As a passenger in a drunk driving arrest, can you be arrested for DUI in Maryland? In a word, not really. You would have to do something wrong or illegal in order to be arrested; just ask Reese Witherspoon, the actor that was recently arrested. So for example, the lovely Mrs. Witherspoon was recently arrested because she violated rule number one with the cops, she could not keep her big mouth shut!
You see, on the street, the cops are in control; so if you don't desire to spend the night in jail, you have to do what they tell you to do. Sometimes the cops don't know what the heck is going on, or where their authority ends and the law picks up so they may "order" you to do weird and stupid things, like put your cell phone away and stop recording their aggressive and unfriendly behavior. (They don't like to be the star of Channel 11 news), but the law is you are allowed to record video of the cops (audio is a different story- one may have to be careful there). Anyway, on the street the cops have the perceived authority so it is best to follow instructions or at least to get out of the way of what they are trying to do. If you stick your nose in their business, you will undoubtedly be arrested for getting in the way or disrupting the public or obstruction of justice or interfering with police business etc.
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