Flatmate of mine came out of countryside pub at closing time with his boss. They'd called a cab, but as it was p***ing down they decided to sit in the works van (in the private car-park, not on the road) until cab arrived. Of course plod arrived 30 seconds ahead of taxi, sent the taxi away and did him for drunk & in charge.
He was just about to go to australia for a year and the court case screwed up his visa. Not a happy chappy.
Went to court but was thrown out as cops screwed up on their evidence, but be careful out there! He had no intention of driving and the keys were in his bosses pocket, who was in the passenger seat.
(Turned out another taxi driver had called the cops, but the bit I liked was that incredibly a total of 11 police, in four motors (including minibus
) turned up for two otherwise law-abiding guys sitting quietly in a car park. This was at 1am on a saturday night- just the point where it all kicks off in town as the pubs empty. So next time you really need 'em, you know where to look
)
You would hope a bit of common sense would apply.....
