I don't think you understand. If you are legally drunk - blow a .08 on the test - you can get a public intoxication charge. It is that simple.

All that takes is living out of town and walking down the main route to your house and someone stopping and smelling alcohol.

It is great to put that theoretical thing in place. But people do, occasionally, mess up. I rarely went to bars because of transportation - others, not so much. Alcohol impairs judgement as, and if the options aren't there and easy to use, it is more likely that folks will drive drunk.

The law in Indiana was adjusted in 2012.

http://sftlawyers.com/new-indiana-public-intoxication-law-go...

Cool. Been living out of the country for a few years, didn't know that :D Thanks muchly. I was always hopeful that my walking home wasn't interrupted by cops and took alternate routes at times. This should have been the case years ago.

Look, honestly most cops have better things to do than arrest a person walking home from a bar and not bothering anyone. Yeah public intoxication is a thing and there are a few dick cops who will, but for the most part you don't have to worry about it. The cops around here don't arrest for public intox or even weed possession anymore because they know it will get bargained down to a fine and maybe court supervision (though if you are causing other problems or being an asshole they might). This is firsthand from a local cop. They just have a lot more serious things to worry about.

"If you're so drunk that you'd get pulled over as a pedestrian, then you most certainly should not be driving."

Or you could just be walking while black (or hispanic, etc.).

Are you really blaming racism for DUIs?

No, I'm saying that you don't have to be visibly drunk to be stopped by police, especially if you're a minority.

I think he's blaming racism for public intox.