Posted on 01/11/2010 2:18:00 AM PST by maddog55
First it was Driving While Intoxicated. Then they changed it to Driving Under the Influence. In Ontario, Canada they’re going to have to come up with a new one, Snow Blowing While Intoxicated.
A civic-minded but drunken man has been charged with pushing a snow blower into a major intersection north of Toronto.
The unidentified 41-year-old man caused traffic mayhem during rush hour in Barrie, 50 miles north of Toronto. Before a passing officer was able to reach the man, he was almost struck by cars twice amid clouds of snow he was stirring up.
“His capacity to make sound decisions was obviously affected,” a police spokesman said.
The man was arrested and charged with public intoxication and held until he was sober. Officers said the man offered no explanation for why he wanted to clear the intersection.
All things said and done he was lucky. If the man had been riding a snow blower instead of using a hand-push variety, he could have faced an impaired driving charge as well.
Hey!
Blowing while intoxicated. Sounds like Congress to me.
No, I think Whitney Houston was the first to SBWI...
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