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Originally Posted by flameswin
Yeah, and that "we'll drive you and your car home" service is too bloody expensive. "Just give us $100 and we'll get you and your car home safely". 
In the summer it's okay, cause I find I usually just end up passing out in fields, parks, ditches etc after drunken nights, and then I just drive home in the morning after I remember where I am, and what my name is.
But the winter is a different story. One time I had a few too many at the bar, so after closing time I decided to sit in my car and wait til I sobered up, and of course I needed to have the heat on, and therefore the car needed to be running. A cop pulled inot the parking lot, and walked up to my window. I told him I was too drunk to drive at the moment and that I was going to wait it out in my car, listening to music. I thought he'd be happy to hear that I was doing the right thing and not attempting to drive home impaired, but instead he gave me a lecture about how he could give me a dui just for being in the drivers seat with the car started.  |
My cousin currently doesn't have his license for the next couple months for this exact reason. He did the same thing. Got drunk, but decided it would be smartest to simply fall asleep in his drivers seat in a parking lot rather than drive home.
He was woken by a cop, who proceeded to give him a DUI and impound his car.
Shouldn't cops be supporting moves like this. Most kids his age would merely drive the couple blocks and go home to bed; heck they probably wouldn't get caught either.
But rather, he did the right thing, and now he is without a license for a few more months.
Makes sense to me....