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Pantsless Drunk Driver Attempts to Get Away in Power Wheels Toy Truck, Fails

Phil Richardson — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:15:37 +0000

An Arkansas woman is facing charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct after allegedly crashing her car into a mobile home and attempting to make a pantless escape on a child's battery-powered toy truck.

Bartender Fired for Reporting Drunk Driver

Drew Weisholtz — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:36:53 +0000

It may sound hard to believe, but trying to stop a drunk driver has actually cost a woman her job. Twyla DeVito has been let go from her bartending job at the American Legion in Shelby, Ohio after she called police to report a regular customer who was drunk got into his car and drove [...]

What Town Is About to Make Drunk Driving Legal?

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:35:12 +0000

Know when to say, ‘I’ll have another.” Ireland’s Kerry County has approved a proposal which would essentially allow some people to drive drunk. Yup, you read that correctly. Lawmakers have agreed to pass a measure letting local police hand out a get out of jail car to motorists in rural areas whose blood-alcohol level is [...]

Drunk Driving Suspect Pulls a 'Michael Jackson' During Sobriety Test

Adam West — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:12:37 +0000

When it comes to dumb criminals and weird news stories, seems like they mostly come from the state of Florida. This time around, it was a creative DWI suspect in Corpus Christi, TX who decided the typical sobriety test wasn’t creative enough, so she chose instead to ‘moonwalk.’ According to Police, 23 yr old Coral [...]

Drunken Man Goes for Joyride on Airport Runway

Mike Adams — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:00:42 +0000

An airport can be one of the quietest places in the world to spend Christmas Eve; that is as long as there isn’t a deviant bartender somewhere in the place feeding last-minute travelers a high-octane concoction of holiday despair and Makers Mark. At that point, everything from hurt feelings to an international incident is possible - and highly likely.

'Drinking and Driving Is Not Cool' Say Talking Urinal Cakes

Shauna Wright — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:00:55 +0000

If you’re in a bar in Michigan in the next few days and step into the men’s room to answer the call of nature, don’t be surprised if the urinal talks to you.

No, not because you’ve had one too many (unless you have), but because you’re peeing on one of the talking urinal-deodorizer cakes being put in place to remind you not to drink and drive.

Police: Ryan Dunn Drunk, Driving Over 132 MPH At Time of Deadly Car Crash

Andy Scott — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:05:48 +0000

Police said Wednesday that ‘Jackass’ star Ryan Dunn was drunk and driving upwards of 140 miles per hour at the time of his fatal car crash early Monday morning.

“The initial crash reconstruction investigation determined that Mr. Dunn’s vehicle was traveling between 132-140 miles per hour at the time of the collision,” West Goshen Police Chief Michael Carroll said in a statement Wednesday (via CNN).

Montana Rep. Alan Hale Defends Drunk Driving [VIDEO]

Amory Gritta — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:11:56 +0000

Montana Republican Congressman Alan Hale is apparently courting a new (and hopefully small) group of voters: drunk drivers.

Yep, this week, Hale actually argued against a new House Bill that according to the Missoulian would allow courts in Montana to "look back to impaired driving offenses up to 10 years old when someone is being punished for a drunk-driving charge, a change from the current five-year cutoff."

Hale's argument? DUI laws are "destroying a way of life that has been in Montana for years and years" and that they are not doing small businesses any good.