Close calls, anyone?

[Whistler]

So...

Tonight I was pulled over by 2 sheriffs while speeding home across the golden gate bridge at 2am, coming home from a halloween party in the city. I was speeding because my car was over heating and I wanted to get home before the engine blew up. They immediately asked whether or not I was drinking and I said yes, I had had 3 beers about 3 hours ago. They didn't buy it and here comes the 4 tests: First is to follow the cops finger tip with my eyes for a lil while, 2nd is to tilt my head back and count to 30 seconds while being as accurate as possible, 3rd stand on one foot and count to thirty saying "one one thousand" "two one thousand", and 4th clap my hands together saying 1 2! 1 2! (my favorite test so far).

I'm pretty sure I passed all tests with flying colors. However, the cops didn't think so, so out came the breathalyzer. They had me blow once, and then wait a minute, and a 2nd time. My first blow was a .85 blood alcohol content (legal limit is .80 in California). Bad news, right? Well, the 2nd blow was a .78. Since the 2nd blow was under the limit, they couldn't arrest me for a DUI. They then asked to search my car, which I declined, and told me that I needed to wait 30 minutes before driving home... incredibly, they left me alone after this. One of them did stay parked across the street to make sure I didn't leave early, but I wasn't going anywhere, my engine needed a while to cool down before I could start it again. Ironic, right? Once he left I was out of there, though.

If I had blown a .2 higher on the 2nd breathalyzer test, I would be in jail right now for not only a DUI and they would have been legally able to search my car. What they would have found would have put me in jail for 5 years, easily. Without going into details lets just say that I would have gone down for possession of 2 illegal substances, along with paraphernalia, and with intent to sell only because I had a few baggies on me. So approx 3 felonies, but who knows what else they woulda come up with. I feel pretty fucking lucky that I got out of that situation with nothing but a slap on the wrist (the cop didn't even write me a speeding ticket in the end)....

I've had close calls before but this takes the cake hands down.

[paade]

why do they use those stupid walking tests if they have a breathalyzerthingie?

[Ammon777]

Fuck the police.

you idiot, stop using drugz.

[Baralis]

I had a few close calls. One I remember was when I was 16. I was an avid hunter and hunted every day of every hunting season. Me and my bud would often get a few mins in before school (Had to be at school at 9:30 senior year).

We were in a hurry we had been out hunting and were running late to get to school. As we were walking back to my car we spoted some turkeys. Knowing there was a house within veiw we hesitated but quickly disreguarded it. After all it was legal season and we had our licenses. The only law we may have been breaking was the distance from the road. We were only about 30 yards away and I think the law was a min. of 50 but anyway we shot a turkey dead in its tracks. I walk over and pick it up and we continue to my car.

As soon as we get the to car a truck comes flying up the road and skids to a halt in front of my car (blocking me in). Me and my bud were at the rear end with the trunk open putting our stuff away. We both looked at each other with puzzled looks. He was screaming at us but we couldnt tell what he was saying. I figured it was someone from that house mad that we had woken them up or something. Next thing I know this fella has a pistol drawn on us and is pointing it threw his windshield at us.

Both me and my bud reacted in the same way. We ducked and grabbed our shot guns out of the trunk and threw in a shell. We then raised up with our guns pointed at the guy. I mean we have 2 12 gauges pointed at a guy with a pistol. I felt confident we would win :).

As soon as we both had our weps pointed at him he stuck his other arm out the window and flashed a badge. I nearly shit lol. Here we are pointing loaded guns at a law enforcment officer. So we dropped our guns back into the trunk and walked away from the car.

Make a long story short he did in fact live at that house and was pissed because he had caught several people shooting from vehicals on this rural road and had thought we were too. He threw all out camping/hunting stuff out on the dirt road and searched my car. Doing everything legal he appologised to us and actually sent us on our way. But needless to say it could have gone alot worse.

[Rimayven]

Getting accused of stalking someone, 'nuff said.

[Marelt]

Well being 14 and all, pissing off old people is what I do.
So my friends and I were coming back from playing a game of 12v12 manhunt at the school, and we rung and ran on every house on the way home, so some prick gets out with a baseball bat and starts chasing us, so we all run away, and then follow him as he goes home. We mark down what house he is.
2 Weeks later, we go to the same guys house, and piss on every door handle we can find, (Car doorhandles, house doors, garage doors, garbage cans etc)
So anyways, the guy gets in his car, obviously noticed he just grabbed piss. So he calls the cops on us, and we had 3 cars chasing us all through this neighbourhood.

