Post by macsr01 on Jun 18, 2005 13:20:46 GMT -5
I got sent to try and catch up with a citizen who was following a drunk driver. First off, let me just say this: If you are determined to follow a drunk driver till the police catch up..... don't chase this person at excessive speeds! Now off the soap box and on with the story.
I'm coming North bound on the street they were supposed to be on, when the vehicle that was indicated on my call screen to be the Drunk's ride passed me going south bound at about 78 mph in a 40 mph zone. Naturally I turned and got after him : Chase On !!
We went round and round on back streets for about 5 minutes, he either got dizzy, sick or both and stopped in the middle of the street. Door flies open and out he comes to flee on foot, at least till his seat belt interveined......
I saw it and I still cannot explain how his foot became tangled in his seatbelt..... but it did and down he goes face first onto the blacktop. one in custody. After it was all said and done, 18 years old and blew a .219 and a .220 !! Legal limit is .08........ I don't figure the ounce and a half of weed he had on him helped his sobriety any either. After his little performance on tape in the intox room at the jail, this one will never see trial if his lawyer is smart.
I'm coming North bound on the street they were supposed to be on, when the vehicle that was indicated on my call screen to be the Drunk's ride passed me going south bound at about 78 mph in a 40 mph zone. Naturally I turned and got after him : Chase On !!
We went round and round on back streets for about 5 minutes, he either got dizzy, sick or both and stopped in the middle of the street. Door flies open and out he comes to flee on foot, at least till his seat belt interveined......
I saw it and I still cannot explain how his foot became tangled in his seatbelt..... but it did and down he goes face first onto the blacktop. one in custody. After it was all said and done, 18 years old and blew a .219 and a .220 !! Legal limit is .08........ I don't figure the ounce and a half of weed he had on him helped his sobriety any either. After his little performance on tape in the intox room at the jail, this one will never see trial if his lawyer is smart.