I just had the worst day ever, please read and reply, whatever your view?

CGIV76

In the future, make your wife lunch before she goes to work. It could have been worse.

Modern Major General

Moral of the story - don't drink & drive!

grumpyoldman

I think you are still drunk.

grodno

Ride a pink elephant, it's safer.

plhudson01

your lucky you did not kill someone and I will judge you if I want to, you were stupid for getting behind the wheel, and it would not have hurt your wife to have gone one day without lunch and when you go before the judge he will see it the same way

st.abbs

There is no justification for the police to assault anyone.
They must feel very brave with themselves six onto one

skunk masta

Gonna be an expensive lunch dude.

vizavis321

You already know that you really, really messed up when you got behind the wheel to drive while under the influence so I won't continue to scold you. Thought you might need to know that others who consider themselves to be responsible, mature people also make this mistake...

Five years ago I had a glass of wine at an art opening without considering that I was driving myself. After leaving the reception, I met up with a group of friends at a local pub where I did not drink. Several hours later, as I drove home, I had a problem with a mosquito in the car. My driver's side automatic window had stopped working and so I rolled the passenger a crack and was trying to shoe the thing out when I noticed a car following me. I knew I had swerved a little trying to get the mosquito to fly out, but it was well after midnight and I was one of very few cars still on the road. Of course you know it was the highway patrol and he did indeed pull me over. I remembered thinking I'd had that drink about 5 hours earlier. Of course, I was not drunk but I felt so guilty that my hands started to shake and I couldn't find my driver's license. It took me a full 10 minutes to locate it in my messy wallet. I'm 50 years old and my children are grown. Plus, I'm a teacher which somehow makes it even worse. All I could think about was how I would disgrace my kids if i got hauled in for being under the influence. I preach to them about not drinking and driving. Here I am, not guilty of anything except that one little glass of wine from hours before.This guy must have thought I was on drugs or something. For whatever the reason, the officer let me go with a stern warning. I haven't had anything to drink since if I am going to be the driver.

Pisces

no sympathy for anyone who drinks and drives.....I know someone who was killed by a drunk driver!

levindis

Totally your fault. You could have easily waited 5 hours to sober up and still delivered your wifes lunch money by 11:00 am. Sorry but you are a victim of your own choices.

sigmund

taxis are wonderful things

mel s

Sorry, you goofed. You should have told her, and let her make other arrangements for lunch.

Scouse

Let's face it you only have yourself to blame.

Do the crime pay the fine, maybe just maybe a good plea in mitigation will avoid the bann but I doubt it.

Next time when you get yuour licence back use a taxi, this country is moving towards a no tolerence stance on drink driving so that even morning after drivers will be caught out perhaps at lunchtime.

aloha welly boots

OH DEAR. Don't want to be judgemental and all that but you have my sympathy. And thanks for the points. lol

c-n-s ok

You got what you deserved. the police sound like a good bunch of lads.

I ahve no time for drink drivers, you t1t

Bardic

6+ coppers? What were they driving, a minibus?

Don't drink & type.

Disline

Next time call a cab.

costa

and in Africa a child dies every 3 minutes of aids...........

you want symathy?

googleymugley

You are going to lose your licence - simply no way out. Pleading guilty might get you a shorter suspension period, its very strict now. You can get the period halved if you do a drink/driving course which you have to pay for (around Â£150 - Â£200). The judge doesn't care why you were driving you were over the limit and should simply not drink and drive. Very simple case for the courts these days, might not be so bad as you may be just over the limit, they do take this into consideration but seeing that it was your "bad" driving that attracted the police in the first place you must have been doing something wrong.

You will have to take out a separate case to sue the police but proving it could be very expensive - you wont get legal aid so you will have to pay. Check with the police if your arrest was on video camera as that may save you, otherwise never drink and drive again.

MANCHESTER UK

By your own admission, you had been drinking alcohol. The roadside test is only a screening device to satisfy a court that the officers had the right to detain you.
The further test, either a breath test, which you obviously refused - because this is the first option - or the blood test, the one you opted for is split into two containers. One is given to you - and you have a choice of one of the two - and the other is retained for evaluation by the Forensic Science Lab. You are at liberty to have your sample analised and, if your's differs from the other and is below the limit, your Solicitor will argue the case in court (if it gets that far).
The use of your mobile phone is not allowed at the scene but you have the right, at the Police Station, to make a call from there. Giving anyone the opportunity to make a call while under arrest on the street could be dangerous for the Police in that you might be calling an accomplice with less favourable motives.

If you think that the time of day has any bearing on your misfortune, think again. You might have been the only car on the road - apart from the Police - any other vehicle or pedestrian might have been a victim of a misjudgement on your part either on the way to meet your Wife or more likely on the way back, when your urgency had passed and your relaxed driving might have been dangerous.

Seen it all many times before - and the terrible consequences too.

Ah! Now the tide is turning, or is it? I don't believe this story is factually correct and a considerable amount is fabricated. I have seen this time and time again, where a defendant has resorted to lies and deception in order to gain the Court's sympathy. However, I think this is a made up story, being added to for effect and is totally false.

ROBERT G

sounds like you put up a good fight

That was one horror story.

one shot

Don't renew your breakdown cover for a while. Don't think you'll be needing it.

Knownow't

No sympathy....hope you get banned...you asked for a reply and you have got it.

felines

You played, you paid. Sorry. ):(

Of course you've learned. We were stone-cold sober when we were stopped in Winslow, Ariz., for speeding. The place had a reputation at that time for being a speed trap. Sure enough, we went back and we found the speed limit sign -- near the top of a telephone pole. (By then, we had paid the fine; we were on a cross-country trip.)

jmc445976

You shouldn't have a licence, you're not fit.

eriverpipe

Drunk at 5:45 a.m.????
However they pulled you over is immaterial - you committed a driving offence and were subsequently found to be over the limit. You have coming what you have coming, I'm afraid. However, I must ask what the he11 your question is? Do we think you were treated harshly? No. Do we think you have a case for police harrassment? No. Do we think they should be allowed to bring a drink drive case against you because they did not pull you over 'properly'? Yes. Are you an idiot for getting behind the wheel over the limit to take your wife some LUNCH MONEY???? Yes and thrice yes. Do we believe the crap about being subdued by 6 police officers??? No.

caldini

Drink driving - even a little bit - ends up with innocent people dying. I'm afraid you've had a bad day but you do actually deserve it. Sorry about that mate.

You'll probably get a ban now. Can I suggest you get a good racing bike and cycle everywhere.

gillm

you plonker

i agree with almost everyone else- especially eriver-
you were caught driving under the influence -
driving' all over the road mp '
in a car with dodgy tyres - oh dear how sad never mind!

6 police offers jumped you? the truth is out there matey but the lies are all in your head

Bear

Absolutely no sympathy (even if your story is grossly exaggerated - which I'm sure it is).

Drink driving costs innocent people their lives. The fact that you are making more of the way you were dealt with, than the fact that you were over the limit concerns me.

Here's hoping you get a lengthy ban.

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