Lawyer's drink-driving gaffe
A US lawyer who picked up a client who had been pulled up for drink-driving was arrested for the same offence.
Rick Petri, of Madison, Wisconsin, says he hopes others will learn from what happened to him.
"I did not think I was intoxicated, and I was wrong," he told the Wisconsin State Journal.
Petri, 64, said he had been out that same evening, had a couple of drinks and went home about 8pm to watch a basketball game.
He said he made himself a couple more drinks, then went to bed.
His phone rang about 2am with a call from Madison police asking if he could pick up a 34-year-old client who had been arrested for drink-driving.
Petri said the officer asked if he had been drinking, but he was certain his blood-alcohol concentration was under the legal limit.
"I thought I'd give it a shot," he said.
But when Petri arrived, he was given a breath test, a field sobriety test and was placed under arrest for drunken driving.
"I can't tell you how humbled I am, how embarrassed I am," said Petri, who once prosecuted drunken drivers for the Madison city attorney's office.
A US lawyer who picked up a client who had been pulled up for drink-driving was arrested for the same offence.
Rick Petri, of Madison, Wisconsin, says he hopes others will learn from what happened to him.
"I did not think I was intoxicated, and I was wrong," he told the Wisconsin State Journal.
Petri, 64, said he had been out that same evening, had a couple of drinks and went home about 8pm to watch a basketball game.
He said he made himself a couple more drinks, then went to bed.
His phone rang about 2am with a call from Madison police asking if he could pick up a 34-year-old client who had been arrested for drink-driving.
Petri said the officer asked if he had been drinking, but he was certain his blood-alcohol concentration was under the legal limit.
"I thought I'd give it a shot," he said.
But when Petri arrived, he was given a breath test, a field sobriety test and was placed under arrest for drunken driving.
"I can't tell you how humbled I am, how embarrassed I am," said Petri, who once prosecuted drunken drivers for the Madison city attorney's office.