Last Friday night I was out for dinner pretty late. On the way home the police had the road blocked off in this one area and were stopping every car. I didn't think much about it because I was in a very nice area of town near all the Embassies and quite often there are road blocks set up for some reason or other.
The police asked my driver where we were coming from and then asked him another question which I didn't understand. They then rolled up a piece up paper kind of like a funnel and had him blow into it...then the cop smelled the paper. The stop was to check for drunk drivers. A good idea on a Friday night, but I'm not entirely sure how effective that technique is; especially since they seem to have only one paper...if someone is really drunk wouldn't the smell of booze stay on the paper for all future drivers?
Strangely they didn't ask my driver to see his license, they just asked where were had been and where we were going. Given how corrupt the police are here I can't help but wonder if you did have alcohol on your breath if you could buy your way out of it? Well, luckily my driver was 100% clean; he doesn't drink at all so I know that I never have to worry about that.
Just another one of the many things that is just not quite what you expect over here.
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