So anyways, we get to this light on an 8 lane highway and the 3 cruisers are coming behind us to catch us, So I was just like FUCKIT GUYS GO (Cause it was 10 o clock how many cars could be out there?) Anyways, we make it to the middle part of the highway and about 70 cars whiz past us so we just waited and crossed again...

That was the night we grew a pair lol.

[palo god]

I honestly don’t know to much of what happened tonight, I was drunk as hell and we were at this chicks house with some people, me my brother my friend grant and a whole bunch of college girls, all I remember is jugging a lot of vodka and waking up with this hot Spanish girl in the bed room of the house we were drinking at after that I got up and left, we passed some cops but they didn't pull us over.

[Ammon777]

I had a few close calls. One I remember was when I was 16. I was an avid hunter and hunted every day of every hunting season. Me and my bud would often get a few mins in before school (Had to be at school at 9:30 senior year).

We were in a hurry we had been out hunting and were running late to get to school. As we were walking back to my car we spoted some turkeys. Knowing there was a house within veiw we hesitated but quickly disreguarded it. After all it was legal season and we had our licenses. The only law we may have been breaking was the distance from the road. We were only about 30 yards away and I think the law was a min. of 50 but anyway we shot a turkey dead in its tracks. I walk over and pick it up and we continue to my car.

As soon as we get the to car a truck comes flying up the road and skids to a halt in front of my car (blocking me in). Me and my bud were at the rear end with the trunk open putting our stuff away. We both looked at each other with puzzled looks. He was screaming at us but we couldnt tell what he was saying. I figured it was someone from that house mad that we had woken them up or something. Next thing I know this fella has a pistol drawn on us and is pointing it threw his windshield at us.

Both me and my bud reacted in the same way. We ducked and grabbed our shot guns out of the trunk and threw in a shell. We then raised up with our guns pointed at the guy. I mean we have 2 12 gauges pointed at a guy with a pistol. I felt confident we would win :).

As soon as we both had our weps pointed at him he stuck his other arm out the window and flashed a badge. I nearly shit lol. Here we are pointing loaded guns at a law enforcment officer. So we dropped our guns back into the trunk and walked away from the car.

Make a long story short he did in fact live at that house and was pissed because he had caught several people shooting from vehicals on this rural road and had thought we were too. He threw all out camping/hunting stuff out on the dirt road and searched my car. Doing everything legal he appologised to us and actually sent us on our way. But needless to say it could have gone alot worse.
lawl, where the fuck do you live? alabama?
I honestly don’t know to much of what happened tonight, I was drunk as hell and we were at this chicks house with some people, me my brother my friend grant and a whole bunch of college girls, all I remember is jugging a lot of vodka and waking up with this hot Spanish girl in the bed room of the house we were drinking at after that I got up and left, we passed some cops but they didn't pull us over.
why didnt you bone her? anyway, that sounded rather shitty time. I never pass out. Although I dont party anymore, I am the life of the party, usually.

[Carnifex]

I am in to street racing, and there was a kind of meeting somewhere near my house, so I decided to go there and actually just have a look.

As I got there, some guy came walking up and asked me if I wanted to sport (=race).
So I said, well I came here to watch, but sure.
Now, The fellow had a crappy car, and I drive a Saab 93 2.0L (upgraded) Turbo (Tuned to 375 bhp).
I first asked what bhp he had, because I don't like to race people with alot slower or faster cars than me.
He said, 300 bhp (non-turbo). So I said, well I don't think you stand a chance, but we'll see. (He drove a Hyundai Tiburon)

So we had a race and I won, ofcourse. As I returned to the meeting, I saw 1 police car arriving. Nothing bad, because there were no races going on, and the meeting was on a car park, so nothing illegal going on.
Then, all of a sudden, a car comes racing up from the highway onto the car park, the police car fires his sirenes and stops the guy to talk to him. (don't know what was being said)

Another two cop cars arrive, so I decide it's enough and head home. Some idiots thought the same thing, and eventually the whole meeting shifted somewhere else.
We were all driving on the highway, with the cops following us. Alot of people were pushing their luck and dare the police to stop them.

After a mile or 2, some idiot steps on the gas and so do some others, the police cars (now 5 of them) fire their sirenes and start chasing them.
The unlucky me is just overtaking someone on the highway (that means me speeding at that moment), and as I return to the other lane, one of the cop cars comes driving next to me and points to the side, so he overtakes me and brakes till we are both halted at the first possible stop.

