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Big rig driver arrested for drunk driving near Avila Beach

December 14, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

A California Highway Patrol officer arrested an allegedly drunk big rig driver on Dec. 10 on Highway 101 near Avila Beach.

Shortly before 9 p.m., the officer pulled over the commercial truck driver for speeds of up to 82 mph. The highway speed limit for semitrailer trucks is 55 mph.

The officer noticed the driver appeared intoxicated.

“The Commercial Driver refused a chemical test and a judge had to issue a warrant for a mandatory required chemical test,” the CHP posted on Instagram. “Zero tolerance for commercial drivers, especially when driving a vehicle that could possibly have a gross vehicle weight of up to 80,000 pounds.”

The officer booked  the driver into the San Luis Obispo County Jail. He is no longer in custody.

 


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Maybe they couldn’t read the signage or their employment contract stating not to be under the influence and that they must submit to a chemical test since English comprehension isn’t a requirement for their drivers license.


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Big Rig Drunks? Automatic Lose you your license forever, with long term jail time, and 10 years of DUI classes and probation after his long “Vacation”! This is more than a regular DUI. Come on California, get tough to Protect the Good People!


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Was it a Swift driver?


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LOL! My trucker friends always cracked on JB Hunt drivers!


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I hear you…a chy-nuh owned company.


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This Big Rig driver must of thought he was still in Nevada. Truckers haul ass in that state.


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and do so intoxicated??


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80mph triples in I-80 in Wyoming!


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WTF “No longer in custody” sounds familiar to the illegal that killed a driver in Paso.


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How about shutting down any trucking company that is caught hiring illegals workers? The majority of these business owners are not getting conned into hiring these guys; they’re trying to get away with it!


43

Gomez. Refused to take a breathalyzer. Tsk. DUI the guy already.


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How many people turned off their football games to stare at this screen for a pop up story to see if this guy is an Indian, Mexican, illegal immigrant or DEI hire?

We are all waiting.


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Sure would be nice to know, wouldn’t it?


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