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l.b. are you Manny Ramierez's team mate? Is he doing PED's again?? Please don't turn him in... he's on my fantasy team!!

 

Thats funny right there!

 

Based on what?

 

Here is a story that some would probably call me a rat on. In the beginning it wasn't my concern, but I was speaking up for a friend of mine who cowarded down. I ain't no coward & probably have the biggest mouth in the World... So I let it slide.

Couple years a buddy & I were rolling South on I-95 in North Carolina. He was going home to Fayetteville & I had to be in Brunswick, GA by morning light. It was around 1:30 or 2 in the morning, we both were tired & just making small talk to help keep us awake. Then out of no where another man joined the conversation. This other man wasn't very nice, but I kept my mouth shut because he wasn't talking to me. He was making racist comments to my buddy. Did I mention that my friend is a man of color? Anyhow, my friend wouldn't acknowlege him & I got sick of hearing that crap.

So I spoke up. Took the attention off my buddy. One thing led to another & the next thing I knew, me & this not so friendly truck driver were pulling over on the side of the highway. This man stumbled out of his truck. Walked back to mine & began begging me not to hurt him (I'm 5' 10" 250 pounds & not much fat). We exchanged words & then I smelled alcohol. Asked him how much he had to drink & why he was driving? His response was that he probably had to much & he had a load that had to go.

I let him go. Made sure he was in front of me. As we pulled onto the highway, I call NCHP. It took about 10 miles, but 2 state trooper showed up & pulled us both over. He blew 3 times the legal limit & was arrested onsite. He couldn't even pull his truck off the road. The patrol officer asked me to get it on the shoulder so it wouldn't cause a accident. As I was moving the vehicle I counted well over a case of empty beer cans. I bet he wanted to beat my ### after that... I even said that as I was walking past the patrol car where he could hear me.


Am I a ratt for doing that? Probably. Was it my business. That was my business because I witnessed the situation & took a impaired driver off the road that night.

 

"I will say that i don't rat on people. *snip* But this situation leaves me with no choice."

 

OK...You can stop any time you'd like...

Just say it...Are you a paranoid little man or what?

You just want to rat but can't quite grow the balls to pull the trigger...

 

Redd - that's an interesting story. Sure, you "ratted" on the guy - but I think it was 100% the correct thing to do. This guy was running a good risk of killing someone/himself. But at what point (not a jab at you, just a general question in this line of conversation) does ratting on someone become UNjustified? Where do you draw the line?

Edit: l.b. you must have been typing that as I was adding mine, I think its a valid question. Is one more inherently dangerous than the other? They could both lead to similar outcomes. But I'm sure the number of drivers driving illegally (in terms of HOS/etc.) HUGELY overshadows the drivers that are driving drunk or otherwise UI. The latter are a lot more likely to cause harm than the former, but I don't know if you can put numbers to it.