Two cops step out of the car and commanded me to step out of the vehicle and put my hands on the hood.
As a good citizen, I obeyed. They start searching me and my car. (without asking)

They find nothing, and they start telling me stuff. I was being arrested for taking part in illegal street racing, speeding, and some other nonsense stuff.
As I said, I drive a Saab 93, which is tuned under the hood, but looks normal on the outside. So the other cop said, "You were part of that illegal street race right?"
I replied, "No, I don't know what you're talking about, I was just driving on the highway"

And the idiots let me go, haha. I mean, my car doesn't sound standard at all ! If they had looked under the hood, they would've giving me a nice fine, and perhaps even a night in jail.

[palo god]

lawl, where the fuck do you live? alabama?

why didnt you bone her? anyway, that sounded rather shitty time. I never pass out. Although I dont party anymore, I am the life of the party, usually.

I'm pretty sure I did, because when I got home I had to piss like I just had some if you know what I'm talking about, and we were naked, and ya I feel like shit right now I'm probably going to go to sleep.

[Temet nosce]

Heh, I had something semi similar happen Op.

Basically, a few years back I was walking back from some apartments towards college campus and a cop stopped me and started asking questions (where had I come from, etc), it would've seemed harmless enough except I had a water pipe, two pipes, and around 1 grand in various types of chemical indulgences (pills, powders, and pot) all inside my jacket. I was basically a walking pharmacy Worse, the top of the bong was actually sticking out. Now, thankfully this was all occurring during late fall at night and it had just rained, so it was damned dark out and the cop didn't seem to want to get out of his car. So I stood there answering questions for a bit and then he finally said "You seen anyone else in black jackets or sweatshirts?", and seemed to relax a bit. After talking to him for a couple minutes longer I wished him heartfelt luck and went on my way.

I also promised myself if I met any brats wearing black nearby I was going to beat the shit out of them and call the cops. They'd apparently had the fucking ingenious idea of egging cars around college campus, and I'd nearly been sent to jail (probably for at least a decade) because of it.

[[LoD] EE]

So...

Tonight I was pulled over by 2 sheriffs while speeding home across the golden gate bridge at 2am, coming home from a halloween party in the city. I was speeding because my car was over heating and I wanted to get home before the engine blew up.

Wow, you must be stupid about cars. Last thing you want to do is speed when you are having heating problems, high RPM's cause more heat in the engine.

I didnt read past what I quoted, I am sure I would have read more stupid shit.

[Bunkah]

Fuck the police.

you idiot, stop using drugz.

That clearly sums it up!.. in both cases!

[Jester814]

Why were you driving after drinking?

[rwp80]

Close calls with the law? I guess the closest I got to was buying, transporting, and consuming alcohol illegally when I was a teenager. Basically, we bought it illegally, carried it home, then drank it.
As a teenager, I lived in an Islamic middle-eastern country. I'll leave it to your imagination to figure out what would have happened to us if we got caught.

I guess one particular close call that springs to mind is when I was almost snatched by a pedophile when I was 6 years old.

I was playing outside my house in a typical suburban neighbourhood. He pulled up in his car and asked for directions. He asked for the "Black Horse" (probably a Pub/Bar) but I thought he meant the black horse which was the logo for Lloyds TSB bank, so I started giving him directions to the bank. (LOL!)

He kept trying to lean over and grab me, but I just kept backing off and giving him directions. My mum opened the front door and screamed at me to come back inside the house. I (carelessly) just strolled back to the house saying, "I was just giving directions." The guy sped off.

My mum kept me in the house for the rest of the day. That afternoon, we counted that same car driving past several times. My parents' friend who lived two doors down was a Police Officer (who worked in Child Protection, coincidentally), so he took details and followed up on the 'case' at work.

Sorry if that doesn't fit in with the same kind of 'close calls' in this thread.

TLDR: I almost got snatched by a pedophile when I was 6.

[Marilyn]

My closest call was some punks trying to stab me.
I was 16 and walked through town with 3 friends, I had taken the lead and they lacked behind a couple of meters. In front of a McDonalds sat a couple of wannabe gangsters. When they gave me the finger and insulted me I did that gesture where you pretend to send a kiss flying. That must have really pissed them of because the caught up with me on the end of the street, surrounded me and one of em held a knife to my stomach. He asked why I was giving him crap and whether or not I thought he was gay. By that point my friends caught up. Before this hole thing happened we were sitting around in the park, shooting at pigeons with a WalterP99 air-pressur gun. One of my friends still carried the thing so he just pulled it and pointed it the guy with the knife. Scared them off good.

