Here in Florida, a driver can stay seated in his car, close his window upon approach by an officer, slap his license up against the closed window and tell the officer he requests his lawyer. By the time the lawyer gets there, the alcohol blood level has a chance to settle down and the case begins to die. I'm hoping most drunks don't know this or they're too drunk to figure it out at the time. We had an accident out here around a year ago where a guy was walking on the sidewalk along the beach. A drunk driver ran him down. The side walk for God's sake. We do have our share down here and they are by far the biggest danger to cyclists and pedestrians alike. Then there was another drunk who ran down a woman and her infant child in the stroller as they walked along the Blue Heron Bridge. How terribly sad. That guy is thankfully behind bars for a long time.

Kathy