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Show it anywayBetter to not have anything happen at all, OP did what was right.
#14 Sadly what is right, is not always legal.
No. The right thing would be either not drinking to this point outside the house or to have someone to help you get home safely.
Those who down voted you never watched Futurama
How would someone get a DUI when they are not even behind the wheel?
Or we just didn't find it funny.
I feel like shit and this is something I needed
That's the point. Op said he walked instead of driving, but still got in trouble. The comment is saying that at least the charge when walking is lower, so it was still a good idea to walk.
Wow, apparently some people on here as humorous as a box of rocks. Yes, I meant that a DUI is way worse than a public intoxication charge. I also believe that the cops showed bad judgement by enforcing a law which makes it illegal for you to choose an inexpensive alternative to dangerous drunk driving. Are we clear, now? Do I need to elaborate more?
Killing someone because you're driving drunk is a thousand times worse than being ticketed for being drunk in public. I would just really like to press into people's minds how drunk driving ruins lives of people impacted by it. I know the original comment had truth and a joke in it but DUI's are serious shit. You're lucky if you just get a DUI; you could a DUI and possibly a murder charge.
Sometimes you just can't win
He could have drunk less, he could be drinking at home or he could have someone (at least a taxi driver) to take him home safely.
Maybe they could still win; I bet if you go to the court and challenge it the judge would see that as reasonable
I'd fight it and get it dropped. That is pretty dumb
Speeding is also against the law and people fight speeding tickets and win all the time. There is a process put in place for people to appeal tickets so that the police ,theoretically, can't become all powerful. So actually OP probably could go before a judge and try and fight the ticket.
that's the FSM's way of telling you that you should have stayed at the bar and gotten plastered
Better than having an accident with your car.
While this is true, OP is implying that he drove to the bar a couple of blocks away in the first place haha. Lazy somber, responsible drunk.
Well, we don't know what time it was when OP submitted this FML or how long after it happened did they get the idea to write it. For all we know they could have been coming from a friend's place or from work and stopped at the bar for a few drinks before going home.
Better then a DUI!
Welcome to America 2016. The police don't want to help you, they just want to throw the book at you. Two decades ago, that cop would have walked you the one block to your house and told you to sleep it off.
or to exert power over others
People are downvoting 34, but both 34 and 13 are right. I've known a cop who was an abusive ex-husband and ex-stepfather; I've known a different cop who was a rapist. I've known a third who was a family friend and a good person, and a fourth who might've saved my life. The profession attracts two kinds of people: power trips and heroes. The problem is that you can't tell them apart until it's too late.
Actually, my dad was arrested and taken to jail over 20 years ago for public intoxication. He did the exact same thing as OP had done. I would much rather get a ticket than spend a night in jail.
Rather risk someone's life and kill people. Makes sense.
Two decades ago? Two decades ago the LA Rampart officers would have crippled you if you were black and drunk in public.
In 1996? Ha, I may not have been alive then but I highly doubt that was the case. Besides, my father is black, I'm sure I would have heard about racial issues of that severity by now.
Google Los Angeles Rampart Scandal.
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Welcome to America 2016. The police don't want to help you, they just want to throw the book at you. Two decades ago, that cop would have walked you the one block to your house and told you to sleep it off.
that's the FSM's way of telling you that you should have stayed at the bar and gotten plastered