[Crying Hyena]

I am in to street racing, and there was a kind of meeting somewhere near my house, so I decided to go there and actually just have a look.

As I got there, some guy came walking up and asked me if I wanted to sport (=race).
So I said, well I came here to watch, but sure.
Now, The fellow had a crappy car, and I drive a Saab 93 2.0L (upgraded) Turbo (Tuned to 375 bhp).
I first asked what bhp he had, because I don't like to race people with alot slower or faster cars than me.
He said, 300 bhp (non-turbo). So I said, well I don't think you stand a chance, but we'll see. (He drove a Hyundai Tiburon)

So we had a race and I won, ofcourse. As I returned to the meeting, I saw 1 police car arriving. Nothing bad, because there were no races going on, and the meeting was on a car park, so nothing illegal going on.
Then, all of a sudden, a car comes racing up from the highway onto the car park, the police car fires his sirenes and stops the guy to talk to him. (don't know what was being said)

Another two cop cars arrive, so I decide it's enough and head home. Some idiots thought the same thing, and eventually the whole meeting shifted somewhere else.
We were all driving on the highway, with the cops following us. Alot of people were pushing their luck and dare the police to stop them.

After a mile or 2, some idiot steps on the gas and so do some others, the police cars (now 5 of them) fire their sirenes and start chasing them.
The unlucky me is just overtaking someone on the highway (that means me speeding at that moment), and as I return to the other lane, one of the cop cars comes driving next to me and points to the side, so he overtakes me and brakes till we are both halted at the first possible stop.

Two cops step out of the car and commanded me to step out of the vehicle and put my hands on the hood.
As a good citizen, I obeyed. They start searching me and my car. (without asking)

They find nothing, and they start telling me stuff. I was being arrested for taking part in illegal street racing, speeding, and some other nonsense stuff.
As I said, I drive a Saab 93, which is tuned under the hood, but looks normal on the outside. So the other cop said, "You were part of that illegal street race right?"
I replied, "No, I don't know what you're talking about, I was just driving on the highway"

And the idiots let me go, haha. I mean, my car doesn't sound standard at all ! If they had looked under the hood, they would've giving me a nice fine, and perhaps even a night in jail.

The cops can't arrest you unless they actually see you racing. That question they asked you was to get verbal consent and then go from there. I decided to look all this up after getting pulled over and frisked on several occasions for the same thing when I used to be into street racing.

@OP: Those cops were after an arrest it looks like. You kept passing and they were probably like "Shit! He passed, do another until he fails then we got him" and so that's what happened. Lucky you :D

[Weeking]

The legal limit is 0,8. Lucky bastard. It's 0,2 or something here.

I would probably have failed the tests while dead sober anyway though.

[heroshade]

Lucky. In Arizona they can search your car no matter how much al-kee-hall you drank. You'de be gettin' raped in Tent City by a big black dude named bubbles if you did that here.


EDIT: The only time I ever really got caught doing something was when me and some friends were at the park. My pyromaniac friend Mick was lighting a phone book on fire, while I was sitting on the jungle gym thing and everyone else was sitting at the bottom reflecting on what an idiot Mick was. So, I see a car off in the distance and tell him there is a car coming. He either ignored me or didn't hear me. I tell him again. He continues burning it. Now I get pissed off, jump down and knock him over and start kicking sand trying to put the fire out. The car (Which turns out was a cop car) turns the corner and hits the siren for whatever reason. I had pushed Mick under the jungle gym so the cop couldn't see him. Me and my friend John were next to each other, and everyone else was casually walking across the street past the cop car...

So like the dumbasses we are, me and John take off down the street. The car follows us for about a block and we stop. The cop gets out and starts yelling at us. Once he was a few yards away from us, we took off again. We hopped into somebodies backyard, and over their back wall into the desert behind our neighborhood. The cop didn't follow us into the backyard (I don't think they are allowed to do that.) and we hid in some tall desert grass for probably ten minutes before going back, beating the shit out of Mick and laughing at how the others could so non-chalantly walk past the cop.

[Pcheez]

ive had too many close calls with death, none with the law tho :/

[Methuselah]

So...

