offered none) getting in and out of the police car while wearing handcuffs, so I really wasn't particularly dizzy and certainly was not experiencing vertigo. -- Daniel > Good questions all, HNG, but they're all answered in the details at the > link I listed at the top of the thread (http://danielnorton.com/dwi). [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > Daniel Sorry but I missed the link that you cited. My concern and probably the concern of others is that someone who is actively imbalanced/dizzy drives a car, and so endangers him/herself or others. That person, like someone who is experiencing seizures and isn't allowed to drive, has no business whatsoever behind the wheel. Thanks for the clarification. HNG The argument that dizziness, ipso facto, makes a person unable to drive safely is perhaps for another thread. My complaint with the APD officers involved was for the DWI arrest, which (in Texas) would have required a reasonable suspicion of being under the influence of drugs (alcohol having been ruled out by breath analysis). -- Daniel |
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