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  • jcsike
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2006
    • 689

    #1

    Jesus. Almost got DUI tonight

    Just happened 20 min ago. Had dinner with a few friends, drank a few glasses of wine, nice dinner. Driving home, I glanced in my rearview and saw flashing red and blue lights. Pulled over, a shaky early 20s cop walked up and asked me for license and registration and walked back to his car for 20 min. another cop walks up, asks me whether I had anything to drink, I said “no”, then asked me to get out of the car to do a few tests. This is the first time this has ever happened to me, im freaking out. He is asking me to follow my eyes to this light. I straight up tell him that the cop cars, flashlights, etc are freaking me out and if he wants to know if im drunk, to give me a blood test and be through with it, as if he is asking me for some sort of test, all this other shit will throw off the results. He does the light test, then asks me to walk a line and back, then hold my foot off the ground for 30 seconds and count them outloud (I did this like a champ, very proud, those bastards looked surprised), then he tells me to get back in the car.

    Im sitting there, gauging what they are going to come back with. 10 min later they came back with a speeding ticket. The cop said, “well, I smelled alcohol, but when I did the tests, I didn’t think you were drunk so I forgot about it”

    In phx its easy to get paranoid about these things
  • Alky
    Confirmed User
    • Apr 2002
    • 5651

    #2
    Originally posted by jcsike
    Then asks me to walk a line and back, then hold my foot off the ground for 30 seconds and count them outloud (I did this like a champ, very proud, those bastards looked surprised)
    Cool yea... I guess.

    Call a cab next time man.

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    • bobby666
      boots are my religion
      • Nov 2005
      • 21765

      #3
      i hope i'll never get into sich a situation

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      • seeric
        ..........
        • Aug 2004
        • 41917

        #4
        one thing people don't know, well, don't think about is, you can actually be written for driving while impaired even if you are under .08 bac. in california, the penalty for that is just as bad as getting the full blown dwi. minimum 3 month alcohol program, loss of license for a month, at the discretion of the judge. you don't even have to blow for that. sucks, but they can do it. whether it sticks is your burden to prove to the judge. who really wants to go through that. be careful out there.

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        • OG LennyT
          Wall Street Pimp
          • Jun 2003
          • 14345

          #5
          I had a brush with an almost-DUI about 10 years ago and the fact I got out of it was my sign to never be in that situation again.
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          • Enemator
            Confirmed User
            • Mar 2007
            • 1252

            #6
            Originally posted by jcsike
            Just happened 20 min ago. Had dinner with a few friends, drank a few glasses of wine, nice dinner. Driving home, I glanced in my rearview and saw flashing red and blue lights. Pulled over, a shaky early 20s cop walked up and asked me for license and registration and walked back to his car for 20 min. another cop walks up, asks me whether I had anything to drink, I said ?no?, then asked me to get out of the car to do a few tests. This is the first time this has ever happened to me, im freaking out. He is asking me to follow my eyes to this light. I straight up tell him that the cop cars, flashlights, etc are freaking me out and if he wants to know if im drunk, to give me a blood test and be through with it, as if he is asking me for some sort of test, all this other shit will throw off the results. He does the light test, then asks me to walk a line and back, then hold my foot off the ground for 30 seconds and count them outloud (I did this like a champ, very proud, those bastards looked surprised), then he tells me to get back in the car.

            Im sitting there, gauging what they are going to come back with. 10 min later they came back with a speeding ticket. The cop said, ?well, I smelled alcohol, but when I did the tests, I didn?t think you were drunk so I forgot about it?

            In phx its easy to get paranoid about these things
            So basically you're telling us you're a fucking moron who drives with a couple of wines? Moron.
            I live in your nightmares. I make you dream you're getting bumfucked by a razor blade only to wake up and find I gave your wife an enema and tube-fed you her shit.

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            • V_RocKs
              Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
              • Nov 2003
              • 32451

              #7
              I got pulled over once. He asked me if I had been drinking. I pointed to my GF and said, "You are smelling her, she just called me to come get her."

              She was pretty out of it and he told me, "Great to have guys like you on this planet man!"

              I was on my way back to the bar to do some more drinking.

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              • Michaelious
                Confirmed User
                • Jan 2004
                • 6720

                #8
                Well hopefully you have learned your lesson.

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                • Sarah_Jayne
                  Now with more Jayne
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 40077

                  #9
                  Not something I would be proud of but hey.

