Time: Sunday 12:30am
Location: 5S passing Eltoro


I felt really bad, and almost hung up my phone to 911. An Impala was going against traffic in the carpool lane and made a U turn in the freeway to self correct himself.

At 1st I thought he spun out and made a STUPID uturn to get back on track. My better half said, I think he's drunk. We proceeded to slow down, and watched him. He was everywhere on the road. I picked up my phone again, and this time pressed 911.

I told the dispatcher the car, model, plates, and direction. I proceeded to follow him, just in case, but he exited. We stayed as far as possible, but he exited and flips a FAT illegal uturn in the middle of nowhere and headed to the freeway again. I wanted to follow him, but I wasn't going to break the law to help him in case he crashed.

The operator says he will be caught, hopefully before he hurts someone, or himself. I would have hung up the phone, but his driving was beyond reckless.

Sorry I had to be the bad guy. ( I do feel bad, but I hope he didn't hurt anyone)

BC

 

Don't feel bad, BC. You saved someone else's life!

 

No need to feel bad in that situation. You probably saved his life as well as others.

I had a similar incident happen to my friends and I. A drunk/high driver was driving recklessly and bouncing off medians, another vehicle noticed the reckless driving and called the cops. Unfortunately, the drunk/high driver ran a red light and t-boned my vehicle in the very next intersection. Thankfully the witness stayed and reported everything to the police when they arrived.

 

don't feel bad. you did the right thing.. better get people like that of the road than have someone else die.

 

He sounds a) drunk b) suicidal c) homicidal, or a combination. No matter which, he needed to be taken off the road.

You did the right thing, BC

 

I agree. You did the right thing, Mike. Did you get my reply to your PM yesterday?

 

 

Yes, I will Pm you back soon!

 

I wonder if there is a way to follow up to what happened?

 

The evening news?

You did the right thing BC - you didn't mess up his/her life, s/he did when s/he got behind the wheel. If that had been someone running around waving a loaded gun, you wouldn't think twice about calling 911. In this case, a drunk driver behind the wheel is even more dangerous because they can keep killing without running out of bullets.

I believe you generated positive kharma for potentially saving the lives s/he would have taken, so don't feel bad like you hurt this person - you probably even saved the drunk driver's life too!

-JD