"I was just dropping off my friend because I'm the DUI tonight," the driver told police less than an hour into 2025.

An accused drunken driver blurted out an inadvertent confession to an officer who pulled him over, California police reported. “I was just dropping off my friend because I’m the DUI tonight,” the man tells the officer in a body cam video posted to Instagram by the Murrieta Police Department. The encounter took place early Jan. 1.

In seeming disbelief, the officer responded: "You're the DUI tonight?" "Yes sir," the driver confirmed. "Do you mean to say the 'DD'?" the officer asked, referring to the abbreviation for a designated driver who would remain sober while others imbibed. The driver paused, apparently at a loss for words, and meekly apologized.

You know what they say — drunk words are sober thoughts. That much rang true for one driver just after midnight on New Year’s, when a man was pulled over in Southern California and accidentally gave an admission to an officer.

During the stop, which was captured on the officer's body camera, the suspect said he drove a friend home because "I'm the DUI tonight." In seeming disbelief, the officer responded: "You're the DUI tonight?" "Yes sir," the driver confirmed.