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                  • cthulhu_waves
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                    • Mar 2007
                    • 1966

                    #10
                    don't drink and drive just smoke and fly
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                    • Spunky
                      I need a beer
                      • Jun 2002
                      • 133978

                      #11
                      Your lucky usually they stick a tester in your mouth right away and do tests after

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                      • GAMEFINEST
                        Make STACK$
                        • Nov 2006
                        • 14470

                        #12
                        If they try to test you, say no, and get a dui lawyer, if shit goes bad...
                        Compound interest.

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                        • Sarah_Jayne
                          Now with more Jayne
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 40077

                          #13
                          Don't most States take refusing a blood test as a fail? I remember that being a question when I was going for my learner's permit in PA.

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                          • Anthony
                            Keyboard Warrior
                            • Feb 2001
                            • 9653

                            #14
                            I hope to God any of you proud of drinking and driving never kill anyone. Chances are you will.

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                            • jcsike
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2006
                              • 689

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Enemator
                              So basically you're telling us you're a fucking moron who drives with a couple of wines? Moron.
                              fuck you.

                              there is a reason the limit is .08 rather than .00, you could have a glass or 2 of wine over the course of a long dinner and get up afterwards and be fine. The cop gave me sobriety tests and felt comfortable enough to let me continue to drive. if you cant drive after drinking *any* alcohol, then 95% of the people leaving bars/restaurants would qualify for a dui and cops should, in effect, pick them off like flies that way, but that’s not how it works.

                              Its not as black and white as if you drank at any point before driving = bad. Its an issue of whether you have the ability to operate a vehicle safely.

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                              • Sarah_Jayne
                                Now with more Jayne
                                • Dec 2002
                                • 40077

                                #16
                                Tell you what..when your partner is left disabled for life after being hit by a drunk driver and then dies years later partially due to those injuries then it becomes pretty black and white.

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                                • evildick

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Enemator
                                  So basically you're telling us you're a fucking moron who drives with a couple of wines? Moron.
                                  Shut up idiot. He had a couple wines and clearly wasn't impaired (and that's according to the police)

                                  So take the stick out of your ass.

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                                  • Anthony
                                    Keyboard Warrior
                                    • Feb 2001
                                    • 9653

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by evildick
                                    Shut up idiot. He had a couple wines and clearly wasn't impaired (and that's according to the police)

                                    So take the stick out of your ass.
                                    I easily had the same impression. Probably because one isn't paranoid unless there's a reason.

                                    Had dinner with a few friends, drank a few glasses of wine

                                    another cop walks up, asks me whether I had anything to drink, I said “no”, then asked me to get out of the car to do a few tests.

                                    This is the first time this has ever happened to me, im freaking out

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                                    • evildick

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Anthony
                                      I easily had the same impression. Probably because one isn't paranoid unless there's a reason.

                                      Had dinner with a few friends, drank a few glasses of wine

                                      another cop walks up, asks me whether I had anything to drink, I said ?no?, then asked me to get out of the car to do a few tests.

                                      This is the first time this has ever happened to me, im freaking out
                                      So what's your point? He passed the field sobriety tests with flying colours, which are there for the officer to decide whether or not your motor skills are impaired. If the officer thought for a second his motor skills were impaired, out would have came the breathalyzer.

                                      He clearly had no evidence that the breathalyzer was needed.

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                                      • GatorB
                                        The Demon & 12clicks
                                        • Oct 2001
                                        • 18208

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by jcsike
                                        Just happened 20 min ago. Had dinner with a few friends, drank a few glasses of wine, nice dinner. Driving home, I glanced in my rearview and saw flashing red and blue lights. Pulled over, a shaky early 20s cop walked up and asked me for license and registration and walked back to his car for 20 min. another cop walks up, asks me whether I had anything to drink, I said ?no?, then asked me to get out of the car to do a few tests. This is the first time this has ever happened to me, im freaking out. He is asking me to follow my eyes to this light. I straight up tell him that the cop cars, flashlights, etc are freaking me out and if he wants to know if im drunk, to give me a blood test and be through with it, as if he is asking me for some sort of test, all this other shit will throw off the results. He does the light test, then asks me to walk a line and back, then hold my foot off the ground for 30 seconds and count them outloud (I did this like a champ, very proud, those bastards looked surprised), then he tells me to get back in the car.

