I was waiting outside the Harris Teeter a few years ago when I saw some kids pull up in an Audi. At least two passengers were drinking budweisers. The driver idled in the fire lane while the front passenger ran into the store. He returned with a 12 pack of beer.

I called the cops on them and followed (from a safe distance) until I confirmed that they had been stopped. Was this the right choice?

5/30/2010 2:36:46 PM

no, you're an asshole.

5/30/2010 2:52:42 PM

I got an open container ticket the other day

but I wasn't driving - I was sitting in a park

5/30/2010 2:56:13 PM

A few years ago? Why do you care now?

5/30/2010 2:56:58 PM

SO IT WAS YOU !!!!

5/30/2010 2:58:17 PM

^^i was wondering the same thing

5/30/2010 2:58:47 PM

why didnt you just citizens arrayest them right there

5/30/2010 3:02:09 PM

It was the right move, Solinari. I hate fun too.

5/30/2010 3:02:36 PM

pics or it didn't happen

5/30/2010 3:03:52 PM

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"no, you're an asshole. "

5/30/2010 3:05:20 PM

Calling the cops was fine, since drunk drivers deserve to get pulled. Following them was an asshole thing to do, tho.

5/30/2010 3:06:26 PM

to me you sound like a faggot to me

5/30/2010 3:08:19 PM

As much as I want to call you an asshole, I've definitely bitched at people who tried to hop in my car with an open beer.

However, calling the cops and following someone in a situation where most people would just shrug is a dickhead move.

5/30/2010 3:10:17 PM

i dont see any evidence that the driver was drunk

5/30/2010 3:10:27 PM

what a bullshit law. Beer is cheaper than water at the gas station nowadays, and I can drink a 24oz beer without being over the legal limit. So it's OK for me to chug the beer down in 5 minutes and then hop into my truck and drive home, but sipping on it to quench my thirst on a hot day while driving home is illegal in this state?

5/30/2010 3:11:14 PM

what a bullshit law. Lighter fluid is cheaper than water at the gas station nowadays, and I can huff a can of fluid without being over the legal limit. So it's OK for me to huff the shit down in 5 minutes and then hop into my truck and drive home, but huffing on it to get a buzz on a hot day while driving home is illegal in this state?

5/30/2010 3:14:00 PM

you can get lighter fluid cheaper than water? I need to start going to your convenience store.

5/30/2010 3:15:17 PM

fuck you. that's my stash.

5/30/2010 3:16:02 PM

some TWW detective work may find the actual statue but I have a couple of friends that are convinced that NC just passed a new open container law effective January 2010 that allows for people to drink wine/beer in the car as long as the driver is stone sober

but yeah what the OP did was a total dick move. if you have nothing better to do than bust college kids drinking beer in a campus neighborhood then I feel sorry for you. and don't give me that holier than thou bullshit about the law and your relative/friend that was killed by a drunk driver either. that shit you pulled probably got at least one kid a felony, the others serious misdemeanors, and all of them fined/lawyer fees out the ass as well as anything that NC State/Paul Cousins did to them. if the driver wasn't swerving all over the place posing a clear danger to others, you should have left him alone.

5/30/2010 3:49:58 PM

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"to me you sound like a faggot to me"

5/30/2010 3:50:47 PM

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"i dont see any evidence that the driver was drunk "

5/30/2010 3:52:05 PM

I believe in a law and order society. You want to start turning a blind eye to crime? Well, then you deserve the ghetto you'll find yourself living in eventually.

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"some TWW detective work may find the actual statue but I have a couple of friends that are convinced that NC just passed a new open container law effective January 2010 that allows for people to drink wine/beer in the car as long as the driver is stone sober "

No detective work will ever find this statute. It is illegal in NC

However, every now and then, a bill is introduced and summarily killed in the NC legislature that would legalize the practice. When the local news covers it, all the college students jizz their pants and claim that it is legal because they heard it on the news man



[Edited on May 30, 2010 at 3:53 PM. Reason : s]

5/30/2010 3:52:34 PM

this thread has to be a troll...

5/30/2010 3:54:15 PM

Personally I think you are full of shit b/c no way the cops come that fast.

5/30/2010 3:56:24 PM

It took them a while to come, but I called as soon as the kids pulled up and I saw them drinking. The passenger took a little while, but not a really long time, to purchase the 12 pack.... Altogether I'd say it took about 20-25 min for the police to respond. The patrol may have just been in the area... Not sure if that is fast or slow response time.

[Edited on May 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM. Reason : s]

5/30/2010 3:58:57 PM

LO fucking L you really sat around for 20-25 minutes + to get some kids for drinking, what a douche bag! do you call the cops every time you see somebody j-walk too? law and order society lol

5/30/2010 4:01:36 PM

I don't care if kids drink... I don't care of underage kids drink. I do care about crime that risks my health and safety.

