Man Charged With Drink-Driving A Motorised Bar-Stool!!
Updated : Apr 2, 2009
A US man has been arrested and charged with drink driving after he crashed a motorised bar stool.
The 28-year-old man, who invented and created the bar stool which he says can reach speeds of 38mph, is reported to have rolled the Frankenstein-esque lawnmower and bar stool combination on his way home from the pub in Newark, Ohio.
The man claimed the bar stool could reach speeds of 38 mph on its five-horsepower engine but that he was travelling at about 20 mph when he crashed it. He allegedly admitted to drinking about 15 beers when interviewed by police at hospital but maintained that was after the accident.
“I was riding bar stool and I wrecked. I wasn’t drinking when I wrecked, I drank afterward because my head hurt," he told a local radio station.
The man was issued a citation for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving under suspension. He has pleaded not guilty at an initial hearing.
VeryHappyPig says what a great invention, you could drive it right into the pub and park at the bar for the night!! Pity about the drink-driving issue though!!