Driving While Intoxicated

[Pipeoff]

My wacko neighbor just got arrested. Seems he was weaving down the road drunk on his lawnmower. The vehicle and traffic law in N Y includes any motor propelled on roadway. He has a prior in car and was already suspended.

 

[simong]

Hopefully they'll lock him up! Doesn't sound like he'll be a great loss to the neighbourhood. Unless he used to cut everyone's grass of course.

 

[mso489]

In N.C., small motorbikes and scooters below a certain cc engine capacity, aren't covered by standard licensing law -- or so I interpret from their appearance on the road near the shoulder now and then, without license plates. They're dangerous in regular traffic, but I guess for people who need to get to work, they are the only alternative. They barely keep up with traffic, but probably are a little faster than lawnmowers.

I hope your neighbor can beat his habit and survive his lapses. It's funny, but dangerous to him.

 

[bullet08]

Driving mower is a deadly vehicle. And I'm not kidding. With blade running, it can kill someone easily. Really think about drinking while mowing. Can wait until I'm done.

 

[warren]

George Jones was busted for the same thing after his friends/family deprived him of booze and vehicle keys. He took the riding mower on a trip to the liquor store.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Who'll take his place??

 

[Servant King]

I hope no pipes or tobacco were harmed.

 

[olkofri]

Oh no! We need to ban lawn mowers!

 

[anotherbob]

Driving mower is a deadly vehicle. And I'm not kidding. With blade running, it can kill someone easily. Really think about drinking while mowing. Can wait until I'm done.

lawnmowers hate feet and hands so much.

 

[mso489]

Shudder.

 

[warren]

Isn't more about the ignorant or, incompetent operators than the machine?

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

About a dozen years ago, I decided I didn't need to learn the hard way after seeing so many friends and acquaintances get a DUI. I will still drink an occasional adult beverage but take no chances driving. I struggle a bit too comprehend how people can get more than one DUI but I also realize alcoholism is a very powerful addiction.

 

[FurCoat]

Oh no! We need to ban lawn mowers!

Just the high capacity ones.

 

[bullet08]

Of course, it's not the tool. It's the operator. Used to love leaning back and just riding around my John Deere. But not mowing any more is cool too.

 

[TheWhale13]

About a dozen years ago, I decided I didn't need to learn the hard way after seeing so many friends and acquaintances get a DUI. I will still drink an occasional adult beverage but take no chances driving. I struggle a bit too comprehend how people can get more than one DUI but I also realize alcoholism is a very powerful addiction.

It is easy to overestimate your abilities while under the effects of a heavy drug.

 

[kcghost]

I did enough dumb crap as a kid that I just don't chance it now a days.

 

[kschatey]

I did enough dumb crap as a kid that I just don't chance it now a days.

Yup. Same.

 

[Streeper541]

I'm ashamed to say I did that many times but I was fortunate enough to never receive the certificate of achievement.

 

[jpberg]

It takes me 18 beers to mow my lawn.

 

[alan73]

I have an electric stand up scooter that goes about 20 . Went to the gas station a little lot over the limit maybe , and had a fun conversation at midnight with the clerk and another customer if I could get pulled over on it . I say WI police wouldn’t pull over