We have all seen drivers drift a little on the highway. Maybe they are distracted. Maybe they are tired. Maybe they correct it before anything happens. Most of the time, it is a moment that passes without consequence.
This was not that.
A newly released video from the Florida Highway Patrol shows a tractor-trailer weaving across lanes on Interstate 75, a movement that immediately stands out to anyone sharing the road. It was enough that multiple drivers picked up the phone and called it in before troopers ever saw it themselves.
What followed turned into a DUI arrest with alcohol levels that are hard to ignore. Authorities also noted a language barrier during the stop, a detail that has become part of the broader conversation as the video spreads.
Like many incidents like this, it is now picking up traction well beyond the initial stop, as it moves across social media and into a much wider debate.
The Stop Started With Calls About a Swerving Semi
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According to WFLA, troopers began receiving calls around 1 p.m. Tuesday about a semi failing to stay in its lane on northbound I-75 near the Sumter and Hernando County line. Multiple motorists reported the truck drifting and nearly hitting other vehicles.
At 1:28 p.m., a trooper located the semi and observed it drift into the inside lane, where a black SUV was already traveling. The SUV driver was forced to brake abruptly and take evasive action to avoid a collision.
The driver was identified as a 36-year-old Numon Azimov of Rego Park, New York.
“Not Too Much” and BuzzBallz in the Cab
According to FOX 35 Orlando, the trooper noted signs of impairment during the stop, including bloodshot, watery eyes and the odor of alcohol. When asked if he had been drinking, Azimov admitted that he had.
When asked how much, he reportedly replied, “Not too much.” He then retrieved a nearly empty 200 milliliter BuzzBallz container with a straw still in it from the cab.
Additional empty containers were also found inside the truck.
What Are BuzzBallz?
A lot of the reaction to this video has focused on one specific detail: the drink itself. Many of the commenters on the Florida Highway Patrol’s Facebook post were asking the same question: What are BuzzBallz?
We were not familiar with them either, so we looked it up. BuzzBallz are small, ready-to-drink cocktails sold in round 200-milliliter containers.
They typically contain between 13.5% and 15% alcohol by volume, which is significantly higher than that of standard beer. In a case like this, that matters a lot more than the branding or packaging.
The concern here is simple. Alcohol at that level can impair a driver quickly, and when the driver is operating a commercial vehicle, the margin for error is basically gone.
Breath Tests Registered Far Above the Legal Limit
According to Villages-News, Azimov performed poorly on field sobriety exercises and later agreed to provide breath samples.
Those samples reportedly came back at 0.259 and 0.273. For a commercial driver, the legal limit is 0.04, putting those results at roughly six to nearly seven times the allowable level.
Booking records show the charge falls under Florida statute 316.193 for DUI involving a blood alcohol level of 0.15 or higher. At that level, this is not a borderline case. It raises serious questions about basic vehicle control and how long this had been going on before troopers stopped him.
The Video Makes the Risk Easy to See
The FHP video is brief, but it lines up with what callers and troopers described. The semi can be seen drifting across lanes, leaving very little margin for error.
The near miss with the SUV is what stands out. One delayed reaction or one slightly different angle, and this could have ended in a much different kind of story.
The Comments Went Exactly Where You Would Expect
The Florida Highway Patrol’s Facebook post has racked up nearly 400,000 views and clearly struck a nerve.
The reaction is coming directly from that post, and it is split in familiar ways.
Some commenters focused on the danger, with one calling the truck an “80,000-pound missile” and others pointing out how easily this could have turned into serious injuries or worse.
Others pushed back on attempts to turn the story into something broader. “It’s not a New York state of mind, it was the driver’s state of mind,” one comment read.
Like many Facebook posts involving a commercial driver, alcohol, and a near crash, the discussion did not stay limited to the facts of the stop for long.
Why This Was Always Going to Get Political
It did not take long for the conversation to move beyond the incident itself. Stories involving CDL standards, language proficiency, and immigration are already part of larger national debates.
When all those elements show up in one case, especially one involving a near crash and a very high BAC, it almost guarantees people will start arguing about more than just the arrest.
What we actually know here is much narrower than the comment section suggests. The driver admitted to drinking, showed signs of impairment, and tested far above the legal limit. Authorities also noted a language barrier, but provided little additional detail beyond that.
We do not have information about immigration status, and nothing in the available reporting changes the central issue. Drinking and driving is dangerous. Doing it in a semi makes the stakes exponentially worse.
This Could Have Ended Much Worse
Azimov was arrested on a DUI charge and later released on bond. The case now moves forward through the legal process.
The bigger takeaway is not the drink, the branding, or the comment war that followed the FHP post. It is how close this came to ending differently.
Because when a vehicle that large starts drifting across lanes at highway speed, there is no harmless version of the story. There is only the version where everyone gets lucky, and the one where they do not.