Today, I was pulled over by a policeman. He thought I was drunk, after doing the "walk in a straight line" test and the "finger-to-nose" test. It wasn't until after I got a fine that I got it through to him that I have cerebellar ataxia, and that I wasn't drunk. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was pulled over for a DWI. The police officer was drunk. FML
Today, I was driving on the freeway when I saw a car in front of me swerving across 3 lanes of traffic. Thinking he might be drunk, I dialed 911 on my phone, but I dropped it. I fished under my seat to get it, swerving, and got pulled over by highway patrol and given a field sobriety test. FML
Today, I was drunk and crashed on my friend's couch to sober up. On the drive home, a cop pulled me over for seemingly no reason. He kept asking if I had been drinking, to which I answered no. Finally, he told me to look in the mirror. My friends had written all over my face while I slept. FML
Today, a cop car was tailing me. I was scared, and trying to avoid any tickets, I drove straight through a huge pothole rather than swerving to avoid it. The cop pulled me over and insisted I was intoxicated, because, "anybody in their right mind would've dodged that pothole." FML
Today, while driving home I had to pee really bad, so I speeded up to get home quicker. I got pulled over for speeding and peed my pants. The cop, assuming I was drunk, made me take a sobriety test. I had to walk a straight line with piss all over my pants at 2:00 in the afternoon. FML
Today, I was pulled over by my father who is a police officer. He was training a rookie and gave me a breathalyzer test to show his trainee how to do it. I blew a .15 and was taken to jail. FML
Today, I got pulled over for the first time since I got my license. I have disorganized speech and occasional inappropriate emotional response. I began to laugh due to nervousness and when I tried to explain why, I was arrested because he thought I was high. FML
Today, I found out that I can't pass a field sobriety test while sober. FML
Today, I was dancing in the passenger seat of my car with my family when a cop pulled us over. He thought I was trying to flag him down for help. I guess I'm not as good of a dancer as I thought. FML
Today, I was driving home from work when I was pulled over by a cop. She asked why I was being pulled over and figuring she knew I said, "For swerving because of my alcohol problem." I had a broken tail light. FML
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haileyrows 26
You should definitely be able to appeal the fine, especially if he gave it to you without a breathalyzer test as concrete proof
askullnamedbilly 33
Sorry if that's a stupid question, but how are you even allowed to drive a car with a condition that affects your coordination and balance? That doesn't sound safe at all.
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catanita 18
You are still allowed to drive?
HauntedMachines 10
The cop was just doing his job, so kudos to him. If your driving is bad enough to warrant a cop to pull you for a suspected drunk driving maybe you should consider the safety of others on the road and stop driving. You could kill someone!
Shade1982 21
No, he wasn't. What he should have done is let op take a breathalizer test and even those are not 100% accurate. Over here (in the Netherlands) they aren't even allowed to give you a ticket on the breathalizer test alone (I mean the small mobile ones), they have to take you back to the station to do one on a calibrated device.
josh09_fml 4
you were pulled over for some reason... you were put through FSTs for most likely the same reason. If you cannot operate a motor vehicle safely than you can still be cited for attempting -- and failing -- to.
kittykat1501 31
What does that condition do?
AcrusaderA 10
If you have a disease that damages extremity control, how can you drive a car?