I’ve got one…but not as bad as Ilya’s.
Me and some friends drove out for a buddy’s party at his cabin in the middle of no where. We’re in my Prelude, I’m DD. We get there, I have 3 or 4 in the first 2 hours. Then switch to water for the next 2-3 hours. I feel fine when we leave. My 3 friends on the other hand, are all hammered, and underage. Its 2am when we leave.
So we’re on the way home…got cruise on, keeping it at 5 over in the left lane. There’s this car in front of me going the speed limit that won’t move over. No big deal, I just pass him on the right. 10 minutes later I see a car behind me, I change lanes and let him by, then get back in the left lane (there is another car in front of me). Then the guy slows down, and doesn’t move over to let me by. I realize its the same guy as before, and just go around him again.
He does it AGAIN. At this point my buddy is like “Just blow by him and get some distance between us.” I figured good idea. So I downshift to 3rd and punch it. I just stayed in the gas, figuring its 230am, we’re in the middle of no where, there’s going to be no cops. I did 90 by a state trooper. Oops.
I get pulled over, was told I was doing 88 in a 55. He smells beer and asks if I’ve been drinking tonight. I tell him the truth and said I had 3 or 4 almost 3 hours ago and had been drinking water since. He drags me out of the car and gives me a field sobriety test. It’s 230am, I’m getting a sobriety test, and my 3 underage friends are drunk in the back seat. Shit.
He determines that I am “driving under the influence” but only gave me a speeding ticket. 33mph over the speed limit. Pretty damn close to a felony (which is 40 over if I remember right).
I got a lawyer (since the 8 points that would have given me would have lost me my license) and got of with a $75 parking ticket and $400 in lawyer fees.
I now always use cruise, and beep and flip the bird when someone is pissing me off instead of blasting by them.