Adelaide police are great!
Years ago while playing in bands it was common practice for me to get utterly trashed after gigs at the nearby Flinders Uni and drive the 300-400m home.
Yes I know drink driving is stupid, but it was all of about five minutes from the back of the Uni tavern door to where I lived, none of it on actual roads (all uni grounds) and none of it anywhere near a house. No excuse, I know, but bear with me.
So after playing, the guitarist and I pack up my car and pile in to drive home and I see a sign that says "way out" near the exit.
"That'll look brilliant on our wall!" I think, so I drive up to it and then reverse back, pushing the thing over.
I've had about four attempts at it when "woooowooo!" and flashing lights, there's a cop car about 20m away with two cops in it staring in amazement. They come over.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Umm (thinking fast) I was driving out when I got too close to this sign and I think the bumper's hooked so I'm trying to get it unhooked."
"No, I don't think so, we watched you drive up and reverse straight into it. How drunk ARE you?"
"Fairly, I must admit."
"Listen, we don't have time for this, someone's been stealing cars from this car park for weeks and we're here in case they show up so just park your car and piss off and we'll pretend this never happened."
"No, sorry, can't do that."
"WHAT? This is not negotiable, park your car and go home. I'll be removing the distributor cap and dropping it in your letterbox, you can come get it tomorrow."
"You can't do that, there's about $6,000 worth of amplifiers and guitars in the car, I can't leave them here."
"Right..." (insert hushed conversation between the cops) "Right. Get in... No, the passenger side, where do you live?"
And the cop drove me home, with his partner following.
There were beer cans on the floor, the steering was slack, the car was a mess. He spent the short trip telling me how many fines he'd have been delighted to give me if he had more time and how lucky I was, then parked the car and left.
The next day animated I spent abour an hour trying to figure out if it had actually happened before the guitarist wandered in and said "How about those cops eh?"
( difficultchild, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 2:40, 7 replies)

Wow
Lucky for you, the law is corrupt huh?

*unclicks*
(Mrs Ballunatic counting calories, not votes., Wed 28 Apr 2010, 8:19, closed)

I'm not sure the law is corrupt in this case.. the police drove him home to get him out of the way so they could concentrate on what they saw as a more serious crime - rather than a young person being rather idiotic.

Good story.

Click.
(anvil, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 9:07, closed)

as a pedestrian who has been hit by a drunk driver
I wouldn't say it was a less serious crime to drink and drive. Corrupt in not stopping someone when they were drunk and in a vehicle would be corrupt in my eyes. They didn't uphold the law.
(Mrs Ballunatic counting calories, not votes., Wed 28 Apr 2010, 15:13, closed)

I agree with Anvil
That's not corruption, it's clever people concentrating on the bigger picture.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 28 Apr 2010, 9:31, closed)

Bear
a grizzly bear?
(viciousal, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 9:49, closed)

You appear to be quibbling...
...over a correct spelling.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 10:58, closed)

Pfffft
is all
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 11:59, closed)