Luke Duke arrested

[bad1032]

Tom Wopat( aka passenger) was arrested for drunk driving in Jersey, details on msn

[6pkrunner]

Bo not around to do the chauffeuring for him?

[Todd Wilson]

http://articles.news.aol.com/tv/article.adp?id=20060317114909990014&ncid=NWS00010000000001

[Crazy Larry]

...abd he was driving a FORD!!!! 


what a turn coat - 

[Dale The Bold]

...abd he was driving a FORD!!!! 

So that's how they determined he was drunk.

[hemihead]

LMAO

[Telvis]

That's what happens when a country boy goes to the big city!

[Daytona R/T SE]

Guess he was on his way back from still site __  (fill in the appropriate still site number of your choice)

[General_01]

"Been in trouble with the law since the day they was born"

[694spdRT]

Somewhere I read he has been driving that same Ford Bronco for many many years. I see the General Lee got a mention too.

[tan top]

...abd he was driving a FORD!!!! 

So that's how they determined he was drunk.

[greenpigs]

At least no one was hurt + his carrer has been so-so ever since the DOH went off the air.

[tipopiola]

Was he arrested by Rosco, Enos, Boss Hog, and Flash?  Tipopiola

[Mike DC]

his carrer has been so-so ever since the DOH went off the air

He didn't lose his career so much as stop wanting it.

He saved almost all his money year after year while "Dukes" was big, and now he likes to do Broadway plays & stuff better than TV.  He's gotten a few decent TV jobs over the years since Dukes, but he usually gets bored & quits them after a few months.
         

[The Ghoul]

his missfortuine would have been alot funnier if he tried to run 

[The Ghoul]

never mind its funnier now that I actully read it.
"Tom Wopat nearly struck a police car sent to an accident. "
so i guess thats why bo rarley let him drive

[hemihead]

Hey DOH fans, isn't that a wonderful role model for your children?

[The Ghoul]

Hey DOH fans, isn't that a wonderful role model for your children?

Yeah!
so insted of encouringing your kids to watch DOH tell them to watch pee wee's play house. Listen to jessica simpson music. and take jessy jackson as a role model.
People make mistakes, dosent mean they are bad people or that there body of work that teaches good values should be discredited because of that.
All it means is there human.
And are prime for making fun of for that.
its like when the queen of perfect martha stuart got busted for insider info... Of corse here trader is going to tip her off on some stuff... thats why she was working with him... Its just a sence of justification to see her get nailed for something.

[blackcharger]

At least no one was hurt + his carrer has been so-so ever since the DOH went off the air.

Tom Wopat's Broadway career has been VERY sucessfull.
Dave

[NHCharger]

Hey DOH fans, isn't that a wonderful role model for your children?

Try watching surreal life or the flavor of love on MTV/VH1. I won't allow my 16 y.o. son to even watch MTV anymore. Thankfully he thinks all the people on those shows are complete morons.

[greenpigs]

At least no one was hurt + his carrer has been so-so ever since the DOH went off the air.

Tom Wopat's Broadway career has been VERY sucessfull.
Dave

You and all the other girls must be so proud of him.

[hemihead]

Hey DOH fans, isn't that a wonderful role model for your children?

Yeah!
so insted of encouringing your kids to watch DOH tell them to watch pee wee's play house. Listen to jessica simpson music. and take jessy jackson as a role model.
People make mistakes, dosent mean they are bad people or that there body of work that teaches good values should be discredited because of that.
All it means is there human.
And are prime for making fun of for that.
its like when the queen of perfect martha stuart got busted for insider info... Of corse here trader is going to tip her off on some stuff... thats why she was working with him... Its just a sence of justification to see her get nailed for something.

I'm sorry I can't condone the action of drinking and driving.I don't care if he is an actor or what he acted in.If he was the average Joe you guys would want him strung from an oak.As for the rest of the people you mentioned I feel the same about them.I just glad that no innocent person was killed because some idiot has no self control at the bar.BTW, I drank at one time , I never drove after,and I don't drink now so don't pull that card.

[Mike DC]

         
Hey, I agree it was a STUPID thing to do.  He deserves to get punished, get called names, and endure snide remarks about it when he's mentioned in public for a while. 


I also think that the DOH cast hasn't set a lot of bad examples in the big scheme of things. 
25 years in the public eye.  The worst thing they've done until now is get older & fatter or do a few bad TV movies.

         

[MyMopar]

         
Hey, I agree it was a STUPID thing to do.  He deserves to get punished, get called names, and endure snide remarks about it when he's mentioned in public for a while. 


I also think that the DOH cast hasn't set a lot of bad examples in the big scheme of things. 
25 years in the public eye.  The worst thing they've done until now is get older & fatter or do a few bad TV movies.

