re: Have you ever called the police to report an erratic driver?

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I have actually thought about calling a friend in, but I can't do it. He gets fall down drunk and then drives. We steal his keys, he brings two sets. We lock the house, he jumps the fence. He needs to get a DUI.

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If you're really his friend you'll call him in. You might be saving his life and/or someone else's.

one time on the way back from Tuscaloosa in 2011. my girlfriend was driving while I took a nap, and she woke me up because some guy in a old Cadillac passed us going about 120(she claimed). this was somewhere in middle Mississippi. after about two minutes, we passed him and he was going about 45. next thing I knew he blew by us again swerving in and out of traffic, but not like someone racing. more like someone drunk or high, but something seemed off. we called 911 and gave them a mile marker, 10 minutes later we passed by him pulled over by a statie

I do it all the time.
I'll rat out a bad driver on a drop of a dime.

Dawg,

Was this in Atlanta yesterday morning? My sister called 911 on a guy in a red truck who ended up on 285. She saw him run a red light in Decatur and then saw him again on 285. She kept 911 on the phone as she was behind him.

He almost hit several cars and did hit the guardrail--didn't faze him or slow him down. His truck started sputtering later and he ended up stopped on he right shoulder. Dude could've killed someone and almost did. I hope the cops caught up with him. She thinks he was probably on some hard-core drugs.

Night before Thanksgiving 2011. Followed a guy on I20 for about 10 miles weaving Hal in and out of lanes , swerving in and out of the emergency lane.

Snitch

Yes.

Once. My son races cars and was in a funk. I stashed some Colombian Bam Bam in his car and called the cops. It helped him in the long run. True story

I've never called, but have considered it one time. I was behind a car on Hwy 42 in Prarieville that wasn't speeding, but was driving really erratically. Shoulder to shoulder on a two-lane road. I got around them at the first opportunity, but thought I should have called it in. Headed back home 30 minutes later and I come up on the scene of an accident. The car had crashed into someone else (people were ok) but the driver, who was definitely on something, had her kids in the car. They were being loaded in the back of an ambulance. I stopped and gave a statement about the erratic driving, but can't help but think I could have prevented the whole thing. I always tell myself I'll call next time, and it's probably the reason I started volunteering with CASA.