Got in trouble with the COPS last night after the club! LESSON INSIDE!
 

The story:

So after hitting up the club last night me and my buddy were heading home and as we were leaving the parking garage I remember I forgot to get my parking ticket validated by the door people. Needless to say at that time of night the club is the only establishment open that late. Well I tell the parking attendant I forgot to get it validated and I show him the stamp on my wrist to prove we were in the club. I frequent this club often and it wasn't a big deal in the past and they would let us drive on through and pay the validated fee, but this asshole says we have to pay the regular price. So I tell him I'm going to let my buddy go get the ticket validated if I have to pay the regular price. (It was only 10 dollars compared to the validate price of $3). I just wanted to give the parking attendant a hard time because he was giving me a hard time. So as my friend went to get it validated I just sat there and the line of cars keeps growing and growing because I'm blocking the exit waiting for my buddy. I start blasting my music (some of that hard trance/bass) to just piss him off more. Once my friend gets back and the attendant opens the gate we started yelling all kinds of shit to him, and I pull out of the parking garage I burn some rubber! Two seconds later we see our friends on the road and we start yelling their name and BAM!!! all of a sudden I hear loud voices yelling "PULL OVER!!!" I was like what the fuck, where did all these cops come from!! There was like 5-6 cops around my car. This was like only 30 ft from the parking garage. To make a long story shorter here was the conversation:

COP: Why did you burn out?
ME: The parking attendants were giving us a hard time.
COP: Have you had anything to drink tonight.
ME: I had one or two drinks.
COP: Well I can smell alcohol coming out of your vehicle.
ME: I'm not going to argue with you sir. (I started to shit at this point, I knew the sobriaty test was coming)
COP: What did you say?
ME: I'm not going to argue with you.
COP: Do you mind if we do some tests?
ME: What kind of tests?
COP: It's a yes or no answer.
ME: How can I answer yes or no if I don't know what tests your talking about.
COP: It's a test to see if your capable of driving safely. So, do you mind if we do some tests.
(LOL, I pause a few seconds to think about it)
ME: Okay.
COP: Please step out of your vehicle and my partner will take care of you over here.

So I go over to the partner and he gives me all the yada yada yada, some about prescriptions and doctors and broken eyes..... At this point I'm thinking to myself "how come it sounds like these guys memorized a script and are reading it to me", and I wasn't paying attention to what he was telling me :1orglaugh . All I know is I had to follow the light. So on the first attempt when he moves the light to my left guess what I do? I follow the light with my eyes AND TURN MY HEAD! :error Well for those of you who've done this before your not suppose to turn your head just move your eyes.

COP: Why did you turn your head! Didn't you understand what I just said?
ME: Sorry sir I'm just a little nervous right now. (haha...)
COP: I don't care if your nervous or not! I'm going to say it again follow the light and using your eyes and don't turn your head.

(At this point I'm like already planning in my head how I'm going to get bailed out and all that shit...) So he goes on with the test and I follow the light (this is what I had to drink at the club, a Cherry Bomb shot, and about 5 Coronas).
I was waiting to hear "Put your hand behind your back, we're putting you under arrest for driving under the influence, but instead he tells me to sit down in my car. So we hear them discussing it, and at that point I'm like hell ya I'm home free, they would have put me in restraints by now if I was going to jail. So the first cop comes over and starts asking me where I live, address, where I work , and all that other crap (I was thinking in my head don't tell him you do PORN) LOL. He goes back and they start writing tickets!

COP: I'm going to do you a favor tonight and not charge you with showboating. You know what that is right?
ME: Yes, it's when I burned out coming out of the garage.
COP: No, I meant you know what happens if you get charged with that?
ME: No.
COP: You'd have to go to court and see a judge...blah blah...he said some other stuff that I don't remember.
ME: Oh.
COP: We are going to charge you with illegal tint ($287) :( , obstruction of license plate ($97) :disgust , and not wearing your seat belt ($87) :Oh crap .

TOTAL ABOUT $500 dollars :mad:

This is when I just realized I hadn't been wearing my seat belt! FUCK! :warning ...but I didn't care I was thinking in my head just give me all the tickets, as long as I don't get charged with anything serious, have to spend time in jail, get my license taken away, and have my insurance go up!

Needless to say after thinking about it I got off with a good deal. I didn't get tagged with anything serious that would show I was driving reckless, and would have fucked up my insurance.

Moral of the story: "Respect the cops and most will respect you back"
I say most, there are alot of assholes. If there's anything that I learned from my father that was one. He always told me if you get pulled over and you were drinking always respect the cops and don't argue with them. They are the law and could easily fuck you up and give you a hard time if they wanted too.