         

What bad things did he (and the other actors/actresses) do during their PRIME TIME in the light?  Did they do anything bad to draw attention to them and make them less worthy?  The show has been off the air for a long time (except for re-runs now). How long does someone have to live the "right" lifestyle after their time is done?  Forever?  If he was a role model for someone, no need for it to end now, just point out that everyone makes mistakes and make sure you don't make the same one.

[hemihead]

But shouldn't we all live the "right " lifestyle as you say? And yes we are all human.We all make mistakes.But just because of who he is or was  some tend to pass this off as no big deal.But if it was an average person he would be villified.He is human , just like you or me.His job just happens to be that he acted on a show that most here love.Doesn't make him better than anyone else in my book.

[MyMopar]

Doesn't make him better than anyone else in my book.

I don't think anyone here was saying he was better than anyone else, and he proved the point by being stupid and DUI.
Now I'm not defending drinking and driving as I am probably against it as much as you are, I survived a 4 car accident caused by a DUI and it was his THIRD one!  Laws just aren't right sometimes.
However, just becuase he got a DUI doesn't make his work or himself any less of a role model does it?  If he gets fair treatment and just prosecution then he is just like you and me.  If he gets off w/o any penalties, then I do see a problem.

[Mike DC]

       

If he gets off w/o any penalties, then I do see a problem.

Agreed.  He needs to be punished. 

And it didn't sound like he was just a little bit over the legal limit, either.  He was probably downright wasted and that's not excusable at all.

       

[Chargen69]

 

[CaptMarvel]

Sorry, I like Wopat as much as any other actor, but I say drunk drivers need to be hammered with the full extent of the law, no wavering. I believe in people being imperfect and all that & the need to forgive & be understanding, but when someone gets drunk, gets into a car & drives, he or she has just taken responsibility for everyone else on the road & should pay dearly for whatever havoc or trama they cause even though they are too stupid or prideful to not turn over their keys. I know I sound like someone who's life has been touched by a drunk driver, but I havent. I just feel its really irresponsible and selfish to drive drunk...

[Mike DC]

If you wanna get into the whole principle of drunk driving, I disagree on some things.  I think drunk driving is being handled all wrong by the culture.

It's one of those things where 10% of the worst offenders are causing 90% of the problem.  We're trying to treat all 100% of offenders the same and it's not working. 

There really is a HUGE difference between a guy driving on 2-3 beers versus a blacked-out guy who can't walk or talk.  If they'd stop punishing everyone who's had two beers, and just start going after the blatant repeat offenders who keep driving around with half a case in their system, the police could clear the roads real fast.   

I'm not saying driving on a slight beer buzz is a great idea or anything, but it's statistically no worse than driving while tired or talking on the phone.  If you applied the punishments according to a person's blood-alcohol level, you could isolate the problem-offenders real fast and stop locking up everyone who goes to a party.

         

[Chargen69]

If you wanna get into the whole principle of drunk driving, I disagree on some things.  I think drunk driving is being handled all wrong by the culture.

It's one of those things where 10% of the worst offenders are causing 90% of the problem.  We're trying to treat all 100% of offenders the same and it's not working. 

There really is a HUGE difference between a guy driving on 2-3 beers versus a blacked-out guy who can't walk or talk.  If they'd stop punishing everyone who's had two beers, and just start going after the blatant repeat offenders who keep driving around with half a case in their system, the police could clear the roads real fast.   

I'm not saying driving on a slight beer buzz is a great idea or anything, but it's statistically no worse than driving while tired or talking on the phone.  If you applied the punishments according to a person's blood-alcohol level, you could isolate the problem-offenders real fast and stop locking up everyone who goes to a party.

         

"There really is a HUGE difference between a guy driving on 2-3 beers versus a blacked-out guy who can't walk or talk"

However, if you ever watched one of those MSNBC studies on this, it proved that there is driving impairment after 2 or 3 beers, even though the participants appeared to have control of themselves.

They also proved that driving while tired looks just like a drunk, so does driving on the phone.  http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6895319/

here's a quote from that article...
"If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone,"

[hemihead]

I agree with the cell phone thing too.

[my73charger]

Cuff um and stuff um!

[Mike DC]

       
I'm not trying to say that driving on a few beers should be accepted or anything. 

But why don't we sentence every drunk driver to years in jail right now?  Because along with the worst offenders, our laws are also catching tons of normal people who make an occasional mistake.  No judge wants to send a father to jail & break up a family because he had a slight .011 beer buzz once on a first offense.  They don't want to be draconian with the punishments so the laws get watered down.

We could write some REAL mandatory punishements for the most dangerous drunk drivers if we weren't so worried about the lesser offenders it would affect too.