Summary

A DRUNK MAN GETS VERY UPSET AT THE TROOPER. NOT THAT HE'S GETTING ARRESTED, BUT THAT HE'S HAVING HIS VAN TOWED! HE DOESN'T WANT TO PAY THE TOWING OR STORAGE FEES AND GETS FURIOUS.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 286361
Story Slug PLEASE DON'T TOW MY VAN DUI 1998
Location TEXAS
Format DASHCAM
Date 8-8-1998
Archive Time 28:51
TRT 30:20
Video Description DAYTIME DASHCAM VIDEO OF PATROL CAR PULLING OVER WHITE VAN, MAN GETTING OUT OF CAR, OFFICER TELLS HIM HE'S NOT DRIVING GOOD, OFFICER ASKS MAN HOW MUCH HE'S HAD TO DRINK AND HE SAYS A COUPLE, OFFICER THEN TELLS HIM HE ISN'T SPEAKING WELL AND TELLS HIM WHY HE WAS DRIVING BAD AND HOW IT WASN'T SAFE, MAN SLURRING LIKE CRAZY, MAN WITH SOUTHERN ACCENT TALKING LIKE HE IS VERY DRUNK, OFFICER ASKING MAN WHAT HIS ADDRESS IS, MAN TELLING OFFICER HE WENT TO SCHOOL UP UNTIL HE WAS 17, MAN SAYING HE DID GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THEN MAN RECOUNTS ALPHABET AFTER BEING ASKED, MAN IS SO DRUNK AND SAYS HE HAS BAD KNEES, OFFICER PROMISES NOT TO LAUGH AT SUSPECT, MAN HOLDS UP LEG FOR SOBRIETY TEST AND COUNTS TO 30, MAN STARTS OVER, MAN STUMBLES THROUGH SOBRIETY TEST, OFFICER DOING EYE TEST, OFFICER INSTRUCTS MAN TO WALK STRAIGHT LINE WHILE HE COUNTS TO NINE, MAN TELLS OFFICER A SOBER MAN CAN'T EVEN DO THAT, MAN DOES IT, BUT IS REALLY DRUNK, OFFICER TELLS MAN HE IS ARRESTING HIM FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, MAN LAUGHS AND SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS AND THAT IS WAS A DAMN TEST, OFFICER TELLS MAN HE IS ON CAMERA, MAN READ HIS RIGHTS, MAN ASKS FOR A FRIEND, OFFICER HAS HIM GO TO THE SIDE, MAN TOLD TO SIT DOWN, MAN YELLING AT POLICE OFFICER, MAN CURSING AT POLICE, MAN WANTS RANDOM WOMAN TO MOVE HIS VAN INSTEAD OF IT GETTING TOWED, WOMAN SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW MAN, AND THEY TAKE THE GUY IN AS HE IS CONSTANTLY YELLING AT POLICE, MAN IS UPSET THAT HE HAS TO PAY FOR TOWING AND YELLS AT POLICE, MAN CONTINUES TO YELL AT POLICE ABOUT HIS VAN, OFFICER TELLING MAN TO CALM DOWN. DRUNK GUY ASKING MAN HOW LONG HE'S BEEN ON THE FORCE, MAN YELLING THAT HE DOESN'T WANT HIS VAN TOWED, MAN CARRIES ON ABOUT HOW HE DOENS'T WANT TO PAY FOR TOWING, THEN HE CONTINUES TO YELL AT POLICE IRRADICALLY, MAN TELLS POLICE OFFICER TO GET HIS BOOKS, OFFICER KEEPS SAYING OKAY TO CRAZY DRUNK GUY SO HE SHUTS HIS MOUTH, MAN KEEPS YELLING CRAZY AT POLICE, OFFICER READS DRUNK MAN HIS RIGHTS WHILE SITTING IN PATROL CAR, OFFICER IN CAR ASKING MAN QUESTIONS, MAN TELLS OFFICERS HE HAS BEEN DRINKING BEER, BUT JUST ONE BEER 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO GETTING PULLED OVER, OFFICER ASKING IF HE IS UNDER A DOCTORS CARE, HE SAYS HE IS UNDER A CHIROPRACTORS CARE, ANSWERING MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS HEALTH, OFFICER ASKING MAN WHEN HE HAD HIS LAST DOSE OF A MUSCLE RELAXER, SAYS HE SLEPT 8 HOURS LAST NIGHT, TALKS ABOUT HIS ACHES AND PAINS, MAN SAYS HE DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO DRINK, MAN SAYS HELL NO TO OFFICER, MAN SAYS HE WEIGHS 200 LBS, MAN GOES ON AND ON AND ON, MAN YELLS AT OFFICERS STILL, MAN YELLING AT OFFICERS TO CALL 9-1-1, MAN CONTINUING TO YELL AT POLICE FOR VAN BEING TOWED,
Description A DRUNK MAN GETS VERY UPSET AT THE TROOPER. NOT THAT HE'S GETTING ARRESTED, BUT THAT HE'S HAVING HIS VAN TOWED! HE DOESN'T WANT TO PAY THE TOWING OR STORAGE FEES AND GETS FURIOUS.
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Keywords

CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
SURVEILLANCE
CCTV
IN-CAR
POLICE
COPS
HIGH SPEED CHASE
PURSUIT
DUI
DWI
DRUNK
INTOXICATED
BREATHLYZER
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
OUT OF IT
RECKLESS
STUPID
BLOOPER
FUNNY
WEIRD
WACKY.
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