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Originally Posted by Useliteski
if the law said you had to cover yourself in yogurt and sing a different lady gaga song as you burn down trees every morning before you left for work, would you do it?
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The difference would be that it would be an acceptable thing to do, and there would likely be a much more common acceptance for doing so. That'd be an obscure thing to do anyways, but you get the point.
If it makes it any better (probably not) I got pulled over once for DUI when I wasn't even drinking.
I went to an evening church service and then Steak and Shake with a few friends afterwards. I was up at 5 to go to the gym that morning, and by 11PM I was exhausted.
So I got on the on ramp and saw a couple cop cars on the other side of the rail. I figure they pulled over someone and proceeded to put the hammer down to merge with traffic. Right before the lane stopped curving there were some yellow cones in the road. Since I had been flooring it to get onto the interstate I stopped abruptly and the cop stopped me.
As I was putting down the window I heard someone say "black car with the NC tags" so I knew they were talking about me. Did the whole drinking speech and put a piece of paper on my windshield. So he walks away and tells a second cop "he's all yours". At this point I'm thinking shit is getting real, so I'm getting kinda nervous.
Second cop asks the same questions in a different order (trying to catch me in a lie I guess) but I tell him the same. He says he needs to test me for DUI, even though I'm speaking coherently and all that good stuff. Makes me get out and hold my arms out and follow the light, etc. The whole 9 yards.
He told me it was a routine traffic stop and let me go and told me to slow down when I see cones.