Man busted while drunk driving in wheelchair

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BERLIN (Reuters) - A wheelchair-bound German stunned police when they pulled him over for using the road and found he was 10 times over the legal alcohol limit for drivers.

"He was right in the middle of the road," said a spokesman for police in the northeastern city of Schwerin Tuesday. "The officers couldn't quite believe it when they saw the results of the breath test. That's a life-threatening figure."

The 31-year-old told police he had been out drinking with a friend and was a little over a mile from home when a squad car stopped him as he passed through the village of Ventschow.

Police said that because the man was technically traveling as a pedestrian, he could not be charged with a driving offence.

"It's not like we can impound his wheelchair," the spokesman said. "But he is facing some sort of punishment. It's just not clear yet what exactly that will be."

sounds like he hit that sweet spot..." unable to walk, but fine to drive"

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sounds like he hit that sweet spot..." unable to walk, but fine to drive"

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"It's not like we can impound his wheelchair," the spokesman said. "But he is facing some sort of punishment. It's just not clear yet what exactly that will be."

I see cops in Germany aren't any more brighter than they are here.

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"It's not like we can impound his wheelchair," the spokesman said. "But he is facing some sort of punishment. It's just not clear yet what exactly that will be."

I see cops in Germany aren't any more brighter than they are here.

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A co-worker of mine also works as a part-time cop at a small local police dept. One evening he comes upon a man driving a riding lawnmower down the middle of the street. He pulls the individual over. He smells alcohol on his breath and asks the man if he's been drinking. The man replies yes he has been drinking. He further states that he lost his driving license due to a previous DUI and that his only way to get to the bar and back home was on his lawnmower. My co-worker pointed out to him that it is still illegal for him to be riding the lawnmower on the street and especially while intoxicated. The man seemed shocked. My co-worker arrested him for DUI and wrote a ticket for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on a public rode. Too funny...

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A co-worker of mine also works as a part-time cop at a small local police dept. One evening he comes upon a man driving a riding lawnmower down the middle of the street. He pulls the individual over. He smells alcohol on his breath and asks the man if he's been drinking. The man replies yes he has been drinking. He further states that he lost his driving license due to a previous DUI and that his only way to get to the bar and back home was on his lawnmower. My co-worker pointed out to him that it is still illegal for him to be riding the lawnmower on the street and especially while intoxicated. The man seemed shocked. My co-worker arrested him for DUI and wrote a ticket for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on a public rode. Too funny...

####.....you can't even drink a drive a lawnmower anymore.

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I chuckled mightily.

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A co-worker of mine also works as a part-time cop at a small local police dept. One evening he comes upon a man driving a riding lawnmower down the middle of the street. He pulls the individual over. He smells alcohol on his breath and asks the man if he's been drinking. The man replies yes he has been drinking. He further states that he lost his driving license due to a previous DUI and that his only way to get to the bar and back home was on his lawnmower. My co-worker pointed out to him that it is still illegal for him to be riding the lawnmower on the street and especially while intoxicated. The man seemed shocked. My co-worker arrested him for DUI and wrote a ticket for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on a public rode. Too funny...