Tonight I was pulled over by 2 sheriffs while speeding home across the golden gate bridge at 2am, coming home from a halloween party in the city. I was speeding because my car was over heating and I wanted to get home before the engine blew up. They immediately asked whether or not I was drinking and I said yes, I had had 3 beers about 3 hours ago. They didn't buy it and here comes the 4 tests: First is to follow the cops finger tip with my eyes for a lil while, 2nd is to tilt my head back and count to 30 seconds while being as accurate as possible, 3rd stand on one foot and count to thirty saying "one one thousand" "two one thousand", and 4th clap my hands together saying 1 2! 1 2! (my favorite test so far).

I'm pretty sure I passed all tests with flying colors. However, the cops didn't think so, so out came the breathalyzer. They had me blow once, and then wait a minute, and a 2nd time. My first blow was a .85 blood alcohol content (legal limit is .80 in California). Bad news, right? Well, the 2nd blow was a .78. Since the 2nd blow was under the limit, they couldn't arrest me for a DUI. They then asked to search my car, which I declined, and told me that I needed to wait 30 minutes before driving home... incredibly, they left me alone after this. One of them did stay parked across the street to make sure I didn't leave early, but I wasn't going anywhere, my engine needed a while to cool down before I could start it again. Ironic, right? Once he left I was out of there, though.

If I had blown a .2 higher on the 2nd breathalyzer test, I would be in jail right now for not only a DUI and they would have been legally able to search my car. What they would have found would have put me in jail for 5 years, easily. Without going into details lets just say that I would have gone down for possession of 2 illegal substances, along with paraphernalia, and with intent to sell only because I had a few baggies on me. So approx 3 felonies, but who knows what else they woulda come up with. I feel pretty fucking lucky that I got out of that situation with nothing but a slap on the wrist (the cop didn't even write me a speeding ticket in the end)....

I've had close calls before but this takes the cake hands down.

Jail time... you can't win if you don't play.

[Tzacharu]

why do they use those stupid walking tests if they have a breathalyzerthingie?

Yea, that never made sense to me either. If they had done the breathalyzer first, depending on how long the tests looked, he might've got that .8 on the second one.

Pretty lucky though.

[Drakhan]

I once got a ticket for peeing outside onto a public restroom building. Stupid.

[kordoyn]

When I was 18 I was clocked by the OPP (Highway Patrol) as doing 240 km/h (160ish mph). Lucky for me, the cop was on the other side of the highway, and there was a drop between the northbound and southbound lanes so he could not cross over. He must have still been able to catch a picture of my plates though because the next morning I had the goon squad show up at my house and ask me questions. In the end they just told me to slow down, and warned me that if the cop was on my side of the hwy I'd most likely be going to jail.

2 months later I had my license suspended anyway for other speeding infractions. I've slowed down since then, for the most part anyway.

[Marrik]

why do they use those stupid walking tests if they have a breathalyzerthingie?

so they can still arrest you for being drunk if you are sober and clumsy, i guess.

[Delwyn]

I wish you had blown higher on the second as well.

[Marrik]

why would you speed if you have drugs in your car???

[Whistler]

EE;1886252']Wow, you must be stupid about cars. Last thing you want to do is speed when you are having heating problems, high RPM's cause more heat in the engine.

I didnt read past what I quoted, I am sure I would have read more stupid shit.
Duh? Most of the drive home is downhill and I was cruising in neutral when he stopped me for speeding.

[Whistler]

I guess one particular close call that springs to mind is when I was almost snatched by a pedophile when I was 6 years old.
Hahha dude I lolled but that story is actually pretty fucking creepy.

[nathanpinard]

I'm pretty sure I did, because when I got home I had to piss like I just had some if you know what I'm talking about, and we were naked, and ya I feel like shit right now I'm probably going to go to sleep.

A Mastercard commercial comes to mind here:

Gas to drive to the party - $5.00

Several fifths of choice liquor - $40.00

Condoms - $4.00

Not even remotely remembering a sexual encounter with a hot spanish chick the night before

FAIL.

[Lethn]

Bloody hell you lot get up to some crazy shit lmao.

For me it was in one of my old schools this idiot decided to pull out a knife in front of me while I was waiting in line and it amazed me no one noticed a fucking thing I pretty much stood my ground and stared the bastard down until he walked away with a smirk after I shook my head as if to say "Don't even try it".

Needless to say after that experience where teachers let fucking morons walk around with knives they don't even know how to use properly I ended up begging my parents to get me to any school except that one, it was just as bad but at least there weren't shit heads that acted like a bunch of thugs around you.