                                        Im sitting there, gauging what they are going to come back with. 10 min later they came back with a speeding ticket. The cop said, ?well, I smelled alcohol, but when I did the tests, I didn?t think you were drunk so I forgot about it?

                                        In phx its easy to get paranoid about these things
                                        You're an ass and a dumbfuck. You're proud you got out of DUI? You're proud you drive drunk and put yourself and more importantly innocent people( because who really gives a shit about you anyways ) in danger?

                                        Fuck you. Hopefully the next time you decide to drive drunk you'll have a one vehicle accident where the only casualty is you and possibly a tree.

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                                        • Anthony
                                          Keyboard Warrior
                                          • Feb 2001
                                          • 9653

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by evildick
                                          So what's your point? He passed the field sobriety tests with flying colours, which are there for the officer to decide whether or not your motor skills are impaired. If the officer thought for a second his motor skills were impaired, out would have came the breathalyzer.

                                          He clearly had no evidence that the breathalyzer was needed.
                                          My point is pretty simple, the original poster was nervous and knew he was driving after drinking, lie about it, and NOT KNOW if he passed the test. Nervous enough to post about the incident, and breathe a sigh of relief on a message board, sharing it.

                                          While this should be a wake up call for others, some are seeing it as a get out of jail card.

                                          How many times have you gotten behind the wheel of a car after drinking? I'm curious, the vehemence in your posts lead me to this question.

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                                          • jcsike
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Jan 2006
                                            • 689

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by Anthony
                                            I easily had the same impression. Probably because one isn't paranoid unless there's a reason.

                                            Had dinner with a few friends, drank a few glasses of wine

                                            another cop walks up, asks me whether I had anything to drink, I said “no”, then asked me to get out of the car to do a few tests.

                                            This is the first time this has ever happened to me, im freaking out
                                            i dont trust cops, especially a rookie who may have a chip on his shoulder and i was in a situation where only bad can come to me and no good and i was on full guard. i have *many* friends with dui, some multiple, but this was the first time in 10+ years of being of bar age where i was being given a field sobriety test and i *had* drank that night

                                            real quick, at one point in my life i was in the back of a cop car, because of a party being too loud and the cops having to come back after a first warning. in the police report the cop wrote something false in the police report just to make his case. couldnt believe somebody would do something like that but it tainted me for life

                                            plus im jewish and your "one isn't paranoid unless there's a reason" comment makes me smirk

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                                            • Eriic
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Jan 2008
                                              • 2995

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by A1R3K
                                              one thing people don't know, well, don't think about is, you can actually be written for driving while impaired even if you are under .08 bac. in california, the penalty for that is just as bad as getting the full blown dwi. minimum 3 month alcohol program, loss of license for a month, at the discretion of the judge. you don't even have to blow for that. sucks, but they can do it. whether it sticks is your burden to prove to the judge. who really wants to go through that. be careful out there.
                                              I got nailed with that! In California it is called Wet and wreckless.

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                                              • jcsike
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Jan 2006
                                                • 689

                                                #24
                                                but yes, i just saw the thread title the message is a stronger one that i wanted to send and this is a very sensitive subject. i guess i dont get into a lot of situations with police and when it happens, i just expect the worse.

                                                i didnt want to send the message that i was driving drunk, as that wasnt the case

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                                                • Anthony
                                                  Keyboard Warrior
                                                  • Feb 2001
                                                  • 9653

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by jcsike
                                                  i dont trust cops, especially a rookie who may have a chip on his shoulder and i was in a situation where only bad can come to me and no good and i was on full guard. i have *many* friends with dui, some multiple, but this was the first time in 10+ years of being of bar age where i was being given a field sobriety test and i *had* drank that night
                                                  Okay, but you lied about your drinking. They thought as much, and gave you a test anyway. I don't trust Cops either, but I do trust technology, especially the microphones and cameras that now record everything they do.


                                                  real quick, at one point in my life i was in the back of a cop car, because of a party being too loud and the cops having to come back after a first warning. in the police report the cop wrote something false in the police report just to make his case. couldnt believe somebody would do something like that but it tainted me for life
                                                  Yah, I've been in that situation before. I imagine it would only worsen the situation for you since you were drinking, and then lied to a cop about it.

                                                  plus im jewish and your "one isn't paranoid unless there's a reason" comment makes me smirk
                                                  What exactly does that mean?

