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Have you ever called 911 on a drunk driver??

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  1. dolphin13 dolphin13 is offline OT Vice MVP

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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 8:41pm)

    I did once when I was 19. Dude was driving like a nutjob. I followed him while I was on with 911. He eventually drove into a ditch.

    Shaun Rogers helps police catch drunk driver

    The National Football Post Jul 21, 10:30 pm EDT

    Cleveland Browns nose guard Shaun "Big Baby" Rogers provided a big assist to police, helping them catch a drunk driver.

    Rogers, who recently received probation to resolve a case where he was caught with a loaded gun at the Cleveland airport, called 911 on Thursday after noticing an "erratic driver," according to WJW-TV.
    "The occupants appear to be either very sleepy or drunk," Rogers told the dispatcher. "He's run off the road several times swerving across, they're driving on a flat tire right now."
    Rogers remained on the phone, followed the car and pulled behind the driver to warn other drivers.

    "Mr. Rogers positioned himself behind that vehicle and turned his emergency flashers on to notify other drivers that there was an emergency on the road, and I don't know what would've happened had he not done that," Middleburg Heights police chief John Maddox said.
    As a result of Rogers' intervention, police arrested 20-year-old John Nykiel and charged him with driving under the influence and operating an unsafe vehicle.
    "I thought his actions were above and beyond and I wanted to express to him as chief of police how much we appreciate what he did that night he helped keep Middleburg Heights safe," Maddox said.
    Kudos to Rogers for a brave act of citizenship.
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 8:43pm) in reply to dolphin13

    It is hard to do tho if you live in a city with small townships. By the time they forward your call to the city he's onto the next one. Just like the Duke boys of Hazzard County.
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 8:51pm) in reply to dolphin13

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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 9:13pm) in reply to norcaljeff

    In other words Mr. Rogers wanted to rehab his image. why else would the media know about a guy reporting a drunk driver.
     
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 9:17pm) in reply to heynow21

     
    Originally Posted by heynow21 View Post

    In other words Mr. Rogers wanted to rehab his image. why else would the media know about a guy reporting a drunk driver.

    what's wrong with his image?? I have stitches you can still see on my head because I tried to hug (no homo) the tv when Mr. Rogers was on.

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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 9:29pm) in reply to dolphin13

    Did coming back from the casino a few months ago. Some chick in a huge SUV all over the road. Called it in after out of the blue she ran way off the road and got within a foot of hitting a bicyclist who was riding WELL off the road. No way she could have driven far without hitting something. We followed her for a bit but we were going in a different direction and the 911 operator told us not to follow them so who knows what happened.
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 9:32pm) in reply to threeven

    One time I blamed a drunk driver for 9/11. He was goin all Jihad on me.
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 9:32pm) in reply to dnb128

    Some lady was swerving everywhere at like 2 a.m. and almost crashed into me when there was just us two for like 500 yards on the highway so I slowed down, got her plate and called the police on her.
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 9:38pm) in reply to QuietStorm

    In NC you dial *HP for the highway patrol, so I wouldn't call 911 unless there was an accident - I've never done it, but would if I saw someone who was obv shitfaced driving - not if they were just weaving a bit, but if they were seriously putting others at risk
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 9:47pm) in reply to pigalet42

    Me and my girl called the cops on someone like 2 days ago. We were driving home from the next town over at like 6pm.

    Dude in front of me was jerking the wheel from the left to right quickly making his car rock and swirve. Kinda like you see nascar drivers do during a caution. Never seen anybody do that shit before. So we called the cops.

    Dude was driving a blue infiniti, which is the same brand and color car i drive. So i got pulled over, lol. We saw were the guy parked, so we told the cop that we were the ones that called, and where he was.

