Breathilizer...
 

Wouldn't you know.....

2:45 AM.

Pat got pulled over again. Right on the border of Pennsylvania. He gave the cop his PBA card, and the cop said he pulled him over for speeding, but asked him to get out of the car. The cop started asking Pat how he knew the officer on the card, questioned how long he had it for, yadda yadda. Then the magic words "Have you had anything to drink tonight?"

Pat said no. (*Homer* DOH!)

He had actually had a few beers over the course of the night.

As for me I had one drink, and 2 shots (kamikaze, washington apple) over the course of the night. But otherwise I mostly drank coka cola. I sat in the car shaking my head, thinking, "oh god, you idiot. we're in PA." I hear Pat mention to the cop, pointing to me in the car, "She drank coke all night as a matter of fact."

I was fuming because he just lied for me, and well, if the cop were to ask me personally, i would have told him I had a drink. Which would then make Pat look like more of a bad liar than he already did.

The cop gave Pat several chances to tell the truth. Then he takes out the breathilizer, and says "Well let's go ahead and see if you've been telling me the truth." He blew a .045. And then Pat tried to cover his ass by saying he had wine with dinner, and the cop goes "Well I asked you if you had anything to drink tonight" and Pat goes "I wasn't thinking about dinner time, I didn't have anything to drink tonight, but I mean, earlier in the evening I had wine"

Cop starts shaking his head and goes "That's not possible. That's not possible to blow a .045 at 2:45 in the morning if you had a glass of wine with dinner, man!"

He told Pat to get back into his car and wait there.

Cop came back with Pat's credentials and told him to drive safe, but took his PBA card of course. No ticket.

Lucky sumbish.

I've never been in a situation where someone I was with, nor myself, had to take a breathilizer.

In his case, do you think it would have been better for him to say he had a drink that night? I really thought he was screwed. I would have told the truth.

Would have been better off saying he had a drink...

Yet, if you say a couple, normally means like ten to a LEO.

yeah the truth would have been best there. he probably could smell the beer on his breath. if he told the truth, probably would have done the abc's and counted backwards then most likely went on his merry way. its just dumb to lie, you are making the cop's job that much harder and pissing him/her off which just isn't going to work in your favor.

I think you are just bad luck IMO....

Nahhhh.

two words...

Jay walking

And that was your decision!!!!!!

It was, but I have NEVER gotten a ticket for it. Ever
I even tried it in Philly when I was there in Feb...right in front of a police car...no ticket. Not even a harsh yelling.

That's cuz philly cops have more things to worry about. Like gun shots, and muggers.

LBI.... not so much.

Agreed. But you are bad luck in general when it comes to the police, shown in the last two interactions where you were with Pat....

very funny.

My advice...stay away from Pat before he ends up in jail.

Still, not my fault!

i believe that if you had ANY alcohol to drink you shouldnt be able to drive. poor decisions on both your behalf. .045 is half the legal limit and is enough to be impaired behind the wheel.

your right, its HALF THE LEGAL LIMIT. next time your on 195 do 32.5 mph. they were within their rights to be on the road. and laws and morals are two completely different things so lets not turn the thread into something it doesn't need to be.

you should always tell the cop up front if you had something to drink it just makes life easier and chances are he would not have taken the PBA card if he had done that.
ABC's backwards and touching your nose is alot better then the Breathalyzer.

I completely agree.

Lizzie, we gotta straighten that boy out.

And I think I'd rather be subjected to a Breathalyzer than have to say my ABCs backwards after a few drinks. I can't do more than a couple of letters sober.

- Justin

I think the solution is that I drive instead. And not drink. But you and Tim have some kind of a plan... I might be afraid... hahaha.

West Jersey Edumacation FTL

Yeah, really why would you get into a car with someone who not only was drinking, but is a liar to a police officer? My goodness Liz...standards have dropped.

Al, don't start. I've seen you have a couple beers and then drive home.

And we won't even bring up the night he fell asleep for hours in the driver's seat of his running car after a party at JMs. :nod:

- Justin

Thank you.

I was being sarcastic, but yes...ive done worse.

hmm honesty is always the best route... but still thats not so bad at half the legal limit