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ArrowHead · Mar 23, 2006, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by andkeener

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Thu Mar 23, 9:57 AM ET

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.

The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.

Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkeness, Beck said.

The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.

"We feel that the only way we're going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this," she said.

"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."

She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.

Seriously, people can't even get drunk in a bar? What about the people that have designated drivers, do they get arrested too? Could there be a fine for this?

This just doesn't seem like a legit law to me.

It isn't at all legit. It's retarded.

A bar is a private establishment. Keep an eye on this story. The bar owners ought to really be kicking up a fuss over this.

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ArrowHead · Mar 23, 2006, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by Gechmir

The bar owners might have *agreed* to this, bear in mind.

Oh, then that's fine.

The way I saw it, it could be bad for business and can't be forced on them. It wasn't forced on them? That's fine.

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ArrowHead · Mar 23, 2006, 11:05 PM

Yes it's totally fair. DUI should be more accurately called "operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated".

Besides, he could have rolled over in his sleep and accidentally put the car in gear.

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ArrowHead · Mar 24, 2006, 07:55 PM

Okay, I heard a little more about this whole thing recently, and I have to say, somebody's screwing up.

Some people have been arrested for being drunk at a hotel bar when they have a room there!

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