Please help me

[minendo]

So I'm driving home doing 55 in a 30 when I get pulled over. Cop asks me for license, registration, and proof of insurance. I comply and he returns to his patrol car. Five minutes later he returns with a speeding ticket, but he asks me to get out of the car. Standing outside in 20 degree weather he asks if I had been drinking, I truthfully answer stating I only had 2-3. After which he tells me to walk the line. On the way back I slip and fall on some ice. He then returns to his pimped out Caprice. Ten minutes later he returns with a ticket for DWI.

Never once did I take a breathilizer, but now I am charged with DWI. Can I get out of this because I never took a test nor did he provide his name, badge number, or department when I asked?

 

[Corporate Thug]

dwi= dui ?

 

[Blieb]

fark. All his info should be on the ticket.

There has to be a way to contest ... that's kinda absurd

 

[Blieb]

Originally posted by: shady06
dwi= dui ?

Driving Under the Influence
Driving While Intoxicated

One is an arrestable offense, the other isn't

 

[freakflag]

Did this just happen? The ticket should have the time issued on it somewhere. Get a ride (do not drive) directly to the police station and demand to take a breathalizer immediately. Then file a complaint against the officer who issued the ticket (they'll know who it was...he has to call it in) stating exactly what happened. He was out of line.

 

[FoBoT]

crap, either call a lawyer immediately, or try to get a blood test at an emergency room (so you can prove your BAC later)

good luck!

 

[Ronstang]

I have never heard of a ticket for this.....they usually are required to arrest you. If you are a danger to the public by driving while intoxicated why would they simply write you a ticket and send you on your way? Something sounds quite strange here.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
I have never heard of a ticket for this.....they usually are required to arrest you. If you are a danger to the public by driving while intoxicated why would they simply write you a ticket and send you on your way? Something sounds quite strange here.

yeah, was somebody else in the car? that drove after the cop gave the tickets?
he can't give you a ticket and then let you keep driving drunk :Q

 

[Corporate Thug]

yeah, i would go down to station ASAP

contesting it at a later time wont help anything cuz you wont have any proof that u were not intoxicated

 

Whatever you do, don't plead guilty.

 

[rival]

sounds fcked up...im sure you can contest it...need to act fast though

 

[iwearnosox]

A ticket for DWI is ridiculous, if you're drunk they need to arrest you not send you on your way. This is the stupidist thing I've ever heard, what dumbfuck state do you live in?

 

[agnitrate]

That's one dumbass Lafayette cop if he can't differentiate between a slip where your legs entirely come out from under you or a fall where you topple over.

I would go down to the station and try to find the officer and maybe get a breathalizer now for later evidence. Otherwise, you might have to get a lawyer to get it expunged. Take some pics of the ice on the ground with your camera so you have evidence and if possible, get records of the temperature since it was like 10 degrees outside today, there is obviously going to be ice outside.

-silver

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
A ticket for DWI is ridiculous, if you're drunk they need to arrest you not send you on your way. This is the stupidist thing I've ever heard, what dumbfuck state do you live in?

Maybe it was a scare tactic but in any case I agree with him^^^ if it was for real you would be on your way to see bubba. I would take it to an attorney to cover your butt though. With out a breathalyzer test they city, state, county or whatere will not have proof leaving them with no ground to stand on.

Oh it probably would not be a good idea to go to the police station requesting a breathalyzer test because if you test drunk they may arrest your a$$ on the spot and make it stick..

 

[ggavinmoss]

My sister had a DUI recently and my advice is to get a lawyer.

Good luck.

-geoff

 

[amdskip]

Good luck minendo, keep us updated.

 

[HappyPuppy]

I call BS.

 

[PlasticJesus]

I'm sure you must be kidding. Gave you a ticket and let you drive away? Surely not.

In any case, in such instances a lawyer is always a must if for no other reason than you may just get lucky.

When I was in the Marine Corps I used to have to go to court with my guys whenever they got in trouble and had to go to court in town.

I had a guy driving drunk who left the road in his VW. An EMS guy stopped and asked him if he needed help getting his car out of the ditch. My guy had a way of letting his mouth get him in trouble. He cussed the EMS guy out. Once my guy got his car out of ditch, EMS guy follows him and reports him to State Police. State Police guy comes out and cites my guy for DWI. My guy gets a lawyer. First time to court, State Trooper doesn't show so the prosecution gets case continued. Second time to court, EMS guy doesn't show, so prosecution gets case continued. Third time to court, State Trooper doesn't show again 'cause he's working a NASCAR race in Charlotte. Case dismissed 'cause the prosecution can't get another continuance.

My second guy got luckier. Cited for speeding, DWI, and under-age drinking. Prosecution calls arresting officer to stand. He states that he had my guy stand on one leg for so many seconds and he states how many times my guy drops his foot to the ground during first ten seconds and last ten seconds and whatever else. Same with other leg. He then testifies that he had my guy walk an imaginary line so many paces out and back and he states how many times my guy steps off the line. When my guy's lawyer questions the officer, the conversation goes like this:

Lawyer: Officer Smith, you state that Mr. Wyatt stepped off the line so-and-so many times going out and so-and-so many times
coming back, is that right?

Officer: Yes

Lawyer: But you stated you had him walk an imaginary line. How do you know Mr. Wyatt was imagining the same line that you
were?

At that time the whole thing ended and my guy walks away with nothing but a speeding ticket. Never mind he blew a .09 and he was no doubt under-age, all he got was a speeding ticket.

If you are serious, get a lawyer. I do hope you're joking.

 

[Gaard]

Originally posted by: minendo
So I'm driving home doing 55 in a 30 when I get pulled over. Cop asks me for license, registration, and proof of insurance. I comply and he returns to his patrol car. Five minutes later he returns with a speeding ticket, but he asks me to get out of the car. Standing outside in 20 degree weather he asks if I had been drinking, I truthfully answer stating I only had 2-3. After which he tells me to walk the line. On the way back I slip and fall on some ice. He then returns to his pimped out Caprice. Ten minutes later he returns with a ticket for DWI.

Never once did I take a breathilizer, but now I am charged with DWI. Can I get out of this because I never took a test nor did he provide his name, badge number, or department when I asked?

You too minendo? Damn, now i have to add you to the list of how-do-I-get-out-of-paying-a-ticket chumps.

 

[Lager]

Learn to accept responsibility for once minendo. Gosh, you're such a whiner for your own mistakes. Stop driving.

 

[waggy]

odd that they would just let you drive away.

if you had gotten into a wreck after that it would open them up to a lawsuit.

either way i would get a lawyer.

 

Is this a parody? It sounds like it.

If it isn't, then it sounds similar to Red Dawn's serious post that sounded just too ridiculous to be real.

There's always way out if you are persuasive. However, the best person to help you is a lawyer. Seek legal counsel!