“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.

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.

A California man was arrested on New Year's Day after telling police he was "the DUI" during a traffic stop for potential drunken driving.

A man in Murrieta was arrested on New Year's Day for driving under the influence after he apparently mixed up the terms "DD" and "DUI."

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,

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