    No clue what happened after that.
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 10:09pm) in reply to Jaybone2315

    Was driving my girlfriends brand new at the time Camaro SS in 02' and a drunk driver hit us in the rear at a red light about 2am or so. They back up while I'm about to get out the car and hit us again. They then speed off leaving us standing in the road with a half-off bumper. Being a dumbass myself I chased them down back rounds around my hometown. I call 911 while im going 90+ and tell them about the situation and they say "take the tag # and we will handle it, please do not pursue them" obv not what I did! I passed them and tried slamming on brakes to run them off the road. They about wreck a few times but end up turning off before they wrecked and gg trying to wreck them after that!
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 10:36pm) in reply to Getumboy

    I called the police about a guy who was asleep at a redlight at like 2am one time. I was behind him and pulled up next to him honked and he didn't respond so i just called in the intersection.
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 10:38pm) in reply to BigEarn7

    i videotaped some dude who parked too close to a crosswalk and sent the video to the cops. I bet he got a ticket and was piiiiiiissssssed
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 11:20pm) in reply to dolphin13

    yes. dude was driving the wrong way on the highway and swerving all over... i had to go onto the side of the road to avoid him. i was told i was the fifth person to call about him.
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 11:27pm) in reply to heavykiddy

    *FHP here in Florida. Basically did what Rogers did, called the police and followed him on I-4 at maybe 9 AM on a Sunday morning (wasnt sure if drunk or old). Then I stayed behind him for about 15 minutes until the cop got there and pulled him over. Went past them and didn't get a call back or anything - but I'm fairly certain the guy was drunk (i.e. it wasn't a oldster).
     
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 11:29pm) in reply to SpankyHamm

    snitches get stitches
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 11:30pm) in reply to JON STAMOZ

    I do unto others as I would have done to me.....
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 11:31pm) in reply to XquiziVex

    Lot of tattletales in this thread. Man have a little fun people. I did call 911 when they ran out of chicken nuggets though.
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    Jul 22nd, 2010 (7/22/2010 11:33pm) in reply to LeftyMark

    yes
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    Jul 23rd, 2010 (7/23/2010 12:52am) in reply to SluggerWV

    Friend and I called it on a woman who left her baby in the car in 95 degree weather.
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    Jul 23rd, 2010 (7/23/2010 1:10am) in reply to UCBananaboy



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    Jul 23rd, 2010 (7/23/2010 2:07am) in reply to UCBananaboy

    not sure this counts....we see this guy wasted out of his mind at work.....he's basically sleep walking around store......we review video and see that he drove horriably to where he was parked. we call the police so he doesnt drive away and kill someone....he literally fell face first into a bunch of cell phones and the hooks they were hanging on......police show up...never seen them handcuff a guy so fast.
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    Jul 23rd, 2010 (7/23/2010 2:10am) in reply to whitealroker

    I did when I got ran off the road into a median by a guy going the wrong way on a 4 lane highway with a grass median seperating the east and west bound lanes
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    Jul 23rd, 2010 (7/23/2010 5:11am) in reply to Pinocchio

    Yes & I followed him and actually pulled over a cop myself and had the officer go get him (he'd run my car with my kids in it into a ditch).. he was a 3rd time offender and he's currently in jail
     
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    Jul 23rd, 2010 (7/23/2010 5:15am) in reply to orgnalsooners

    I did once, passed 2 cops on the side of the highway while I was on the phone with 911. He was driving like 90 and almost hit a bunch of cars. The cops never pulled the guy over and when I finally caught up to the guy again, he had hit another car. Lazy fucking highway patrol.
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    Jul 23rd, 2010 (7/23/2010 5:16am) in reply to AnonymousX

    like 3 times in the last 5 years
     
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    Jul 23rd, 2010 (7/23/2010 5:34am) in reply to resilient

    One night we came home from being gone for the weekend and there was guy sitting in a car in the street around the side of our house. I went inside and looked out once in awhile. He was just sitting there for almost an hour, every once in a while moving his head around, so I called the cops. As the cop pulled up, the guy took off and the cop caught him at his house about a block or two away. Turns out he got drunk at home, had a fight with his girlfriend and then got in his car and tried to drive around the neighborhood, but he didn't get very far before he passed out by my house. I felt kind of bad after I found out the story. Then the guy fought the DUI charge and I got subpoened to the trial by then the prosecutor. They made a deal right before the trial started. I never really saw him after that, I think his girlfriend kicked him out.
    Edited By: Willywoo Jul 23rd, 2010 at 05:35 AM
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