3 months ago, my boyfriend and I were driving my car. I didn’t have insurance at the time, stupid I know. I learned my lesson and bought insurance the day after the accident. anyway, my boyfriend was driving and he has insurance, though now i learned it doesn’t make a difference because that only covers his car. some lady ran the red light and t boned my car. it was me and my boyfriends first accident so we didn’t know to tell people that saw it happen to give us their number as a witness. cop came, lady told him she had the green light. so it was considered a no fault because we both said we had green light. we stopped at the gas station that was on the intersection after, they said they have cameras and we got the tape, we have video proof she ran red light. we’ve been working with her insurance to prove she’s guilty and they keep drowning it out to be longer, like we have to send the video here, call back in a week, had to send it to a diff claims place, etc. it’s been 3 months we’ve been doing what they’ve told us. i lost my job because my car is undriveable and i could never find a way there. what kind of lawyer should i get? any advice about anything?
i’m in minnesota which is a no fault state…so that means i can’t do anything about it?

So a friend of my just got a DUI. After he told me the story I couldn’t stop laughing but it made me think.

He and another friend were at a party. My friend is 19 and his friend that was driving was 22. Long story short, they pull into a gas station so the 22yo can grab some smokes. While he’s in there, he leaves the car running and my friend in the passanger seat who is sleeping. A cop pulls into the gas station, wakes my friend up and gives him a breathalyzer. He blows a .12 and the cop give’s him a DUI.

The actual driver of the car comes back out, blows a .03 and doesn’t receive any ticket or citation.

Several questions:

1. How in the world can this be a reasonable search and seizure, he wasn’t making a scene or causing problems, for godsakes he was sleeping. Not sure why the cops even decided to bother him.
2. Since the security camera tapes will show he never got out of the car and that the 22yo was driving, how in the world can they give him a DUI?

This is in MN if it makes a difference. He’s going to talk to a lawyer today. Any questions comments concerns. Thanks!
The thing I’m reading also is that in MN the courts have to show that the person had the intent to drive. Since that’s clearly missing in this case I’m thinking he has a shot of getting out of this.
I know we’re splitting hairs here but it’s not illegal to leave the car running as long as a licensed driver is in the vehicle.

He had to go to work but hopefully sometime tonight I’ll get the info on what the lawyer said. I’m finding this fascinating (probably more so since its not me hahahahahah).

This is my story on what happened Saturday on through Sunday from which I received my first ever DWI. Saturday afternoon my roommate and I had plans to meet some friends at Jesters Pub and listen to a few of the live bands that were scheduled to play there. We all were having a good time, Jesters is a type of bar where we can let out a little aggression it has what they call a mosh pit where everyone runs jumps and pushes each other, a very fun atmosphere for a certain type of person great exercise as well. Well after a few rounds of “moshing” a few rounds of drinks I found myself back in the “mosh pit”. Next thing I remember is numerous amounts of people tackling me and the last thing I remember is losing consciousness when I came to I was outside with the bouncers telling me that I need to take my roommate to the hospital because he had hurt his arm. So being the nieve drunk that I apparently am, and still in a state of confusion/adrenalin I scooped him up and headed to the car. Once in the car my senses hit me I told him that I probably shouldn’t drive so we called a friend to meet us. Unfortunately we had to meet our designated driver 3-5 blocks down the road at a local gas station…This is where I made my mistake I agreed to take him to the gas station. Almost immediately after we pulled out of the bar’s parking lot I saw blue lights and proceeded to pull over. I told the officer my situation and was arrested for DWI. I now understand that I made the wrong decision and things could have been much much worse. I’m thankful that no one else was injured or killed. I’m currently thinking about my situation I live off post I take care of my 20 month daughter and my wife is in the army as well. I really don’t know what to do or how much trouble I’m really in. Looking for lawyers paying the courts doesn’t fit within my budget along with a mortgage, car payment, wife, and child.

I was rear-ended while stopped trying to turn into a gas station. My SUV was totaled and my neck and back injured.