Sam Shepard Arrested -- Blows It Big Time - TMZ.com: "Sam Shepard got popped early this morning for an alleged DUI and speeding. Shepard was doing a reported 46 MPH in a residential zone in -- get this, Normal, IL. The actor responded to the cops request to pull over by parking his Tahoe on the curb. According to the Pantagraph.com, the 65 year-old blew an impressive 0.175 which is roughly twice the legal limit."
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The Right Stuff days are over, I guess. Sam Shepard played test pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. For Chuck Yeager a .175 was the blood alcohol level you woke up with on a week day, just before flying an experimental aircraft at 600 mph. Now you go 46 and go to jail. Plus you get a bad mug shot.
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Yeager had broken ribs when he broke the sound barrier, the result of a drunken horseback ride the night before...
At least he wasn't a danger to little old ladys pulling out in front of him up there.
Indeed. Yeager just stood to crash and burn in the desert at great public expense. Drunk drivers are a menace to the public. But of all places--Normal, Illinois?
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