5/30/2010 4:03:08 PM

terrible trolling itt

5/30/2010 4:05:43 PM

this is some weak ass trolling

but the fishies are still biting like always

5/30/2010 4:14:11 PM

is it just my imagination, or has synapse gotten angrier over time?

5/30/2010 4:16:13 PM

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"Following them was an asshole thing to do, tho."

if you're going to call the cops on someone and you can follow them safely enough, you might as well. I've done it numerous times.

The last time I did it, I followed a SHITFACED drunk driver until he pulled into a parking lot. I followed him into the parking lot...he jumped out and walked up to my truck...I just waited until he got back into his car and drove off, at which point I followed him again. He stopped in another parking lot, which I followed him into and blocked the exit of. He walked up to my truck again and yelled at me some more, then gave up and stumbled into a bar, leaving his car in the parking lot. I waited there until the cops arrived (although I moved my truck from blocking the exit, as I clarified with the 911 operator that I wasn't legally allowed to do that).


In this case, though, if it looked like the driver wasn't drinking, I would've left them alone. Also, I'm about 99% sure that it at least used to be legal to drink in the car in NC, as long as the driver didn't drink anything at all.

5/30/2010 4:20:06 PM

Yeah, I don't care much about open containers, but drunk drivers get ratted out.

5/30/2010 4:24:10 PM

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"is it just my imagination, or has synapse gotten angrier over time?"

far from angry. i just know a troll thread when i see it.

5/30/2010 5:31:30 PM

I surprised the cops even showed up, I'd say it's more likely that your call had no effect and they got pulled for some other reason.

5/30/2010 6:13:41 PM

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"Well, then you deserve the ghetto you'll find yourself living in eventually."

wow. Solinari really is an asshole

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"I do care about crime that risks my health and safety."

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" At least two passengers were drinking budweisers."

how exactly were you endangered? and if you were worried drunk drivers (though you never said the driver was drinking) why would your reaction be to follow them? get away from them if youre worried about your health and safety.

5/30/2010 6:36:32 PM

fascinating thread

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

5/30/2010 6:48:33 PM

Don't lie. You weren't waiting outside a Harris Teeter.




You were busy pushing your grocery cart up on a median strip instead of taking it to the corral.]

[Edited on May 30, 2010 at 8:23 PM. Reason : ]]

5/30/2010 8:22:44 PM

Did you guys not see "(from a safe distance)"? Of course I didn't get too close to them... But I did stay on the line with the 911 operator as I tracked them. She thanked me after the cop found them and told me I had done the right thing.

5/31/2010 9:03:14 AM

I'm glad you feel better about yourself because of it. You must be so proud.



Nah, we cleaned out my brother's house this weekend, and on the road back there was a box full of beer and liquor bottles behind the driver's seat, some of which had been opened. You wouldn't know unless you felt like poking around in the car, and if someone did notice, all it would take to get left alone is explaining.

5/31/2010 9:09:33 AM

^ sure... That makes sense. As long as no one is drinking it there's no real issue. That's what the open container laws are really trying to address after all.

5/31/2010 9:54:23 AM

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"no, you're an asshole."

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"It was the right move, Solinari. I hate fun too."

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"to me you sound like a faggot to me"

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"dickhead move."

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"you should have left him alone."

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"what a douche bag"

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"wow. Solinari really is an asshole"

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"this thread has to be a troll..."

[mental note: Solinari is either a troll, or a complete dickhead.]

5/31/2010 9:55:05 AM

he's both

5/31/2010 10:01:01 AM

the two concepts are not mutually exclusive.

5/31/2010 11:20:17 AM

well if you think about the lives I potentially saved by getting these drunk kids off the road, I don't consider that to be a dickhead move...

I don't understand you people. You think its wrong to enforce open container and DUI laws?? what in the fuck is wrong with you

5/31/2010 12:29:13 PM

Solinari...your fucking serious? Wow. Hahahaha. You cannot be serious. I refuse to believe your being serious. Also - I dont read threads...I just read the title and the first post. If you have already come out and admitted your kidding then haha we all can laugh about this but if your fucking serious then I hope you die a slow and horrible death you sick bastard.

5/31/2010 12:33:46 PM

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"the lives I potentially saved by getting these drunk kids off the road"

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"two passengers were drinking budweisers"

5/31/2010 1:08:15 PM

^
haha, exactly.

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"You think its wrong to enforce open container ... laws?? "

Non-vehicular? Yes.
Vehicular - passenger? Yes.
Vehicular - driver? Perhaps.

5/31/2010 1:14:44 PM

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"Snewf All American 57867 Posts user info edit post I got an open container ticket the other day but I wasn't driving - I was sitting in a park 5/30/2010 2:56:13 PM "

land of the free

5/31/2010 1:19:13 PM

"perhaps"


You are a disgustingly self-centered pig

5/31/2010 1:19:29 PM

^^ Land of the unnecessary fee, methinks.

5/31/2010 1:21:13 PM