Bradford motorcyclist's ruse fails to foil DUI

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Bradford motorcyclist's ruse fails to foil DUI
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

An early Monday morning anonymous tip
reporting a man talking to himself on Chase
Hollow Road in Bradford led police to charge
Bradford resident Shawn Pape, 39, with driving
under the influence -- the man's fourth.

Pape, partially pinned under the rear wheel of
his motorcycle, deflected officers' questions by
pretending to be asleep on his bike's gas tank,
according to a statement released by Vermont
State Police on Tuesday.

Pape refused field sobriety tests, but technicians
at the Bradford barracks later that evening
determined his blood alcohol content to be 0.209
percent (0.08 percent is the legal limit), the
statement continued.

Officers escorted Pape to the Northeast Regional
Correctional Center in St. Johnsbury for lack of a
$5,000 bail, police said


http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/a...ls-to-foil-DUI

[NobodySpecific]

Pape, partially pinned under the rear wheel of
his motorcycle, deflected officers' questions by
pretending to be asleep on his bike's gas tank,
according to a statement released by Vermont
State Police on Tuesday.

How does that even work I think I need a diagram to explain how you could be "partially pinned" under the rear tire yet still able to fake (or at least attempt to) sleeping on the gas tank. This guy was hammered.

[ɹǝʍoןandɹǝʍoן]

what a freaking idiot, i mean come on 4! isn't 5 life loss of license

[yesterdayze]

wow, what a moron.

[Stegosaurous]

what a freaking idiot, i mean come on 4! isn't 5 life loss of license

There is a guy in VT who last year about this time got his 16th DUI. VT sucks for enforcing DUI laws... i'll stop my rant there.

[Slyder]

I can damn near hit that guys parents house from here with a baseball. Reading the above isn't really surprising considering he's had other run ins with the law and was on house arrest for a long time. Then the local sheriff started doing his drug addicted ex-wive.

G'damn I LOVE these small towns in VT

[DucDave]

Cheesh...can't a guy take a little nap without getting harrassed by the popo?

[TIMMYDUCK]

what a freaking idiot, i mean come on 4! isn't 5 life loss of license

3rd DWI in VT gets you loss of license for Life which = 3 years of proven sobriety to get it back.

[SSearchVT]

He must be a seasoned drinker - 0.209 and still able to get the bike off the kick stand, let alone his leg over it!!! They'd find me passed out in the parking lot.

Unfortunately - 4 DUI's isn't really that impressive in VT anymore. They have tried confiscating the cars - they just drive junk that they don't care about losing. License suspension - kind of hard to take something you've already lost. Raise the insurance - they just drive without it. Prison time - A decent lawyer can keep this from happening...

[soloithtz]

Drinking and riding is bad news, too many cops on the road to risk it

[jcbell1007]

Drinking and riding is bad news, too many cops on the road to risk it

how about its not a good idea period.

[mzdagrl]

How does that even work I think I need a diagram to explain how you could be "partially pinned" under the rear tire yet still able to fake (or at least attempt to) sleeping on the gas tank. This guy was hammered.

I thought the same thing. Anyone? I need a picture.....

[snwbrdr435]

Drinking and riding is bad news, too many cops on the road to risk it

how about its not a good idea period.

Just look at his avatar......

[markbvt]

Just look at his avatar......

Is that supposed to imply that it influences his opinion of whether or not drinking and riding is a bad idea? Because I'm pretty sure most intelligent people would agree that it's a fucking stupid thing to do regardless of what they do for a living.

--mark

[yesterdayze]

Drinking and riding is bad news, too many cops on the road to risk it

Try to many other people to risk picking that as your method of removing your stupid ass from the gene pool. I hope you were kidding cause otherwise that is a really stupid fucking comment to make.

[obsolete]

He must be a seasoned drinker - 0.209 and still able to get the bike off the kick stand, let alone his leg over it!!! They'd find me passed out in the parking lot.

.209 is drunk but not that passed out in a parking lot drunk. Had a pocket breathalyzer and blew a mid to low .2 and was drunk but no where near falling over wrecked and I am not a heavy weight drinker.

Is that supposed to imply that it influences his opinion of whether or not drinking and riding is a bad idea? Because I'm pretty sure most intelligent people would agree that it's a fucking stupid thing to do regardless of what they do for a living.

--mark

I think he was commenting on the stretched out GSXR.

[markbvt]

I think he was commenting on the stretched out GSXR.

Ah, maybe true, I was thinking he was talking about jcbell's avatar.

--mark