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01.10.04, 02:51
Daily Six-Pack Drinker Wants License Back
Thursday, September 30, 2004
LEBANON, Pa. - A man who lost his driving privileges after his doctor
reported to police that he drank a six-pack of beer a day is taking his fight
to a higher court.
Keith Emerich, 44, asked Commonwealth Court to overturn the state Department
of Transportation's decision to revoke his license.
A Lebanon County Common Pleas judge upheld the decision, but ruled that
Emerich may obtain restricted driving privileges as long as he uses a device
that tests his blood-alcohol content before starting his car.
Emerich, 44, a printing company employee, was notified in April he would lose
his license, about two months after he disclosed his drinking habit to
doctors treating him for an irregular heartbeat.
A Pennsylvania law from the 1960s requires doctors to report any impairments
in patients that could compromise their ability to drive safely.
Emerich has said he does not drive drunk and argued that he has reduced his
beer drinking to weekends and has a clean driving record apart from a drunk-
driving conviction when he was 21
