No apparent difference between perception and reality

By Doug Page | Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 12:30 PM

Brookville officers stopped a weaving vehicle around 11 on a Monday night. They’d been alerted to a possible drunk driver by Clayton police.

When asked if he had been drinking, the driver admitted he’d been quaffing Screwdrivers, a potent mixture of vodka and orange juice. When asked if he would take a field sobriety test, the gentleman said, “I will because I’ve been drinking.”

He failed the test, likely because, as he said, he’d been drinking. The gentleman then made the perceptive observation, “I know I’m drunk.” Police also found a bag of suspected marijuana in the gentleman’s trouser pocket.

Taken to the police station, the gentleman took the breath test, blowing a 0.159 — a mere 0.001 off doubling the state’s legal limit of 0.08. When asked if there was someone police should call, the gentlemen — ever perceptive — responded, “I’m too (messed) up to remember.”

He was cited for drunken driving, driving under suspension, marked lane violation and possession of marijuana. He was given a ride to the county lockup.

Perhaps this is a case of perception, indeed, being reality.

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