{"id":35055,"date":"2024-03-24T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/drunk-driver-reports-himself-to-police\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T18:23:00","slug":"drunk-driver-reports-himself-to-police","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/drunk-driver-reports-himself-to-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk Driver Reports Himself to Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When police in North Yorkshire, UK arrested a man for drunk driving, their social media post announcing the arrest revealed a surprising source of intel &ndash; the man himself. The post said, &ldquo;Well, it&rsquo;s not every day that this happens. A suspected drunk-driver (willingly turned) themselves in to the police.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p>According to authorities, the man dialed 999 on a Monday morning, gave the call handler his location, explained that he&rsquo;d had a heavy weekend, and that he was drunk behind the wheel and doesn&rsquo;t know what he&rsquo;s doing.<\/p>\n\n<p>Police quickly located his vehicle, a black transit van, and after administering a breathalyzer test found that his blood alcohol level was over three times the legal limit. He was swiftly arrested.<\/p>\n\n<p>A similar situation arose in the United States in March 2023, where a motorist in Lancaster, Nebraska dialed emergency responders to report that a car almost collided into him driving the wrong way on the freeway, unaware that he himself was the wrong-way driver.<\/p>\n\n<p>In both cases, officers were fortunate enough to arrest the offenders before any significant injuries occurred.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-article-subhead2\">Possible Preaching Angles:<\/h2>\n\n<p><em>No matter how bad a situation someone may have gotten into, it&rsquo;s never too late for them to admit they have done wrong and seek restoration and healing.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3372,3404,3663,3664,3691,3829,3831,4140,4142,4191,4482,4546,4919],"tax_ctp_topics":[395],"class_list":["post-35055","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-accountability","tax_ctp_tags-alcohol","tax_ctp_tags-confession","tax_ctp_tags-confession-of-sin","tax_ctp_tags-conviction-of-sin","tax_ctp_tags-drinking","tax_ctp_tags-drunkenness","tax_ctp_tags-help","tax_ctp_tags-helplessness","tax_ctp_tags-humiliation","tax_ctp_tags-mistakes","tax_ctp_tags-news-that-illustrates","tax_ctp_tags-self-examination"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drunk Driver Reports Himself to Police - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/drunk-driver-reports-himself-to-police\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drunk Driver Reports Himself to Police - CT Pastors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When police in North Yorkshire, UK arrested a man for drunk driving, their social media post announcing the arrest revealed a surprising source of intel &ndash; the man himself. 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