After a long day a few years ago, I fell asleep and hit a telephone pole late one night. Had a couple of beers in me. My head hit the windshield and shattered it. My head was pretty banged up as well, broken nose, etc... Took an ambulance ride to the hospital. At the hospital, the police officer said they were going to take a blood test. My eyes were almost completely swollen shut, I was in and out of it. I told him to forget it, I've already given enough blood tonight.
Two months later, I show up at court on DWI charges. The judge threw it out because I was not in the car at the time the officer arrived on the scene and the one witness he did have (the fellow that helped me out of the car) had given the officer a false name and address and he could not locate him.
“After a long day a few years ago, I fell asleep and hit a telephone pole late one night. Had a couple of beers in me. My head hit the windshield and shattered it. My head was pretty banged up as well, broken nose, etc... Took an ambulance ride to the hospital. At the hospital, the police officer said they were going to take a blood test. My eyes were almost completely swollen shut, I was in and out of it. I told him to forget it, I’ve already given enough blood tonight.”
That’s all well and good, but I was specifically responding to the idea that the cops need a witness to put him behind the wheel.
By the way, unlike the you, the guy admitted to drinking and driving. Different circumstances.