03-04-2009, 12:09 PM
Don't have to worry about it on this island.
I have been fuming since Monday over this, so here goes.
13 months ago I was hit head on by a drunk driver, no license, no insurance. She is arrested, third offense (that I know of), gets the legal maximum of 14 days in jail.
So, on Monday afternoon I pull out of Peck Rd., in Mt. View to head down to Keaau. Pull out behind a silver Ford Windstar. This driver is obviously drunk, weaving over the yellow line, the white line, hits one of those "sidewalk" markers in front of Mt View school, drives too fast, then too slow, hits their brakes when nothing is in front of them. If I had a cell phone I would have called it in. The driver eventually turns right onto Old Volcano Rd in Keaau, I think great I'm going to stop at the police station and report this. Then I see an officer where you buy propane gas (behind the credit union), so I pull in, jump out of my truck and say "That driver in the van is drunk." His respone? "Yeah, OK."
Me: Aren't you going to go after them?
Lazy Officer: I have to follow this tow truck and stay with this car.
Me: Can't you call it in?
Lazy Officer: I have to take care of this first!
The officer follows the tow truck 2 doors down, to the police station. I follow the officer (while drunk driver lady pulls into Puna Fresh Foods) into the police parking lot where there are many other officer too. Once again, get out of my truck (lazy officer is obviously perturbed), and say what are you going to do about the drunk driver? Another officer asks lazy officer whats going on, lazy officer says "Oh, it's just about a drunk driver". Then lazy officer says to me "I told you I have to stay with this stolen car and we have people in custody, you can't just expect me to leave." Eventually the other officer takes my info on the van and plate number and I leave. Seriously doubt they made any attempt to get her.
And now for the real irony... I think drunk driver was the same woman who hit me 13 months ago!
I have been fuming since Monday over this, so here goes.
13 months ago I was hit head on by a drunk driver, no license, no insurance. She is arrested, third offense (that I know of), gets the legal maximum of 14 days in jail.
So, on Monday afternoon I pull out of Peck Rd., in Mt. View to head down to Keaau. Pull out behind a silver Ford Windstar. This driver is obviously drunk, weaving over the yellow line, the white line, hits one of those "sidewalk" markers in front of Mt View school, drives too fast, then too slow, hits their brakes when nothing is in front of them. If I had a cell phone I would have called it in. The driver eventually turns right onto Old Volcano Rd in Keaau, I think great I'm going to stop at the police station and report this. Then I see an officer where you buy propane gas (behind the credit union), so I pull in, jump out of my truck and say "That driver in the van is drunk." His respone? "Yeah, OK."
Me: Aren't you going to go after them?
Lazy Officer: I have to follow this tow truck and stay with this car.
Me: Can't you call it in?
Lazy Officer: I have to take care of this first!
The officer follows the tow truck 2 doors down, to the police station. I follow the officer (while drunk driver lady pulls into Puna Fresh Foods) into the police parking lot where there are many other officer too. Once again, get out of my truck (lazy officer is obviously perturbed), and say what are you going to do about the drunk driver? Another officer asks lazy officer whats going on, lazy officer says "Oh, it's just about a drunk driver". Then lazy officer says to me "I told you I have to stay with this stolen car and we have people in custody, you can't just expect me to leave." Eventually the other officer takes my info on the van and plate number and I leave. Seriously doubt they made any attempt to get her.
And now for the real irony... I think drunk driver was the same woman who hit me 13 months ago!
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