CRIME DUI Suspect Drives Off With Fuel Hose in Tank

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DUI suspect drives off with fuel hose in tank

Posted: Dec. 2 4:51 p.m.

RENO, Nev. — The Nevada Highway Patrol says a drunken driving suspect in Reno was gassed in more ways than one. A 40-year-old Reno woman was arrested early Tuesday after an ambulance crew saw her driving on U.S. Highway 395 with a fuel hose and nozzle sticking out of her gas tank.

Patrol spokesman Chuck Allen said the crew tried to signal the woman after they spotted the unusual appendage to her green Subaru wagon about 4:30 a.m. but couldn't get her attention.

He said the crew eventually initiated a traffic stop and radioed the state troopers. Upon their arrival, the woman failed a sobriety test and was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence.

Allen said they are still trying to find the service station that is missing the nozzle and about 6 feet of fuel hose.

Years ago, while stopped at a red light I watched as a guy drove away from the pump with the nozzle still in the filler tube. He got about ten feet before realizing his mistake. He wasn't drunk. He was on his cellphone.

This is not unusual, it happens about once a month where I work. Distracted people.

Myth Busters did a segment on whether or not talking on a cell phone was more or less dangerous than driving drunk. The result was that using a cell phone was DEMONSTRABLY WORSE than driving drunk (at the legal limit of .08)