That's your opinion. The officer's opinion appears to be that if you're willing to drive around violating the law, and the way to protect the community against you doing so is impounding the vehicle. As you've already been told, your violation of the law occured on public roadways. You don't get a pass on the consequences of your criminal action just because you reached "base". On the plus side, you absolutely have the freedom to retain a bulldog attorney to try to make that case to the court. Let us know how that works out.

