Drink Driving Fail

Steedie · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:09

Story here

In summary for those who don't want to read

Guy has five or six beers and then goes out in his car, gets pulled over. Flukes all the tests that the officer gives him, avoids a breath test and gets let off and sent on his way.

Goes home and brags on a forum about the whole story. Forum detectives find out who he is and send a letter to the police with a copy of his own "confession"

Awesome, I love forum detectives

DM · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:21

What possessed the silly **** to talk about that of all things on a car forum.

Burnsy2023 · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:25

I doubt anything will come from it. There isn't enough evidence to charge, so regardless he got away with it.

Cosimo · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:29

Nothing awesome about it, looks like its done by some very immature people for or immature people to joke about.

Steedie · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:30

I know it's nothing spectacular, but anyone who brags about drink driving deserves everything coming to him. Although like Burnsy said, he'll probably end up getting away with it

Phate · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:33

Burnsy2023 said:
I doubt anything will come from it. There isn't enough evidence to charge, so regardless he got away with it.

Just speaking with a guy I work with who is an ex-bobby. He said he won't be charged as he needs to be caught at the time, IE - the tests on the road side catch him, he passed them so he won't be charged.

DM · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:33

Burnsy2023 said:
I doubt anything will come from it. There isn't enough evidence to charge, so regardless he got away with it.

Bit of luck it might wake him up in the future.

No one likes a drink more than me, if i can not drink and drive anyone can, i hate stupid people at times.

Will Gill · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:34

Can't believe the OP is actually 36!!

godinman · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:37

Wait, he passed the sobriety tests..so, wasn't drunk? I'm not sure I quite see the problem unless the tests are totally flawed?

DM · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:37

Once he had the overcoat off and the copper was stunned by his Versace suit and Lobbs hand mades it was all over, what a winner.

DM · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:38

godinman said:
Wait, he passed the sobriety tests..so, wasn't drunk? I'm not sure I quite see the problem unless the tests are totally flawed?

No ones sober after 6 pints, which means he really had 8 anyway.

tigerstyle · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:40

simulatorman said:
Nothing awesome about it, looks like its done by some very immature people for or immature people to joke about.

erm, drink driving? Hello?

Burnsy2023 · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:40

Phate said:
Just speaking with a guy I work with who is an ex-bobby. He said he won't be charged as he needs to be caught at the time, IE - the tests on the road side catch him, he passed them so he won't be charged.

Indeed, the offence is driving over the prescribed limit. Without some sort of alcohol test, even with a signed confession you would find it almost impossible to charge.

Fr0dders · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:42

the OP is in Vancouver USA

does this not change things ?

DM · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:44

MrLOL said:
the OP is in Vancouver USA

does this not change things ?

I dunno, perhaps your allowed to drink drive there

godinman · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:46

Those sobriety tests must be a load of crap then, the police involved are incompetent.

Do UK police ever use those tests, or do they only use breathalysers?

arknor · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:50

he was american? so 6pints is really like 2 pints over here because there beer is like 2-3%...

tigerstyle · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:54

arknor said:
he was american? so 6pints is really like 2 pints over here because there beer is like 2-3%...

Totally bro! .... they rarely drink 'pints' anyway, and the ABV is irrelevant, for example I can easily go to the bar and drink anything from 6 pints/bottles of 0.5% beer right up to 7.5% there is no 'standard'

Will Gill · 11 Jan 2011 at 09:03

godinman said:
Those sobriety tests must be a load of crap then, the police involved are incompetent.

Do UK police ever use those tests, or do they only use breathalysers?

They used to, I think they use tests for drugged drivers, could be wrong though

DM · 11 Jan 2011 at 09:05

Will Gill said:
They used to, I think they use tests for drugged drivers, could be wrong though

Its come to a sorry pass when you cant eat an E instead of drink driving