“I was just dropping off my friend, because I am the DUI tonight,” the man told the officer, according to body camera footage. “You’re the DUI tonight?” the officer asked. “Yes sir.” “Do you mean to say the DD (designated driver),” the officer asked as a follow-up. “Speechless,” the police department wrote in a caption that documented the exchange.

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

The Murrieta Police Department said the man 'clearly' meant to say he was 'the DD [designated driver' on New Year's Day.

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.

Murrieta police in California arrested a man not even an hour into 2025 for drunken driving after he said "I'm the DUI" while stopped by an officer. (Video: Murrieta PD)

The truth did not set him free. A California motorist was arrested hours into the New Year after he told a police officer he was the “DUI” for the night — rather than the “DD” in an apparent slip of the tongue,