Americans: Honest but stupid...

[the_lone_wolf]

Shamelessly ripped from PH (http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=767945&mid=141885&nmt=RE:%20Woman%20Reports%20Herself%20While%20Drun k%20Driving)...

Police in Wisconsin have busted 49-year-old Mary Strey for drunk driving - after she called 911 from her car to report herself. The 911 call ran as follows:

Dispatcher: Clark County 911

Mary Strey: Somebody's really drunk driving down Granton Road...

Dispatcher: ...Which way are they going?

Mary Strey: They are going, um...

Dispatcher: Towards Granton or towards Neillsville?

Mary Strey: Towards Granton

Dispatcher: Okay are you behind them, or...

Mary Strey: No, I am them

Dispatcher: You am them?

Mary Strey: Yes, I am them

Dispatcher: Okay, so you want to call and report that you're driving drunk?

Mary Strey: Yes

Police say Strey did pull over when the dispatcher asked her to stop, and she was arrested after she failed a 'field sobriety test'.

The officer's report:

http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/wqow/public_files/Mary_Strey_criminal_complaint.pdf

:smt023

[Von Teese]

Kind of takes the fun out of it really :(

It's more exciting when it's kind of a 'suprise' !;)

[Warthog]

:lol:

[punyXpress]

Where's the big chase - no good without that.

[Milky Bar Kid]

My god! Why would you actaully phone in and say you were drunk?!?!??

[Spiderman]

Where's the big chase - no good without that.

Yeh, she'll never make it onto Americas Wildest Police Videos now wil she. Silly girl.

[Stu]

I always think America is such a backward country doing their field sobriety tests.
You only see people fail them miserably when people are blotto, but what happens if you are only just over the limt? :-k

[Milky Bar Kid]

I always think America is such a backward country doing their field sobriety tests.
You only see people fail them miserably when people are blotto, but what happens if you are only just over the limt? :-k

TBH, the field tests are an incredibly good way of judging whether someone is driving under the influence of something. We have alcometers for the side of the road but they dont test for drugs.

If someone passes the breath test and there is no one enarby training in carrying out a FIT then it's very difficult to prove anything.

[starks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oA20AkxrIM&feature=related

check that out its hilarious

[bris]

looks fake to me, but was funny.

[Von Teese]

TBH, the field tests are an incredibly good way of judging whether someone is driving under the influence of something.
Agreed,if someone hasnt touched a drop of 'intoxicating liquor' but is incapable of controlling the vehicle as they are on drugs then the field test catches them on that, I have gotten a few good arrests from this.

[the_lone_wolf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMg5wwn8M5s

[metalangel]

I always think America is such a backward country doing their field sobriety tests.
You only see people fail them miserably when people are blotto, but what happens if you are only just over the limt? :-k

If they're still suspicious they can administer the usual blood/breath/urine tests.

[lukemillar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAXUa-4DIc&

Better with sound. Oldie but still a classic! :lol:

[Stu]

Agreed,if someone hasn't touched a drop of 'intoxicating liquor' but is incapable of controlling the vehicle as they are on drugs then the field test catches them on that, I have gotten a few good arrests from this.I fully accept that

If they're still suspicious they can administer the usual blood/breath/urine tests.
I just think it would make more sense to do it the other way round. i.e. road side breath test gives a more scientific and quicker and safer (don't have people stumbling about beside a busy road) result. If they pass that, then do the impairment tests to catch any other reason they are impaired.

[Stu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMg5wwn8M5s
Policeman failed the stupid test for not being able to find a straight white line without his tape ;)