I'm pretty much with you on this, excepting the most charitable reading of the facts would be he'd taken the drugs before, just never together and the combo caught him unawares.I'm somewhere between you and BigMike. On one hand, I believe a public figure like TW is entitled to have public judgments of his behavior be based on the correct facts, so I have no problem with him correcting the record. (I assume it's true that he wasn't drinking; if it's not, that will likely come out.) On the other hand, I don't buy his b.s. excuse about an unexpected reaction. Even in the most charitable reading of the facts, he took a new drug and drove without knowing how it would affect him; in my mind, that's no less blameworthy than drinking and driving.
Do they still do they alphabet backwards thing? I couldn't do that sober. I'm trying right now and other than a couple groupings it's a mess.Dude clearly holds himself to a different standard. While most roadside sobriety tests hinge on saying the alphabet backwards, he insists that he must sing the national anthem backwards. With goals like this, he's a shoo in for a few more majors once his back lets him do that twisty thing he needs to do to crank out 300+ yd drives.
I already believed that was designed to get you to admit you couldn't do that sober. Or make an attempt so bad you look drunk.Do they still do they alphabet backwards thing? I couldn't do that sober. I'm trying right now and other than a couple groupings it's a mess.
I actually learned it to the regular tune of the ABC song. Thankfully I have never had to use it for a DUII already believed that was designed to get you to admit you couldn't do that sober. Or make an attempt so bad you look drunk.
If ever asked I would just say that's impossible as I've only ever learned forwards and anyone who can do it is a Mensa or clearly practicing to beat a DUI.
A lot of idle time sitting around in the dorm drinking led to learning how to do the alphabet backwards. It was 30 years ago and I have thankfully never had the opportunity to put it to use although I can still do it.I already believed that was designed to get you to admit you couldn't do that sober. Or make an attempt so bad you look drunk.
If ever asked I would just say that's impossible as I've only ever learned forwards and anyone who can do it is a Mensa or clearly practicing to beat a DUI.
I have no idea. I have to stop, go through a grouping forward and then spit them out backwards. Anyone who can do it without breaks has a photographic memory and is literally looking at it in their mind and reading it backwards, or they've practiced.Do they still do they alphabet backwards thing? I couldn't do that sober. I'm trying right now and other than a couple groupings it's a mess.
No, that's a myth. at least in the 19 years that I've been in LE. This video explains it well.Do they still do they alphabet backwards thing?
All field exercises are somewhat bogus, but the alphabet test has never been endorsed by NHTSA. As a diagnostic it's a joke, and I very much doubt it would be admissible in court.I already believed that was designed to get you to admit you couldn't do that sober. Or make an attempt so bad you look drunk.
If ever asked I would just say that's impossible as I've only ever learned forwards and anyone who can do it is a Mensa or clearly practicing to beat a DUI.
That video is horrifying.No, that's a myth. at least in the 19 years that I've been in LE. This video explains it well.
Lipstick on a pig. Holy crap did Tiger not age well or what. He looks 50+ years old in that photo.Toucher and Rich pointed out this morning that ESPN did their best to pretty up the mug shot.
You can blow out a tire if you hit a curb while turning. I know because it happened to me parallel parking over a decade ago. But rim damage and bumper damage is a different story.Damage to vehicle making its way around the internet now. Here's the police report
Tire's on drivers side flat, rim, and bumper damage. Sounds like he must have hit or run over a curb or something. But if he blew out his tires, chances are he wasn't moving slow.
No one is telling you that breaks aren't allowed. Just do it slowly and you'll be fine.I have no idea. I have to stop, go through a grouping forward and then spit them out backwards. Anyone who can do it without breaks has a photographic memory and is literally looking at it in their mind and reading it backwards, or they've practiced.
Just coming here to see if anyone posted this. Ambien and sleep driving has been documented. For example: http://www.nhcriminaldefense.com/auto_accident_injury.htmlIt's possible also that Tiger took the medications, went to bed, and esp. with Ambien went into a sleepwalking or in this case, potentially a sleepdriving state. It's a documented phenomenon.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762721/
Ambien's a fascinating and kind of crazy drug.
Wait your wife let you sleep-drive for several miles? WTF?I was put on an anxiety drug at one time that could cause sleep walking. First issue was I woke up in the middle of the night, showered and got ready for work then went back to bed. Second time I got up on a Saturday (late) got ready (my wife let it play out because it scared her) fast and made it a few miles down the road when my conscience mind figured out 'where is the fucking traffic? ' this shit happens.
Oh hell yeah. Arnie lived the lifeFor golf fans, Jack was different, but if you don't think Arnie was doing/did this kinda stuff and more you are absolutely deluding yourself.
I was put on an anxiety drug at one time that could cause sleep walking. First issue was I woke up in the middle of the night, showered and got ready for work then went back to bed. Second time I got up on a Saturday (late) got ready (my wife let it play out because it scared her) fast and made it a few miles down the road when my conscience mind figured out 'where is the fucking traffic? ' this shit happens.
Um, yeah, can we go back to this?Wait your wife let you sleep-drive for several miles? WTF?
For golf fans, Jack was different, but if you don't think Arnie was doing/did this kinda stuff and more you are absolutely deluding yourself.
He did? Literally nothing comes up on Google.Oh hell yeah. Arnie lived the life
Based on conversations with connected locals the one time I took in Augusta -- they both did, at least during Masters week.He did? Literally nothing comes up on Google.
Attorney Kevin Hayslett needs some new hand motions. And a better fitting suit.That video is horrifying.
In fairness, we have no idea how much life insurance Detts has.Wait your wife let you sleep-drive for several miles? WTF?
He took them off while the officers were there.That's pretty bad. I wonder if the bare feet lend at all towards the sleep driving theory. Not in a legal sense, obviously, but just towards an explanation at what he was doing out at 2 am, with no booze in his system and being that messed up.
It was Matt Every who got popped for weed and said there's a lot more skeletons on tour than just that and it caused a big uproar.Isn't substance use/abuse still a closely guarded tour secret? Alcohol, cocaine, you name it...
I vaguely recall a post-round interview got cut short a few years ago when one of tour broadcast regulars prodded a player coming back from a DUI or at least something drinking related... anyway, the player, somewhat annoyed that it was brought up, mentioned cocaine use by fellow players. There was a very quick cut back to the action on the course...
Anyway, if Tiger was and is a pill popper he's only one of many pro golfers with issues.
It's being reported that he was on Xanax, Vicodin PLUS Dilauded, Ambien and THC. That's not a mixup, that's a full blown junky.Yes, a doctor could hypothetically prescribe both, with the obvious caveat of telling him not to mix them at the same time. Or it could have been an ortho and a psychiatrist or a PCP prescribing each separately. But he can legally get them. I can attest, I've had Alprazolam (generic Xanax) and Vicodin prescriptions written at a single doctors visit (granted in most likely lower dosage than he had) with distinct and explicit directions of how they interact and how they should be taken if both were needed at the same time. And that was at an urgent care. I'm guessing Tiger has better doctors than I do.
My assumption - and it's purely speculative - is that he likely was on xanax for help sleeping (we know he had an Ambien fix before, benzos are often used as another method is insomnia is expected to be caused by anxiety as opposed to other factors) and pain pills for his back and or knee and likely just mixed up his dosage or schedule and they interacted to result in what we got. Or he was having trouble sleeping and took an extra one of the two and he's probably on large dosages of both, since you develop tolerance to both, so it went haywire.