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                                                  • evildick

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by Anthony
                                                    My point is pretty simple, the original poster was nervous and knew he was driving after drinking, lie about it, and NOT KNOW if he passed the test. Nervous enough to post about the incident, and breathe a sigh of relief on a message board, sharing it.

                                                    While this should be a wake up call for others, some are seeing it as a get out of jail card.

                                                    How many times have you gotten behind the wheel of a car after drinking? I'm curious, the vehemence in your posts lead me to this question.
                                                    Most people I know get nervous around police.

                                                    As for lying to the police, I certainly know enough from past experiences that you don't offer information to police that will cause them to want to question you further, unless you are just looking for a way to pass the time. If I get pulled over for speeding I'm sure as not going to tell the cop I just drank a beer at lunch time.

                                                    As for your last question, I will have 2 beers with a meal every single time I go to a restaurant. So probably more times than I can remember.

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                                                    • jcsike
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jan 2006
                                                      • 689

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by Anthony

                                                      What exactly does that mean?
                                                      "one isn't paranoid unless there's a reason"

                                                      it means that you cant just expect shit to go on fairly unless you watch out for yourself. you post about your fighting skills and how you use it for defense. your in a dark alley and 10 menacing guys walk into it, you going to think "well, if i didnt do anything wrong, then nothing will happen to me"?

                                                      at that point, i was at that cops mercy, he could have been having a bad day, didnt like the way i looked at him, and made shit up. i was very vunurable at that point

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                                                      • jcsike
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Jan 2006
                                                        • 689

                                                        #28
                                                        anyway, it was an honor pissing with anthony for a post.

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                                                        • Anthony
                                                          Keyboard Warrior
                                                          • Feb 2001
                                                          • 9653

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by evildick
                                                          Most people I know get nervous around police.
                                                          Agree, I've some firsthand get pissy, that makes for a hilarious hour of sitting around.

                                                          As for lying to the police, I certainly know enough from past experiences that you don't offer information to police that will cause them to want to question you further, unless you are just looking for a way to pass the time. If I get pulled over for speeding I'm sure
                                                          as not going to tell the cop I just drank a beer at lunch time.
                                                          I guess that's where we differ. Last time I was stopped, about a decade or so ago, I was asked if I drank, which I answered truthfully, yes wine with dinner. There wasn't enough cause for the officer to test me, no smell, and it wasn't erratic driving, just ran a stop sign making a turn.

                                                          As for your last question, I will have 2 beers with a meal every single time I go to a restaurant. So probably more times than I can remember.
                                                          Let's face it, 2 beers with a meal depending on your body size, what you ate, etc wouldnt' even register or impair you at all. I'm just pulling from the orginal poster's own words that he was worried enough, and the cop though enough cause to test him.

                                                          I'm glad to read no one was hurt, and hopefully ppl learn from this.

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                                                          • Anthony
                                                            Keyboard Warrior
                                                            • Feb 2001
                                                            • 9653

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by jcsike
                                                            "one isn't paranoid unless there's a reason"

                                                            it means that you cant just expect shit to go on fairly unless you watch out for yourself. you post about your fighting skills and how you use it for defense. your in a dark alley and 10 menacing guys walk into it, you going to think "well, if i didnt do anything wrong, then nothing will happen to me"?
                                                            I actually carry a gun for self defense. I train and compete for a hobby. In a dark alley, vs 10 guys, Bro, I'm running.

                                                            at that point, i was at that cops mercy, he could have been having a bad day, didnt like the way i looked at him, and made shit up. i was very vunurable at that point
                                                            I know first hand where you are coming from, just wanted to make sure you did too. I mean it's made you look at it the experience from another point of view, right?

                                                            I've been stopped for DWA (Driving While Asian) in Vancouver, many, many, many times.

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                                                            • Anthony
                                                              Keyboard Warrior
                                                              • Feb 2001
                                                              • 9653

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by jcsike
                                                              anyway, it was an honor pissing with anthony for a post.
                                                              Gettaoutta here! We weren't pissing!

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                                                              • Matt 26z
                                                                So Fucking Banned
                                                                • Apr 2002
                                                                • 18481

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by jcsike
                                                                drank a few glasses of wine
                                                                Originally posted by jcsike
                                                                there is a reason the limit is .08 rather than .00, you could have a glass or 2 of wine
                                                                So what was it? "A few glasses" or "a glass or 2" ??

