DUI - NORTH CAROLINA STYLE
From the county where drunk driving is considered a sport, comes this true story.
Recently a routine police patrolparked hidden and in sight of a bar in
Kinston, North Carolina. After "last call" the officer noticed a man
leaving the bar so apparently intoxicated that he could barely walk.
The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer
quietly observing. After what seemed an eternity in which he tried his keys
on five different vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall intoit.
He sat there for a few minutes while a number of other patrons left the bar
and drove off.
Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it was a fine,
dry summer night), flicked the blinkers on and off a couple of times,
honkedthe horn and then switched on the lights.
He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then
remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the other patrons'
vehicles left.
At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot, he pulled out
and drove slowly down the road, exactly 5 MPH below the speed limit.
The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now started up
his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over
andadministered a breathalyzer test.
To his amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man had
consumed any alcohol at all!
Dumbfounded, the officer said, I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the
police station.
This breathalyzer equipment must be broken."
"I doubt it," said the truly proud Redneck.
"Tonight I'm the designated decoy."
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