In gaffe caught on video, drunk driving suspect tells SoCal officer, 'I'm the DUI tonight'

[ad_1] Hours into 2025, a suspected drunk driver in Murrieta might have already dedicated the 12 months’s worst gaffe caught by police on video.

Shortly after the brand new 12 months started, an officer “observed a car swerving throughout the roadway and initiated a site visitors cease to analyze potential DUI” — or an individual suspected of driving underneath the affect, Murrieta police stated in a press release.

Through the cease, which was captured on the officer’s physique digital camera, the suspect stated he drove a good friend house as a result of “I’m the DUI tonight.”

In seeming disbelief, the officer responded: “You’re the DUI tonight?”

“Sure sir,” the driving force confirmed.

“Do you imply to say the ‘DD’?” the officer requested, referring to the abbreviation for a chosen driver who would stay sober whereas others imbibed.

The driving force paused, apparently perplexed, and meekly apologized.

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Finally, he was arrested for DUI and brought to jail, Murrieta police stated.

“Every day within the U.S., round 37 folks die in drunk-driving crashes — about one each 39 minutes,” the Police Division stated in a press release. “In 2022, alcohol-impaired driving claimed 13,524 lives.”