But sometimes people just bring trouble on themselves. For example, there is this guy, reported on in the Kirkland Reporter (you can read their story here).
Allegedly, he'd had too much to drink and was driving home and on his way home decided to speed and swerve (these are from the facts of the story, but from what happened next I'd have to tend to believe them). Once the Kirkland police officer tried to pull him over this guy didn't do the smart thing and pull over and try to get his traffic ticket and move along. No, he tried to outrun the cops.
Now here is a word to the wise from seasoned Seattle DUI attorneys, nobody really ever outruns the cops anymore. Once you take off they get a helicopter on you and it's pretty much impossible to get away.
This guy decided it was going to be cool to take off and reach speeds of 125 mph. Now, I don't know about you, but I don't often get to practice driving that fast. And apparently this guy doesn't either. After some time he rolled the vehicle, where, you guessed it, the police nabbed him. I don't think he made it to Bellevue but he definitely broke his car.
So, lesson for the day, if you are going to drink and drive (and not be drunk and drive - we can't condone that here) try your best to follow the traffic laws. Sometimes you are just unlucky if a taillight or something goes out, but if you are speeding and driving around like a crazy person, you are just asking to get pulled over (and that's about the only way it can happen, since Washington State doesn't allow DUI checkpoints). So drive safe, put your seat belt on, and wait until you get home and play video games to try to outrun the police.
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