I think pretty much every time someone's thought about picking a fight with me it's ended this way don't know whether it's the confidence or have or whatever but something about the way I stare at them manages to drive them off.

[escarondito]

dumbest wall of text ever

in the era of homeland security you should thank yourself when you get pulled over next time and the cops do arrest you and charge you with felonies. keep thinking they wont find out about your little post about your close call

[Shoku]

I was chased through the woods by 2 cops on horseback for practicing paintball tactics in the woods behind the local fair.

[pongo]

in the era of homeland security you should thank yourself when you get pulled over next time and the cops do arrest you and charge you with felonies. keep thinking they wont find out about your little post about your close call

Die troll.

[Jangang]

I have two stories...

The first one, I'm stoned out of my mind. Driving down the road w/ two chicks. I must have been speeding cuz next thing I know there are sirens going off. I have a 1/2 oz of smoke, and a glass pipe in my pocket. Anyway, I pull over, the cop asks me to step out of the car. He asks if I have any drugs on me, I laugh and say "I wish". He asks if he can search the car, I let him. He never pats me down and after he doesn't find anything he lets me go. As we pull off the girls tell me how the exact same cop busted them the previous weekend for smoking weed.

I lucked out there. :)

The other I was driving 105 down the freeway stoned and w/ an 1/8th of chron in my pocket. Suddenly there are lights behind me. I pull over, a guy out of uniform comes to the window and says "There a reason you were going so fast?" I said "Not really, I'm just in a hurry.". He says "Well I'm not on duty, I'm just on my way to work out before my shift but I couldn't let you fly by at 105. Slow it down" and walks off.

That scared the shit out of me, I was going fast enough it would have qualified as reckless driving which by itself is enough points to lose your license.

[hardboiled]

I saw a guy walking past me with a knife.

I got scared and begged my parents to transfer me elsewhere.

I am a loser.

Translated from obnoxious nerd language to English.

[ClownFoot]

Typing in the address for a porn site then going to pick out a CD to listen to. My ex-girlfriend(wasn't ex at the time) came in the room while I was on the far away from my computer. I turn around quickly and dive for the mouse, but I was saved, because on the screen it said "Page not working, make sure you got the proper url, etc etc etc".

[Mortimer Dclxvi]

WTF?
Why do you arseholes drive when stoned & drunk,
it doesn't make you look cool you know.

AND STREET RACING?
who the fuck street races? you played too much fuckin video games
LOL pathetic

your the kinda guys that walk around saying:
"you lend us 20p for phone m8?"

"actually you better make it 50p cos i need it to phone a mobile"

...street racing, please.

[hardboiled]

WTF?
Why do you arseholes drive when stoned & drunk,
it doesn't make you look cool you know.

AND STREET RACING?
who the fuck street races? you played too much fuckin video games
LOL pathetic

your the kinda guys that walk around saying:
"you lend us 20p for phone m8?"

"actually you better make it 50p cos i need it to phone a mobile"

...street racing, please.

I assume you're 15 years old.

[Paralda]

I am in to street racing, and there was a kind of meeting somewhere near my house, so I decided to go there and actually just have a look.

As I got there, some guy came walking up and asked me if I wanted to sport (=race).
So I said, well I came here to watch, but sure.
Now, The fellow had a crappy car, and I drive a Saab 93 2.0L (upgraded) Turbo (Tuned to 375 bhp).
I first asked what bhp he had, because I don't like to race people with alot slower or faster cars than me.
He said, 300 bhp (non-turbo). So I said, well I don't think you stand a chance, but we'll see. (He drove a Hyundai Tiburon)

So we had a race and I won, ofcourse. As I returned to the meeting, I saw 1 police car arriving. Nothing bad, because there were no races going on, and the meeting was on a car park, so nothing illegal going on.
Then, all of a sudden, a car comes racing up from the highway onto the car park, the police car fires his sirenes and stops the guy to talk to him. (don't know what was being said)

Another two cop cars arrive, so I decide it's enough and head home. Some idiots thought the same thing, and eventually the whole meeting shifted somewhere else.
We were all driving on the highway, with the cops following us. Alot of people were pushing their luck and dare the police to stop them.

After a mile or 2, some idiot steps on the gas and so do some others, the police cars (now 5 of them) fire their sirenes and start chasing them.
The unlucky me is just overtaking someone on the highway (that means me speeding at that moment), and as I return to the other lane, one of the cop cars comes driving next to me and points to the side, so he overtakes me and brakes till we are both halted at the first possible stop.

