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Florida woman arrested for driving golf cart on highway while drunk, police say

Woman faces misdemeanor charges after truck driver used own vehicle to steer golf cart to shoulder


A woman with an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in a bag was arrested for driving a golf cart on Florida’s busiest interstate while drunk, according to an arrest report.

The 58-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday night on the shoulder of Interstate 95. She is now facing misdemeanor charges of disorderly intoxication in a public place and resisting an officer without violence.

According to a Florida highway patrol report, a semi-truck driver spotted the woman driving in the golf cart in the center lane of Interstate 95 in Brevard county, which is the heart of Florida’s Space Coast.

The truck driver said she “observed the driver of the golf cart passing out while driving”, the report said.

The truck driver used her semi to steer the golf cart to the shoulder of the interstate, troopers said.

Once on the shoulder, the truck driver grabbed the keys to the golf cart as the woman tried to drive away. Once troopers arrived at the scene, the woman started arguing with them and insisted she needed her bag. Inside the bag, troopers found an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire Whiskey, authorities said.

Interstate 95, which stretches up and down the east coast, is Florida’s busiest interstate highway, according to the Federal Highway Administration.
She went home to wrestle alligators with her Florida man life partner.

Seriously, you don’t see this every day. Could it happen anywhere else but Florida?

Big kudos to the semi driver who saved this woman’s life.
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Maybe she had been on the golf course and just knocked her ball out of bounds. Those golf balls aren't cheap, you know....

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How is this not a DUI? She was in a motorized vehicle and an extreme danger to herself and every driver on the road. And agreed that the truck driver saved the day.

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Long Run wrote:
Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:36 pm
How is this not a DUI? She was in a motorized vehicle and an extreme danger to herself and every driver on the road. And agreed that the truck driver saved the day.
The reporting is probably not correct - I think I got the story from DM so beware the details.

In any case, a DUI is a misdemeanor charge in many jurisdictions- at least a first offense. In Montana it was the first three offenses - however the slap on the wrist stung a wee bit harder each time.
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