after living in toronto for a year and a half i have only run into the 'ride program' once. when going out with friends there is no reason to have a vehicle with you. i've lived on both a main street-car line and the bloor subway line. one night i did have my car with me. i was dropping friends off at home, going west-bound on dundas west, when i drove straight through the 'ride program'. i guess that i didn't think much about seeing police-car lights. after dropping a friend off, was going back down dundas west, and stopped the second time going through.
i was at home in the sarnia area this weekend for xmas, and out with a friend for a couple beers. it is about a 40 minute drive from sarnia to my parents in sombra. i've seen the 'ride program' many times in the sarnia area because, unlike toronto, you've to travel a long distance to got home in the country. so when driving home this saturday night i ran into the 'ride program' in their classic spot on the curves coming into corunna (a small town between sarnia and sombra). i was honest with the officer and told that i did have a drink that night. he nicely asked if i would use the roadside breath-a-lizer. i pulled the car over and got into the back of the squad-car (second time in my life in the back of a squad-car). i was scared. i felt somber but the difference between feeling somber and being breath-a-lizer somber can be very different. as i waited for the results to come up on the little machine the officer was doing a great job at trying to scare me more. 'hmmm, it's taking along time. you must have had alot to drink tonight. hmmmm.....'
i past the test, and he let me go home. but wow, what a way to end the night. so be careful this holiday season (especially at the NYE party), don't drink and drive ... or just tell the cops that you didn't have anything to drink.
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