( CNN ) -- Comedian and actor Kevin Hart says he 'll straighten up his act . And he 's not being funny . Los Angeles traffic police arrested the stand-up comic on `` suspicion '' of drunken driving early Sunday . They observed him speeding down a freeway at 90 mph in his black Mercedes , weaving across traffic lanes and almost running into a gas tanker truck , the California Highway Patrol said in a statement . When patrol officers pursued him , he took an off ramp and pulled over , police said . `` Mr. Hart had objective signs of intoxication and was unable to perform the field sobriety tests , '' the statement read . The comedian later tweeted : `` When the cop asked me to take the sobriety test I said 'WHY WASTE OUR TIME ... I 'M DRUNK MAN . ' '' Police booked him into jail and held him on a $ 5,000 bond . `` This is a wake up call for me , I have to be smarter & last night I was n't ... everything happens for a reason , '' he tweeted Sunday . In a stand-up routine in his 2011 movie `` Laugh At My Pain , '' Hart lampooned his father 's alleged embarrassing behavior due to a drug addiction . But he does not make light of his own intoxicated behavior . `` Drinking & driving is not a game or a laughing matter . People have lost lives because of stupid ... this ! , '' he said on his verified Twitter account . Hart has been in various movies , including `` Think Like a Man '' and `` The Five-Year Engagement . '' He 's also appeared in television shows , including `` Modern Family . '' CNN 's Tresha Lindo contributed to this report .
In 2011 , Kevin Hart lampooned his father 's alleged intoxicated behavior . Comment: Hart says on Twitter that he was drunk . He calls the arrest a `` wake-up call ''