I-10 West Bound, 4 Door Ford Focus. License Plate

Snitches get stiches.

Thank you.

I call in everything to *lsp

I woukd hope if Im being a menace someone would do the same.

How do you know he was drunk?

How fast did you have to drive in order to get his plate #? Getting a plate # from a car going 115 mph couldn't have been easy if you were driving the speed limit.

long story short, coming back from new orleans airport. around the laplace area, i noticed a vehicle approaching from behind at a very high rate of speed, well in excess of 110 mph.

the vehicle blows by me, leaves me in the dust. during this time, he was driving straight, but at a very high rate of speed. about a 1/2 mile up the road, he approaches vehicles in both lanes and nearly hits them. that's when i called *LSP and gave them the description of the vehicle.

In St. James Parish, he pulled over on the side of the road. I immediately recognized his 4 door, silver Ford Focus and called *LSP again. I'm on the phone with LA SP and all of a sudden this vehicle comes flying up right behind me and almost runs into the back of me. Since I am already on the phone with LA SP, I was able to provide license plate number this time.

I stayed on the chase, started flashing him with my lights to get him to slow down, he does for a while, then speeds up, we go at it for about 12 to 15 miles, and he finally gets pulled over in Ascension Parish near LA 73.

He wouldn't stop, but when he finally did, the police took him down. He was drunk. He told me as I was outside, "I don't have any marijuana and I am not drunk." I called him an a-hole and said you were going to get someone killed tonight. Police officer thanked me (Ascension Parish) for calling and pursing, but asked me to return to my vehicle, which I did.

Ended up giving an affidavit and then spoke with a State Trooper who lives pretty close to me. Said the guy was so drunk that when he asked him to put his leg out and stand on one leg, he started grabbing his toes and tried to dance.

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Was doing at least 115 mph coming from New Orleans area. I got his license plate

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I seriously wonder how many times I've been called in then.

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Always wondered why assholes followed me with their flashers on.

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Downshift and floor it.

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I respect what you did. Most would not have the balls or courage to.

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Exactly.....sometimes the police won't be waiting right around the corner to stop the bad guys.....if more people would stand up and not accept things like this rather than be worried about "tattling" or protocol it would make a difference.

Will used good SOBER judgment to do what he felt was SAFE and prudent.

I had a guy driving south on Airline in Prairieville in the Northbound lanes at me a few years ago at about 3 am. Luckily he had his lights on and I saw him far enough out to know something didn't look right but it wasn't until he was about half mile away that I could tell he was on my side. I had slowed to about 40 by then and pulled off in the ditch.

I made a split second decision to follow him (on the proper side ) as I was calling 911 and flashing my lights. I had to go 100+ mph to catch up and he did run two other cars off the road. I was able to tell the dispatcher where he turned off airline and she had a cop coming that way. I saw the cops lights coming and asked if I needed to continue following and they said no the cop will call you back if they need you. Cop called back and said thanks the guy was loaded and they didn't even need a statement from me. I would hope someone else would have tried to warn me if they had been in my situation.

I think you should have called it in and let it go at that and not pursued him. You very well could have been hurt or worse.

How you know he was drunk? Maybe he was flexing his muscle.