Reader’s Question:

I always anticipate that one day, I would just be arrested for DUI here in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky but I still pray that would not happen. But just in case, what should I say to the police officer if I am stopped and asked if I had been drinking?

Daja

Lexington-Fayette, KY

If in case you will be stopped by a police officer in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky because of DUI suspicion, just be polite and courteous. Don’t ever admit any type of guilt or apologize for anything. You have to remember that this is not the time to try and talk your way out of the situation. You may be already nervous enough and there is a greater chance of saying something you don’t mean. Also, if you try and talk your way out of the DUI stop, the police officer would keep prompting you to further incriminate yourself and you would most likely dig yourself into a deeper hole.

In a DUI stop, the police officer has most likely already made up his/her mind to ask you to perform field sobriety tests, so your answer would be irrelevant. If your tongue slips and you tell the officer that you have had one or two drinks, that does not qualify as an incriminating statement and it would explain the odor of alcohol coming from inside the car. If you only had two drinks and you tell the officer the time of your first drink, the time of your second drink, and where you were drinking, the officer would know that you did not have enough alcohol to possibly be intoxicated.

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