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Omaha Steve

(99,659 posts) Mon Feb 2, 2015, 11:53 AM Feb 2015

Norfolk, NE man arrested in 5th DUI case

Alcohol is a disease. Driving is a privilege. He should lose this privilege!

http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/norfolk-man-arrested-in-th-dui-case/article_41b37f0a-aaf0-11e4-9875-eba2d8151d7c.html

POSTED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015 9:29 AM
By Jay Withrow / World-Herald staff writer

A 37-year-old Norfolk, Nebraska, man was arrested early Saturday in connection with his fifth driving-under-the-influence case.

Norfolk police said Travis Lauridsen was arrested around 2:05 a.m. during a traffic stop after he passed through a stop sign at Fifth Street and Omaha Avenue.

An officer could smell the odor of alcohol coming from Lauridsen, who was asked to perform a field sobriety test and submit to a preliminary breath test.

FULL short story at link.

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Norfolk, NE man arrested in 5th DUI case (Original Post) Omaha Steve Feb 2015 OP

This is why mandatory ignition interlocks are a good thing (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Feb 2015 #1

Is there something significant that makes this fodder for a GD discussion? Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #2

Well I waited to see what others had to say Omaha Steve Feb 2015 #3

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

1. This is why mandatory ignition interlocks are a good thing (n/t)

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2015, 11:56 AM

Feb 2015

Ms. Toad

(34,074 posts)

2. Is there something significant that makes this fodder for a GD discussion?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2015, 12:06 PM

Feb 2015

Just curious since I find 19 similar stories (5th - 8th DUI arrest) on the front page of google searchs, more than half of them from within the last month.

It is, unfortunately, an all too common occurrence.

Omaha Steve

(99,659 posts)

3. Well I waited to see what others had to say

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 2, 2015, 09:03 PM

Feb 2015

156 DUers clicked on the OP to read this story. That means they were interested from the title.

We don't have a Mothers Against Drunk Drivers Forum or Group. It's not the lighter material usually found in the The DU Lounge.

Perhaps you might think of these as PSAs. Public Service Announcement. It might remind a DUer the car driving erratically in front of them might be drunk, not just texting or talking. Or that drunk driving happens 24 x 7. Drive defensively.

There is always the hundreds that didn't click on the story because it wasn't for them. Maybe next time you see drunk driver for the subject, like those other hundreds you just won't click.

I wouldn't be upset if you put me on ignore either. That would be easier than wondering why I bother to get on the DU some days.

Regards,

OS

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