Two cops step out of the car and commanded me to step out of the vehicle and put my hands on the hood.
As a good citizen, I obeyed. They start searching me and my car. (without asking)

They find nothing, and they start telling me stuff. I was being arrested for taking part in illegal street racing, speeding, and some other nonsense stuff.
As I said, I drive a Saab 93, which is tuned under the hood, but looks normal on the outside. So the other cop said, "You were part of that illegal street race right?"
I replied, "No, I don't know what you're talking about, I was just driving on the highway"

And the idiots let me go, haha. I mean, my car doesn't sound standard at all ! If they had looked under the hood, they would've giving me a nice fine, and perhaps even a night in jail.

I drive a Tiburon... how would I go about getting it up to 300 HP? Right now it's only got around 130 (it's an 06 with a 4 Cylinder), but I'd love to mod it when the warranty runs out.

[IthroZada]

Not police related but a close call none-the-less, now I don't remember any of this so this is how my parents told it.

I was 3 years old and my babysitter (old mexican lady) kidnapped me and took me to Mexico for a week. Her husband had just died so she went a little insane and in a fit of depression decided to kidnap me, take me to Mexico, and tell everyone I was her son (which, I as a blond haired white boy, would only work because he hubby had been white). For some reason she returned with me and got caught, saving me from a life of growing up as a gringo in Mexico City.

Its a funny story sure, but the sad part is that I could speak Spanish pretty well before it happened but after it I have been unable to speak Spanish or re-learn it, which I've tried

[palo god]

A Mastercard commercial comes to mind here:

Gas to drive to the party - $5.00

Several fifths of choice liquor - $40.00

Condoms - $4.00

Not even remotely remembering a sexual encounter with a hot spanish chick the night before

FAIL.

Hey I have new numbers in my phone, one of them might be her all might not be lost. :)

[Gloomrender]

This thread delivers in entertainment value.

[heroshade]

A Mastercard commercial comes to mind here:

Gas to drive to the party - $5.00

Several fifths of choice liquor - $40.00

Condoms - $4.00

Not even remotely remembering a sexual encounter with a hot spanish chick the night before

FAIL.

HAHA! Gas for $5.00. -scoff-

[Ammon777]

I'm pretty sure I did, because when I got home I had to piss like I just had some if you know what I'm talking about, and we were naked, and ya I feel like shit right now I'm probably going to go to sleep.
lol, thats cool, bro. :D

[Ammon777]

I assume you're 15 years old.

I think he is 13.

[Thaeds]

HAHA! Gas for $5.00. -scoff-

Do you even drive? Gas is cheap as hell atm. Stop trying to hop on the bandwagon.

[Medieval]

Drugs and alcohol are bad :ninja:

[Daccus]

When I was 18 or 19 I left a pretty well known dealer's house with over $80 worth of weed on me. I forgot to turn my lights on when I drove off and was pulled over after diving a block. I was too stoned to think straight and when asked any questions my friend piped up and explained that the reason my lights were off was because I left them on when I went into my friend's house and when I went to start the car I had turned them off. It was true, but the cops must have suspected something; the passenger speaking up for the driver. Well, they checked my license, insurance card (which was actually invalid) and let me be on my way. I would have been in some serious shit if they had searched me and checked my pockets.

[LMM009]

I'm pretty sure I passed all tests with flying colors. However, the cops didn't think so, so out came the breathalyzer. They had me blow once, and then wait a minute, and a 2nd time. My first blow was a .85 blood alcohol content (legal limit is .80 in California). Bad news, right? Well, the 2nd blow was a .78. Since the 2nd blow was under the limit, they couldn't arrest me for a DUI.


just a heads up .8 on the BAC test is impossible unless your dead
anything above .35 your basically unconscious and next to dead

[IthroZada]

just a heads up .8 on the BAC test is impossible unless your dead
anything above .35 your basically unconscious and next to dead

he probably meant .08, or he is a dirty lying bastard, take your pick

[Jezrith]

why do they use those stupid walking tests if they have a breathalyzerthingie?

They use observable signs of behavior so they can say, I saw this person behaving in this manner, this behavior created reasonable cause to use a breathalyzer, which showed reasonable cause to detain the subject further and give him a test on a calibrator breathalyzer which is admissible in court. It's all about creating an air tight case.

Also, I had my 8th roadside test about a month ago, still DUI free! *knocks on wood*

[nathanpinard]

AND STREET RACING?
who the fuck street races? you played too much fuckin video games
LOL pathetic

In Portland, OR they've reduced these a great deal by opening the Portland International Raceway for public street races that are legal. Basically they drag on the straightaway.

