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Creative trail use fail

AdironRider

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Ya,I want to see AR defend this guy now being on unautharized property and dui.

Relax numbnuts, you're never going to hear defense from me on a guy rolling around that blasted. But I wonder if he'll be charged as he wasn't on actual roads. Which is unfortunate, because he deserves to be.
 

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Relax numbnuts, you're never going to hear defense from me on a guy rolling around that blasted. But I wonder if he'll be charged as he wasn't on actual roads. Which is unfortunate, because he deserves to be.

I sure hope he is charged to fullest extent.

I think he would be charged. He was trespassing, and the incident has gotten a decent amount of press. I know of people that have received DUI's for just being in their cars(sleeping, not driving) in a parking lot.
 

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I sure hope he is charged to fullest extent.

I think he would be charged. He was trespassing, and the incident has gotten a decent amount of press. I know of people that have received DUI's for just being in their cars(sleeping, not driving) in a parking lot.

Just because he was trespassing doesn't mean you can charge him with whatever the hell you want. If he wants to be a douche, he could probably sue MTN Creek for "allowing" access to the area. Note the quotes. The DUI thing is scary for precedent, because even though he deserves it that means pretty much everyone mowing their lawn on a Saturday could end up with DUI's. He wasn't on public roads (unlike a parking lot with assumedly easy access) Again, this guy deserves it, but no one should be trumping up charges just because it makes you feel better.
 

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Just because he was trespassing doesn't mean you can charge him with whatever the hell you want. If he wants to be a douche, he could probably sue MTN Creek for "allowing" access to the area. Note the quotes. The DUI thing is scary for precedent, because even though he deserves it that means pretty much everyone mowing their lawn on a Saturday could end up with DUI's. He wasn't on public roads (unlike a parking lot with assumedly easy access) Again, this guy deserves it, but no one should be trumping up charges just because it makes you feel better.

DUI checkpoint on your front lawn isn't going to happen.
 

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DUI checkpoint on your front lawn isn't going to happen.

Funny story, whe n I was exhausted after hard 12 hours day, I was driving home sober and was pulled over on my MJ dealer house and told I must be drunk. I laughed as I failed the walk because of my tiredness and kept asking for a breathizler which they didn't give me. I told them they could call by boss and he can confirm that I just got out of work. They didn't and told me they knew I was on something which I wasn't and they said it was my lucky day. When I got home I smoke some MJ.
 

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But they can and will if precedent is set. You think DUI's checkpoints are solely to prevent drunk driving and for no other purpose.....?

Anytime they pull over their looking for lots more then that, I know one of my roommates used to be a police officer. Now he going back to school for his PHD.:):):):thumbup::thumbup:;);):cool::cool::beer:
 

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I like to offroad myself, and this is just part of the game. Doesn't make anyone an idiot. This is no different than someone calling you an idiot because you blew out your knee skiing, or worse, you take your child skiing and they get hurt.
This is just part of the game according to you numbnuts.This is no different than taking your child skiing and they get hurt.Ya right.We all know who the numbnut is on this thread.
 
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This is just part of the game according to you numbnuts.This is no different than taking your child skiing and they get hurt.Ya right.We all know who the numbnut is on this thread.

Clearly you cant follow a conversation because once it came out the guy was shitfaced, I agree hes a moron.
 

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Ok, you do realize you can die skiing green runs right. Or that the majority of ski related deaths occur on groomed intermediate runs. Nevermind, more than a few 5 year olds can, will, and do ski runs like Corbets. A good friend of mines kid just did it this year. Also, its probably more dangerous driving your kids to school (due to distracted other drivers you have zero control over) than in a controlled environment with arguably the best off road vehicle available on the market today. I suppose all children should just be put in buffer padded balls, never swim in the ocean (want to talk real danger), or do anything other than play video games and do homework. Screw living, hurry up and get on with it in the virtual world. Accidents can and do happen, doesn't make someone an idiot.

Generally you take your skill level and correspond it to the risk at hand and make a decision that applies to yourself.

I have to agree this doesn't sound like a real smart idea with a 6 year old in the car, but I don't know the entire story.
 

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Detective charged with drunk driving down Sussex County ski slope
"...Police issued a driving while intoxicated summons to 39-year-old Michael Fertitta weeks after he was charged with child endangerment and assault with a vehicle....Fertitta has pleaded not guilty and is suspended with pay from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office...."
http://www.nj.com/sussex-county/ind...ex_county_ski_wreck.html#incart_river_default

More:
"...Fertitta faces up to 10 years in prison on the child endangerment charge, and up to 18 months on each count of assault by auto, the prosecutor's office said previously, though neither would require a prison sentence. Fertitta's wife, 43-year-old Kelly Fertitta, also was charged May 14 with endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree...."
http://www.njherald.com/story/22472337/2013/05/31/dwi-charges-filed-in-ski-trail-crash
 
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Detective charged with drunk driving down Sussex County ski slope
...Police issued a driving while intoxicated summons to 39-year-old Michael Fertitta weeks after he was charged with child endangerment and assault with a vehicle....Fertitta has pleaded not guilty and is suspended with pay from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office....
http://www.nj.com/sussex-county/ind...ex_county_ski_wreck.html#incart_river_default


So the guy is a law enforcement officer. This story gets better and better with time...
 

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"...Fertitta faces up to 10 years in prison on the child endangerment charge, and up to 18 months on each count of assault by auto, the prosecutor's office said..."

Follow up:

Former Passaic County detective gets probation in ski slope accident
http://www.nj.com/sussex-county/ind...ive_gets_probation_in_ski_slope_accident.html

Two years probation, loss of job, and barred from future public employment in NJ (he moved to Louisiana).

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