• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
What happened to drunk Aussie man who went viral after getting caught 'just waiting for a mate' in his car

Home> Entertainment> TV

Updated 09:42 14 Feb 2025 GMTPublished 20:48 5 Feb 2025 GMT

What happened to drunk Aussie man who went viral after getting caught 'just waiting for a mate' in his car

The viral 'just waiting for a mate' video was from Australian TV reality show Highway Patrol

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

I'll be honest, I completely forgot about the 'just waiting for a mate' guy until l started writing this.

The viral video was initially aired back in 2013 by Australian TV reality show Highway Patrol.

A young man named Clinton is featured in the clip as he tries to sweet-talk his way out of a confrontation with a policeman.

Let's just say if he wasn't so blatantly intoxicated and his car wasn't completely smashed in, then he might of got away with it.

Advert

Instead, all he could respond with was: "Just waiting for a mate."

Senior Constable Ash Bowden asked him: "Is that why your car is all smashed up and you're up on the grass at the moment?"

The viral 'just waiting for a mate' video was from Australian TV reality show Highway Patrol (ABC)
The viral 'just waiting for a mate' video was from Australian TV reality show Highway Patrol (ABC)

Still, Clinton kept sticking to his story in the face of the officer’s questions, reiterating that he was just ‘waiting for a mate’.

Upon being asked what the name of this ‘mate’ was, the drunken man waited, before blurting out ‘James’ almost as a question.

Advert

The whole thing went on for a few minutes, with the police officer backing Clinton into a corner, whilst he further revealed his drunkenness.

At one stage he even admitted that he’d had his licence taken off him before for drink driving, as well as refusing to get out of the car or hand over said licence.

When asked whether he wanted to go to the police station, Clinton said: “Definitive…can you define that?”

What happened to the 'just waiting for a mate' guy?

The video was released back in 2013 (ABC)
The video was released back in 2013 (ABC)

Advert

When all was said and done, Clinton was taken back to a police station in Victoria and was fined $600 (£480).

He was also sentenced to four months of community service and was disqualified from driving for three years.

Still commenting on the clip in 2025, one viewer said: "Is it possible that a drunk man waiting for his mate decided to wait in an already smashed up car that was ditched?"

Just last year, another added: "This is pure comedy. Whats also incredible is the way Ash handled the situation as well. Unnecessary force has become so common these days that it's rare to see a police officer calmly take control of a situation, which is actually pretty sad. Ash is a great cop."

"I live down the road from this Coles carpark I’ve realised," someone else claimed.

Advert

"Cannot figure out for the life of me how he’s managed to get the car to where it’s stopped.

"I reckon he’s gone to turn in to the carpark but turned like 20 metres too early and smashed over the gutter and footpath and kept his foot in it until it’s beached itself on the curb on the other side of the nature strip, which is about 10 metres wide."

Featured Image Credit: ABC

Topics: Australia, Viral, TV

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

X

@Anish_Vij

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
3 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    Sophie Turner explains why it was 'vile' to kiss 'brother' Kit Harington in new gothic horror film

    The actors did spend close to a decade playing fictional siblings

    Entertainment
  • 2 hours ago

    Home Alone director reveals why he'd never reboot the iconic movies

    Chris Columbus said he believes the franchise 'should be left alone'

    Entertainment
  • 2 hours ago

    Amy Bradley family break silence on $200,000 scammer left out of Netflix doc

    This comes amid Amy's family revealing there had been a 'verified sighting' of Amy alive

    Entertainment
  • 3 hours ago

    100% rated Netflix series with 'best cliffhanger ever’ has fans demanding it's brought back

    The show stars Timothy Olyphant and Drew Barrymore

    Entertainment
  • Sad reality of what happened to viral ‘why you coming fast’ guy following huge YouTube clip
  • Man interviewed by FBI over Amy Bradley disappearance made rare public comment to say 'what happened' night she went missing
  • Full timeline of what actually happened between couple after boyfriend watched girlfriend in bed with another man
  • What happened to footage of Steve Irwin's final moments as cameraman shared why he was forced to record it