I THINK I WIN THE LONGEST POST OF THE YEAR AWARD!

Forgot to say that was an expensive parking validation! :1orglaugh

all because of 10bucks....

i would have given the parkingattendant 20 bucks and told him to buy his wife something nice

You sure showed that loser parking attendant!

The lesson you learned from your father is pretty simple. I never understand why people get cocky and an attitude with cops, they're just asking for more trouble. If you're polite, calm, and act normal a lot of times you can get off with warnings.

ya...i bet the parking attendants were laughing the whole time! all this was happening just across the street. I was to busy thinking about what was going on to look over and see if they were watching. :pimp

Damn dude.

I think that's the most times I called someone "Sir" in a long time...

Had you lost your license for DUI, it would have cost you a hell of a lot more than 500. And the Showbaoting? thing in front of a judge?? You could have walked on that.

" Sorry your honour. I was parked in a garage, and you know they dont clean the oil off the floors. I drove through some, and when I was ready to exit the lot, my tires spun from the oil on them. It was an accident.

Congrats. Yours is the only long post I read on the GFY

Yeah, being smart with the cops isnt the best idea

damn that sucks, atleast you didnt go to jail!!

You should address a cop as "officer" when in a tight spot. They love that. It implys more authority than "sir" and authority is why they became cops.

When I was waiting in the car while they were discussing across the street from me a black guys also got pulled over and was being hadcuffed and put in a police car. He probably gave the cops a hard time or was really wasted! The area we were in was like the main strip where all the clubs are and people party during the weekend. So there are cops everywhere, I just wasn't think about it when I burned out because I was pissed at the attendant. I knew it was my fault for getting into this mess...

Funny, are you from 3rd world country?

Here in The Netherlands they don't do 'tests' with your eyes and follow a light. You just have to blow in some machine, and the machine calculates how much alcohol you have used.

My eyes for example get very red and 'tired' when there is a lot of smoke in the area(bars for example) I would fail for every eye test when I come out of it:)


(and no I don't drink when I need to drive, think it's stupid)

I know a dude who had his car searched once because we was being too polite to the cops and they thought he was hiding something

you just cant win :Oh crap

Those $500 could have paid the full parking price 50 times. You fucked up by not getting your ticket validated and then acted like an idiot.
What goes around comes around.

Hahaha..no i'm not from a third world country, from the U.S.
That was why I asked the cop what kind of test. I wanted to know if it was the breathalizer or the physical test. If it was the breathalizer I was thinking of saying "No, I wont do the test". But then I kind of remembered hearing someone say that if you refuse to take the breathalizer that's automatic that your going to jail. So i'm not really sure what I would have done, luckily it was the physical test, because I was pretty sure I could pass it.

Anyone know if you refuse the breathalizer test what happens?

So after they left you got your drunk ass in the car again and drove away?

i admit i fucked up and acted dumb...i'm just happy nothing worse came out of it and it's a lesson learned.

Okay that is a good end then...

But IMO driving while drunk is the most stupid thing todo.,...(well one of the most :)

i wasn't drunk, i was buzzed though. apparently if they thought i was really drunk they wouldn't have let me go. i think they knew i had some drinks though. i even asked my friend if i looked drunk and he said no...i looked straight.

i was sitting in my car when they handed me the tickets...and they said be careful and get home safe now before they let me go...

You sure talk alot. Here is how it should have went down.


COP: Why did you burn out?
YOU:
COP: Have you had anything to drink tonight.
YOU:
COP: I can smell alcohol coming out of your vehicle.
YOU:
COP: Do you mind if we do some tests?
YOU: note:field sobriety test are voluntary. http://www.drunkdrivingdefense.com/g...s-or-tests.htm
COP: It's a yes or no answer.
YOU:



COP: Why did you turn your head! Didn't you understand what I just said?
YOU:
COP: blah blah blah



COP: I'm going to do you a favor tonight and not charge you with showboating. You know what that is right?
YOU:
COP: No, I meant you know what happens if you get charged with that?
YOU:
COP: You'd have to go to court and see a judge...blah blah...he said some other stuff that I don't remember.
YOU:
COP: We are going to charge you with illegal tint ($287) :( , obstruction of license plate ($97) :disgust , and not wearing your seat belt ($87) :Oh crap .

TOTAL ABOUT $500 dollars :mad:

So when you are drunk you look GAY?:1orglaugh

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh LOL, i do have gay guys hit on me alot...it's been like that since high school..but no i don't look gay..