[epicor]

They had me blow once, and then wait a minute, and a 2nd time. My first blow was a .85 blood alcohol content (legal limit is .80 in California). Bad news, right? Well, the 2nd blow was a .78.

Sooooo .8 huh?

[Mo0rbid]

I almost OD on marijuana ...HAHAHAHA

[Temet nosce]

I almost OD on marijuana ...HAHAHAHA

That's basically impossible. They have trouble managing it even in labs, the dosage for 50% lethality is so obscenely high that it requires pounds of Marijuana to manage, and it's not possible to smoke it fast enough. (effectively if you wanted to do it you'd have to inject it)

[epicor]

That's basically impossible. They have trouble managing it even in labs, the dosage for 50% lethality is so obscenely high that it requires pounds of Marijuana to manage, and it's not possible to smoke it fast enough. (effectively if you wanted to do it you'd have to inject it)

wow could you imagine a THC injection? I never got into drugs, even pot (tried it, it was gay) but damn THC to the brain = all time high.

[Methuselah]

Glamorizing drugs gets people infractions.

Keep the discussion mature and no one gets hurt.

[WhySoSerious]

Close calls..

I was hit by an 18 wheeler when I was young, it was going 30 mph. I managed to live through it with a broken pelvis, massive internal bleeding and a shattered ribcage and fractured skull.

A few years later, I was being mugged by a bunch of gang bangers while I was walking home from school. I fought to defend myself and I was sucessful until someone pulled out a knife and stabbed me in the stomach below the ribcage. It missed all the organs and I only had stitches for it.

A few more years later, I loaned my tools to a wierd muslim kid in my school. He then used it to cut off the hair of a sikh he didn't like in my school, and I almost got nailed with hate crimes, assault with a deadly weapon etc but I plead innocent and I got away with just a ticket for "Possession of a weapon"

[hardboiled]

Drugs are good, they make you do things you know you not should.

[Whistler]

he probably meant .08
Yeah, forgot to put the 0 in there.

Hell I didn't feel drunk at all or any buzz even when I took the test. The cop told me I could decline, but I was feeling completely fucking sober so I was like no problem I'll take it. I guess if you decline the breathalyzer test, you wait for their medic van to come draw your blood instead. Or maybe they take you in and do it at the station. Anyone know?

Waiting for a blood test might not be such a bad idea though, your BAC would go down a little bit while waiting. Not encouraging drinking and driving here, but shit, I only had a few fucking beers and that was enough to almost get me a DUI.

[Whistler]

Close calls..

I was hit by an 18 wheeler when I was young, it was going 30 mph. I managed to live through it with a broken pelvis, massive internal bleeding and a shattered ribcage and fractured skull.

A few years later, I was being mugged by a bunch of gang bangers while I was walking home from school. I fought to defend myself and I was sucessful until someone pulled out a knife and stabbed me in the stomach below the ribcage. It missed all the organs and I only had stitches for it.

A few more years later, I loaned my tools to a wierd muslim kid in my school. He then used it to cut off the hair of a sikh he didn't like in my school, and I almost got nailed with hate crimes, assault with a deadly weapon etc but I plead innocent and I got away with just a ticket for "Possession of a weapon"
Damn.

[Temet nosce]

wow could you imagine a THC injection? I never got into drugs, even pot (tried it, it was gay) but damn THC to the brain = all time high.

Honestly? No I couldn't, not even in small quantities but I suspect you'd go unconscious fairly quickly.

[Lysandor]

It is not illegal to point a firearm at an unidentified law enforcement officer when they have one pointed at you.

[Hecubis]

I would have had a lot of close calls if it wasn't for the fact that the police here in BC are very tolerant about possession, especially marijuana. I've even talked to a cop about it and he told me point blank that he doesn't bust people for marijuana unless he suspects that they're involved in a serious crime or they're DUI.

[Thaeds]

It is not illegal to point a firearm at an unidentified law enforcement officer when they have one pointed at you.

It's also not illegal for the officer to shoot and kill you if he thinks his life is at risk.

[Lysandor]

It's also not illegal for the officer to shoot and kill you if he thinks his life is at risk.

And the reverse is true. As the unprovoked aggressor, he/she would be in the wrong even if you fired first. There is no reason for an unidentifiable law enforcement officer to draw down on someone and expect them to let it happen.