Drunk driver calls the cops on herself

A concerned woman called US cops to tell them about a suspected drunk driver - HERSELF.

Pat Dykstra stunned 911 operators when she rang them to tell them she thought she may be too drunk to drive.

She was driving a tan 2002 pick up truck on the way home from a bar when she used a cell phone to call.

She hung up before speaking to anyone but dispatchers used a reverse 911 directory and called the phone, which was answered by a woman who identified herself as Patricia Dykstra, 51.

Dodge County Sheriff Todd Nehls revealed the woman 's boyfriend in the passenger seat suggested she call 911 to report her own drunken driving, so she did.

And she told dispatchers that her boyfriend was not driving because he was too drunk.

She said: ": I just want to know if somebody can follow me home because somebody seems to think I can't drive home straight.

The dispatcher asked: "OK, why is that?"

Pat replied: "He seems to think I am too intoxicated to drive."

The dispatcher then asked her: :"OK, and so you called 9-1-1 or he called 9-1-1?"

And Pat added: "Well, he wanted me to call 9-1-1 'cause he thinks I'm too drunk to drive."

During a relatively pleasant conversation with the dispatcher  Pat then gave her name, location and vehicle description before saying she should probably hang up because: "I don 't like being on the phone while driving."

Then asked by the dispatcher if she had too much to drink, she added: "I don 't think so, ma 'am."

Deputies went to her home, where Dykstra met them on the porch, Nehls said.

She had consumed a six-pack of beer, she said, and her boyfriend a 12-pack, so the deputies police gave her a Breathalyzer test. She blew a .14 and was given a drunk driving ticket.

She was ticketed for drunken driving, her first offense.

By Nicola Pittam, Jan 30 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy