Only a Texan could think of this .... from the County
where drunk driving is considered a sport, comes this
true story.
Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar
in Bandera, Texas, staked out, the officer noticed
a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could
barely walk. The man stumbled around the parking lot
for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.
After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five different
vehicles, the man managed to find his car which
he fell into. -- -- He sat there for a few minutes as
a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.
Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on
and off (it was a fine, dry summer night) -- --
flicked the blinkers on, then off a couple of times,
honked the horn and then switched on the lights. -- He moved
the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little
and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the
other
patron vehicles left. At last, the parking lot empty,
he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive
slowly down the road.
The police officer, having patiently waited all this
time, now started up the patrol car, put on the
flashing lights, and promptly pulled the man over and
carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement the
breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having
consumed any alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the
officer said, "I'll have to ask you to accompany me
to the police station. This breathalyzer equipment
must be broken."
"I doubt it," said the truly proud Texan. "Tonight I'm
the designated decoy."
where drunk driving is considered a sport, comes this
true story.
Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar
in Bandera, Texas, staked out, the officer noticed
a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could
barely walk. The man stumbled around the parking lot
for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.
After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five different
vehicles, the man managed to find his car which
he fell into. -- -- He sat there for a few minutes as
a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.
Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on
and off (it was a fine, dry summer night) -- --
flicked the blinkers on, then off a couple of times,
honked the horn and then switched on the lights. -- He moved
the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little
and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the
other
patron vehicles left. At last, the parking lot empty,
he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive
slowly down the road.
The police officer, having patiently waited all this
time, now started up the patrol car, put on the
flashing lights, and promptly pulled the man over and
carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement the
breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having
consumed any alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the
officer said, "I'll have to ask you to accompany me
to the police station. This breathalyzer equipment
must be broken."
"I doubt it," said the truly proud Texan. "Tonight I'm
the designated decoy."