"straight" is slang for "you look okay"

Its not about if you think you can drive or not. You had too much drinks to be able to drive home safe.

Ask the 1000's of people who drive drunk and make accidents every year if they thought they were able to drive. 99% will say yes. People always think they are better than others.

I can drive faster because im a good driver.
I can drive drunk because im more concentrated when i had a few drinks.

Etc.

Bullshit.

Dont drink and drive. End of story.

No offense to you personally but this is the type of behaviour that causes accidents. EXACTLY this type of behaviour. What if you crashed your car. Your buddy died. What you gonna say to his parents? "well he said i didnt look drunk".

Can you imagine how your life will be ruined if you kill someone while you have too much alcohol in you?

Okay ;-)

LOL...i think they would have thought i was on drugs if it went down like that...

anyway...after reading the link you posted about field tests I really think it's an "iffy" situation whether to take the test or not. If I was wasted beyond belief I probably would have refused....still this area for me on deciding whether to take the test or not is a blur....anyone care to enlighten me?

wow, you got lucky dude, those DUIs can be expensive....

can't argue with you there...i know exactly what your talking about when people say they can still drive even though they are shit wasted..i have a friend that is like that and does that...even though we tell him he can't drive he still thinks he can...

i'm not disagreeing with you on anything, but I do believe i'm a responsible drinker and when I know I can't drive or am impaired I will let people know. I've done this on many occassions, telling people I'm not able to drive because I think i'm to intoxicated. I'm not one of those people that try to trick myself that I can still drive when there is even a little doubt in my mind that I can't drive safely.

I understand that though that the best way is to just "Don't drink and drive" period.

I have a question for you. Do you drink alcohol?

While there are times you should just shut the fuck up refusing to answer those questions is so passive/aggresive the cop is going to get super pissed. You might as well just punch him because you're going to jail.

My line with cops that works like a charm:

Officer im a student at (insert local college here) majoring in Criminal Justice, please sir, I made a mistake tonight but something on my record could hurt my carrieer goals.

Cops love it, since at one point they had to take criminal justice classes. Dont ever say "I want to be a cop someday too", that sounds like bullshit.

But if you're in the college age range - of corse they have no way to check what classes you are enrolled in, so have fun with it ;)

hahaha BURN

Yes i drink.

gotta agree with ya on that one

As soon as the cop said "I can smell alchohol coming out of your vehicle" I knew he was testing me just to get a conversation going and too see how I respond to him. I know for a fact he couldn't smell shit.

My car has a really strong Cherry scented air freshener, I sprayed cologne before going to the club, and it was very windy last night.

And I was chewing like 3 Dentyne Ice mint gums.

The way you talk usually comes from someone that doesn't drink at all. I have to give it to you your one of the most responsible drinkers I have ever come across (and I applaud you for it). So you've never had a drink and drove?

believe me, someone who hasnt been drinking himself can smell booze on someone from a mile away. Its like garlic. Once you ate eat you dont smell it yourself but others smell it as soon as you walk into the door.

Has anyone seen the recent Dateline I think it was where they were testing and comparing tired drivers and drunk drivers? The drunk drivers did better, haha, pretty interesting.

Why? The dude admited that he done a burn. I doubt they would even send him to jail for that I think they would just give him a ticket.

Something I understand also. I've experienced this from the sober side. Smelling alchohol on someone thats been drinking. But if you've ever smelt the air freshener I have in my car first-hand then you would understand. I've had people tell me as soon as I open my car and they are about 30ft away they can smell the air freshener in my car.

Also, after driving in my car and going into a building, 10 minutes later people ask me what that scent is. I ask them what does it smell like and they say Cherry. I guess the smell sticks to your body for awhile. Here's the brand if you want to check it out. It's called

California Scents
the flavor is the cherry scented one...it's a pretty good brand to..i always get complements that my car smells good.

Cops get suspicious if your car smells like air freshener that much. It often has reason.

well i'm just responding back to your response. That's how I know he couldn't smell any type of alchohol. Even if i didnt have the air freshener I doubt he could have smelled anything, this just made me 100% sure he was bullshitting at that point trying to test how i respond to him.

Its possible sure.

no use arguing about it. won't get resolved. :pimp

I meant, its possible that they didnt smell it.

Ne neither. When I go out, I drink and order a taxi. Or I don't drink alcohol and I drive myself...

interesting....

Tthere are many factors that can make the police officer make a wrong decision when testing for sobriety...that's why i think it's a roll of the dice and very uncertain when having to deal with this sort of thing....that's why if you act respectful too the cops and they aren't asshole hopefully they base their decisions/judgement on your behavior towards them.