                                                                And your title of "Jesus. Almost got DUI tonight" pretty much implies guilt.

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                                                                • jcsike
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Jan 2006
                                                                  • 689

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by Matt 26z
                                                                  So what was it? "A few glasses" or "a glass or 2" ??

                                                                  And your title of "Jesus. Almost got DUI tonight" pretty much implies guilt.
                                                                  lets end this all, somebody do the math

                                                                  reservations at 7:30
                                                                  speeding ticket at 9:45
                                                                  2.5 glasses of wine
                                                                  im 170 lbs
                                                                  huge fucking dinner

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                                                                  • DamianJ
                                                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                    • Jul 2006
                                                                    • 15808

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Well a few months ago my friend's 3 year old was killed by a drunk driver.

                                                                    Anyone in this thread boasting they drink and drive are as good as the person that killed my friend's kid.

                                                                    You are cunts.

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                                                                    • evildick

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by jcsike
                                                                      lets end this all, somebody do the math

                                                                      reservations at 7:30
                                                                      speeding ticket at 9:45
                                                                      2.5 glasses of wine
                                                                      im 170 lbs
                                                                      huge fucking dinner
                                                                      Not taking into effect, the dinner, which would slow the absorption into your blood, I came up with this:

                                                                      3 drinks at 170 lbs = .066 BAC
                                                                      less 2 hours time passed since your first drink (minus .015 per hour)

                                                                      which leaves you with .036 BAC, which is not even enough to get a 12 hour suspension where I live.

                                                                      Impaired is of course .08 in most areas.

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                                                                      • TubeTitans_SusieQ
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                                                                        • May 2007
                                                                        • 3884

                                                                        #36
                                                                        this is a good reason why i dont drink alot anymore





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                                                                        • halfpint
                                                                          GFY's Halfpint
                                                                          • Jun 2007
                                                                          • 15223

                                                                          #37
                                                                          What I can never understand is why do the police over in the USA make you do a sobriety test, is this to humilate you or something cause over here in the UK they just ask you to blow into a tester if they think you have been drinking ...the mind boggles

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                                                                          • D Ghost
                                                                            null
                                                                            • May 2006
                                                                            • 9819

                                                                            #38
                                                                            yeah DUI sucks!

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                                                                            • GatorB
                                                                              The Demon & 12clicks
                                                                              • Oct 2001
                                                                              • 18208

                                                                              #39
                                                                              Originally posted by jcsike
                                                                              lets end this all, somebody do the math

                                                                              reservations at 7:30
                                                                              speeding ticket at 9:45
                                                                              2.5 glasses of wine
                                                                              im 170 lbs
                                                                              huge fucking dinner
                                                                              here's some math

                                                                              YOU = RETARD

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                                                                              • Stephen McTowelie
                                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                                • Nov 2006
                                                                                • 734

                                                                                #40
                                                                                Originally posted by halfpint
                                                                                What I can never understand is why do the police over in the USA make you do a sobriety test, is this to humilate you or something cause over here in the UK they just ask you to blow into a tester if they think you have been drinking ...the mind boggles
                                                                                I ve always wondered the same thing, been tested in the UK and in Australia both times they use a breathalyser not some crappy test that you could still do whilst over the limit.
                                                                                I not a big fan of cops either but as long as your not a twat to them and your polite they're ok.

                                                                                Plus our drink drive limits are really low over here ! less than a pint or a couple of glasses will put you over, here.
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                                                                                • halfpint
                                                                                  GFY's Halfpint
                                                                                  • Jun 2007
                                                                                  • 15223

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by Stephen McTowelie
                                                                                  I not a big fan of cops either but as long as your not a twat to them and your polite they're ok.

                                                                                  Plus our drink drive limits are really low over here ! less than a pint or a couple of glasses will put you over, here.
                                                                                  Yeah you are right there

                                                                                  I got pulled over on my motorcycle for a bald tyre years ago and allthough I had already booked it in for the next day to have it replaced I was stupid for riding the bike like that, the cop that pulled me was behind me when I stoped at the traffic lights, He was on a bike as well and he went into his panniers to get the tyre tread depth tester but he couldent find it, he told me to get it sorted asap and just let me go . But he was polite and so was I and I think this made the difference between me not getting a fine because you could see the tyre was bald.

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