sleepytime
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What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania
Hello, here's how the night went. My friend and I were over at his place early on in the night (around 9 or so) and I had a gin and tonic (granted, it was stronger than normal) with some pizza. Then, a few hours later, we drove over to our other friends house (this was probably about 12:30 or 1am and i did not have anything to drink since that initial gin and tonic. We left my second friends house around 2am and headed back to my place.
On the way back, we stopped in a Wawa to pick up a bite to eat. When we were about to leave there I took a sip out of a water bottle and then pulled away. A few minutes down the road a cop pulls me over and I couldn't figure out why. He came up and asked if I had been drinking any beer that night, i told him no and he proceeded to ask me to get out of the car. He then told me that he saw me drinking a beer in the wawa parking lot. I told him that it wasn't a beer, it was a bottle of water and I even showed him the bottle. I was competely coherent (it had been over 5 hours since the drink) and was more than nice and tried to be as cooperative as possible.
Then, they (there were two police cars with once policeman in each, they said that they were partners) had me walk the line, stand on one foot, and count with my fingers. I passed all of those fine (except for being a little wobbly standing on one foot because there were two cars with flashing lights and it all made me pretty nervous). They walked away for a few minutes, i guess to call another cop over. He came and gave me a breathalizer. They then told me that I blew a .05 and I am still trying to figure out how that is possible. I looked it up online and there is no way that I should have tested that high. My friend, according to them, blew a .16, twice the legal limit.
When all was said and done, they made him drive my car home - it's a stick shift and he has never driven one before, let alone the fact that he tested 3 times higher than me and was twice the legal limit. They allowed him to practice in the parking lot. The whole time he was practicing, about 20 mins or so, they stood there laughing at us and throwing their arms around mocking him.
Anyway, what should I do now? I received my citation in the mail the other day (my friend still has yet to receive his). Also, my understanding is that if i plead guilty my license will be suspended for 3 months. Is that a red license where I would be allowed to drive to work, school and home? Or is it a complete suspension?
Sorry that this post is rather long. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
Hello, here's how the night went. My friend and I were over at his place early on in the night (around 9 or so) and I had a gin and tonic (granted, it was stronger than normal) with some pizza. Then, a few hours later, we drove over to our other friends house (this was probably about 12:30 or 1am and i did not have anything to drink since that initial gin and tonic. We left my second friends house around 2am and headed back to my place.
On the way back, we stopped in a Wawa to pick up a bite to eat. When we were about to leave there I took a sip out of a water bottle and then pulled away. A few minutes down the road a cop pulls me over and I couldn't figure out why. He came up and asked if I had been drinking any beer that night, i told him no and he proceeded to ask me to get out of the car. He then told me that he saw me drinking a beer in the wawa parking lot. I told him that it wasn't a beer, it was a bottle of water and I even showed him the bottle. I was competely coherent (it had been over 5 hours since the drink) and was more than nice and tried to be as cooperative as possible.
Then, they (there were two police cars with once policeman in each, they said that they were partners) had me walk the line, stand on one foot, and count with my fingers. I passed all of those fine (except for being a little wobbly standing on one foot because there were two cars with flashing lights and it all made me pretty nervous). They walked away for a few minutes, i guess to call another cop over. He came and gave me a breathalizer. They then told me that I blew a .05 and I am still trying to figure out how that is possible. I looked it up online and there is no way that I should have tested that high. My friend, according to them, blew a .16, twice the legal limit.
When all was said and done, they made him drive my car home - it's a stick shift and he has never driven one before, let alone the fact that he tested 3 times higher than me and was twice the legal limit. They allowed him to practice in the parking lot. The whole time he was practicing, about 20 mins or so, they stood there laughing at us and throwing their arms around mocking him.
Anyway, what should I do now? I received my citation in the mail the other day (my friend still has yet to receive his). Also, my understanding is that if i plead guilty my license will be suspended for 3 months. Is that a red license where I would be allowed to drive to work, school and home? Or is it a complete suspension?
Sorry that this post is rather long. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!