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Old 01-21-06 | 05:39 AM
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From: Somerset, KY -- near Lake Cumberland

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We had a guy here that got two DUI's riding a horse along a public road. I almost got one after driving into a DUI trap. At roadside, they tested me at .09, which is over the .08 max in Kentucky. I also did poorly walking a straight line. When I got to jail, I was in the room where they had the official machine to measure me. The arresting cop sat there for almost an hour doing paper work before he put me on the official machine. I thought: "What a great guy -- he's trying to help me sober up before he gives me the official test." I learned later from a lawyer friend that your alcohol level in your blood INCREASES for 1.5 hours after the last drink. The cop wasn't trying to help me -- he was trying to get my blood alcohol level up. When he finally tested me, I came in at .07, just under the limit. Even so, they wanted to cite me for wreckless driving or open container in the car. I fought this, because neither was true. The county DA finally dropped the charges. I was lucky that a judge who had been at the party I was at was right behind me when I got pulled over. He called the jail and got me sprung right away. Normally, they would have kept me four hours in a cell. Jails are not good places. They smell like urine.
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