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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on June 23, 2008, 02:05:13 PM
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the punchline to the old joke is, "hell, yes I was driving. I was too drunk to walk".
Man in wheelchair charged with drunk driving
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Police in Australia have charged a man for drink driving in a motorized wheelchair after he was found to be six times over the legal alcohol limit, local media reported on Monday.
Police in the tropical northern Queensland city of Cairns said the man had a blood alcohol reading of 0.31, and was so drunk he was asleep at the controls of his motorized wheelchair in a turning lane of a major highway.
"It beggars belief," Police Inspector Bob Walters told the Cairns Post newspaper, adding wheelchairs, bicycles, horses and skateboards were all considered to be vehicles under the state's road laws.
"It's unlawful, it is unacceptable and people should realize it could lead to a fatality," he said.
Other motorists on the four-lane highway had to swerve to avoid the wheelchair, police said.
Linky (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC36032520080623?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=22&sp=true)
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Oh my.
He could have been killed.
Must be a professional drinker with that BAL.
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Oh my.
He could have been killed.
Must be a professional drinker with that BAL.
well, one of the ways that the human body tells you that it is absolutely time to stop drinking is to fall down. that just wasn't an option for this guy. :-)