By adamg on Mon., 3/10/2025 - 1:25 pm
Transit Police report a woman drove her Acura into the Fields Corner busway, then fell asleep, her car blocking a bus lane, around 9 a.m. on Sunday.
When TPD woke her, they suspected inebriation. Driver eventually arrested for OUI & possession of drugs. Vehicle towed from scene.
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Nodding off
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 03/11/2025 - 2:14pm
I once saw a guy in a car near the boat club behind Assembly Square. Engine running, blocking the entrance to the boat club and pulled haphazardly up onto the ramp from the sidewalk, blocking it. It didn't even look intentional in any meaningful way and it made zero sense as there was plenty of parking around. I knocked on the window several times because the situation was so odd and he didn't even seem to be breathing. No response - he was out cold, so I called 911. When the EMTs got there, the sirens managed to stir him a little - at least he was alive. The cops were taking my statement when the narcan came out and he really woke up, disoriented, and threw up. I don't usually wake people sleeping in their cars but this one - like the woman in the story - made zero sense. Had he been parked in the nearby parking area I wouldn't have noticed.
pro tip
By deselby
Tue, 03/11/2025 - 12:21am
if you're in this situation, resting in a parked car, take the keys out of the ignition. Having the keys in the ignition while sitting in a parked car is evidence of "operating." If you have a keyless RFID ignition, stash them in nearby bushes or something.
Not sitting in the driver's seat also helps. Laying in back seat with keys out of the ignition is best.
Evidence of intention
By Anonymous
Tue, 03/11/2025 - 11:12am
Most vehicles these days don't have keyed ignitions. Sitting in the passenger seat does show intent was to nap, not drive.
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