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Did exactly that to a snowmobiler once. He swerved to my side of the trail, I evaded to the right, and we still swiped sleds. He fell off his sled and was laying in the middle of the trail shaking violently. I rushed back to him thinking he was having a heart attack, or a seizure. It was late at nigh. No other sleds around. 10 different scenarios where flying through my head as to how I was going to deal with this guy. When I got to him, he was laughing like hell, and drunk as a skunk.

I was furious, returned to his sled, and tossed his keys into the ravine. I hope he had a nice walk out of the woods.

Joe

 
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Back in the old days, we used to do that a lot. Many times we were busy and dint have the time to deal with a drunk. We'd hide the keys and tell them when they found them, they could leave. Other times we'd launch them and leave it up to them.

Its waaaaaay to litigious now, so we just take their ***** to jail, and its policy that the car has to be impounded. That impound policy was brought on by guys that would be nice and let someone sober pick up the car. Then the drunk guy bailed out of jail, jumped back in the same car and crashed into someone.

Idiots.

 
Back in the old days, we used to do that a lot. Many times we were busy and dint have the time to deal with a drunk. We'd hide the keys and tell them when they found them, they could leave. Other times we'd launch them and leave it up to them.

Its waaaaaay to litigious now, so we just take their ***** to jail, and its policy that the car has to be impounded. That impound policy was brought on by guys that would be nice and let someone sober pick up the car. Then the drunk guy bailed out of jail, jumped back in the same car and crashed into someone.

Idiots.
I've known a few guys at work that have done that as well. Interesting that your dept. mandates an impound. Mine doesn't, in fact we are supposed to legally park the car if possible so the person doesn't have to pay for the impound....

Rick

 
Back in the old days, we used to do that a lot. Many times we were busy and dint have the time to deal with a drunk. We'd hide the keys and tell them when they found them, they could leave. Other times we'd launch them and leave it up to them.

Its waaaaaay to litigious now, so we just take their ***** to jail, and its policy that the car has to be impounded. That impound policy was brought on by guys that would be nice and let someone sober pick up the car. Then the drunk guy bailed out of jail, jumped back in the same car and crashed into someone.

Idiots.
I've known a few guys at work that have done that as well. Interesting that your dept. mandates an impound. Mine doesn't, in fact we are supposed to legally park the car if possible so the person doesn't have to pay for the impound....

Rick
Rick, in New Mexico you also get a cavity search. Well, at least from our 'Zilla!

 
As told to by a retired Illinois State Policeman.

"Back in the good ole days all rookies started patrol on the Chicago Tollway System.

So here it is in the wee hours of the morning and I've been making loops on this damn toll road all night and all I want is to go home. As I'm doing the North bound leg I see a car parked way over on the shoulder,looks like the driver is kinda looking for something on the seat or floor. I finnish the North bound leg and head South again I see the car is still there. OK, going to have to stop and check this out, I am tired I just wanna end the shift and go home. Make my turn around and head North, damn car is still there.

Got to stop and check this out, pulled in behind the car turned the lights on the driver never moved, something is not right here. I got out of the car and started to walk up to the car on the drvers side and within 10' I could smell it. Brewery! Got up to the drivers door and shined the light in the drvers face, he didn't move never even flecthed. So now what, call a tow and wait a couple of hours till they show up while some drunk trows up in the back of my car, then I saw it Drivers license in his shirt pocket like he's been getting carded all night bar hopping.

So I took his license and wrote him for 10 over and when home.

 
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