Farewell Nightmare
I was caught in Sep 2007, on a Monday night after leaving a friends farewell party. I was pulled over for talking on my cellphone at a red light – and things went downhill from there.
They could clearly see I was over the limit, they arrested me and then the harrowing journey began. I was taken all the way to the little police unit on the side of the N2 – near the airport – very scary stuff (apparently the only breathalysing unit). Me in the back of a cop car with two big male cops, laughing at me and not telling me where I was going – so scary. I luckily for some reason had my cell still with me – so I could text friends and my mom to let them know where I was all the time.
After they breathalysed me, and I was twice over the limit – they took me all the way back to town to the jail near the court houses. It was now about 3am in the morning. I was put in a cell with one other passed out lady – thank goodness. Spent the rest of the night – huddled freezing in the corner under what little roof the cell had. Eventually at about 9am they allowed my mom to bail me out. Boy was I glad to get home, shower and just be safe.
Like you, court appearances were lots and far between – eventually I received my sentence in Feb 2008. A record as a criminal – R5000 fine – which had to be paid then and there or I would spend the time in jail until I could pay. And luckily I didn’t get my licence taken away – although the judge was wanting to make an example of me, thank goodness my lawyer argued I needed my licence for work.
Since then, drinking and driving is a no no. I never in my life want to go through that scary experience again! GoodFellas is awesome! I have used their services often. I am so happy someone had the brain to start such an amazing concept in a country like ours where public transport is pretty much non-existent.
Kudos to them.
