BalancedMan
That's out of context....
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I don't know what to say other than I feel extremely fortunate to be posting this and not sitting in a jail cell somewhere. On St. Patty's Day I had a few drinks, and at the end of the night decided that it would be okay to drive home. I had a couple of Bud Lights and a Corona over a span of several hours (9 p.m. to 1:45 a.m.). I felt completely fine.
Well, my car is the only one on the street, so instead of pulling into a driveway a block down and turning around, I decide to make an "illegal" u-turn, directly from my position being parallel parked. A cop immediately pulls me over for this infraction (he was hiding around the corner), but it's because he's looking for a DUI.
He calls for backup, asks for information. I, in retrospect stupidly, admitted to having had a few alcoholic drinks to the cop. He asks me to take a series of field sobriety tests (walk the line, follow the pen, count backwards, estimate 30 seconds in your head). He tried to do the "follow the pen" test 3 times, but apparently I kept moving my chin. I was so nervous, I thought my apparent inability to keep my head straight was going to give the impression that I was drunk. While I didn't think I was, I was nervous regardless. It was also cold outside that late at night, and I was shivering in a t-shirt.
Long story short, he essentially called me a liar, claiming that he thinks I had more to drink than I admitted, but that he thinks I'm "barely okay" to drive. Never cites me for that u-turn.
I went home and realized just how lucky I am. I have a feeling that I'm in a very small percentage of people who have (1) had alcohol...and admitted to it, (2) taken the field sobriety test and (3) drove away from it. I figure a lot of people, even if they are relatively sober, still get arrested and taken in for a breathalyzer.
Has anyone else been in a situation like this or had a friend that did. It is still messing my head up a bunch.
Well, my car is the only one on the street, so instead of pulling into a driveway a block down and turning around, I decide to make an "illegal" u-turn, directly from my position being parallel parked. A cop immediately pulls me over for this infraction (he was hiding around the corner), but it's because he's looking for a DUI.
He calls for backup, asks for information. I, in retrospect stupidly, admitted to having had a few alcoholic drinks to the cop. He asks me to take a series of field sobriety tests (walk the line, follow the pen, count backwards, estimate 30 seconds in your head). He tried to do the "follow the pen" test 3 times, but apparently I kept moving my chin. I was so nervous, I thought my apparent inability to keep my head straight was going to give the impression that I was drunk. While I didn't think I was, I was nervous regardless. It was also cold outside that late at night, and I was shivering in a t-shirt.
Long story short, he essentially called me a liar, claiming that he thinks I had more to drink than I admitted, but that he thinks I'm "barely okay" to drive. Never cites me for that u-turn.
I went home and realized just how lucky I am. I have a feeling that I'm in a very small percentage of people who have (1) had alcohol...and admitted to it, (2) taken the field sobriety test and (3) drove away from it. I figure a lot of people, even if they are relatively sober, still get arrested and taken in for a breathalyzer.
Has anyone else been in a situation like this or had a friend that did. It is still messing my head up a bunch.