# Deputies Use PIT Maneuver To Stop 78-year-old Wrong Way DUI Driver

Oldsmar, Florida — On August 25, 2022 just after 1:00AM, Deputies with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office were monitoring traffic along SR580 in Oldsmar when they spotted 78-year-old Virginia Smith, of Oldsmar, driving eastbound in the westbound lanes. After several failed attempts, deputies stopped Smith’s car using a Precision Immobilization Technique or “PIT” Maneuver. Smith was taken into custody and charged with driving under the influence. She was held in the Hillsborough County jail without bond.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2022
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: PCSO
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deputies_Use_PIT_Maneuver_To_Stop_78-year-old_Wrong_Way_DUI_Driver.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: PCSO
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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