Posted on 05/21/2022 4:16:31 PM PDT by Morgana
An Amish man cops say was drunk was filmed passed out behind the wheel of his moving buggy - which only came to a halt when it crashed into a police road block.
Bodycam video captured the moment twenty-one-year-old Nathan Miller was found in Orwell by Ashtabula Sheriff deputies around 2:43 a.m. on Saturday.
Law enforcement had responded to reports that Miller's buggy was 'all over the road,' Fox News first reported.
'Hey, hey, wake up!' Sheriff's Deputy Mike Talbert can be heard saying as he first spots the rogue buggy.
When Miller trundles on by to the sound of clattering hooves, Talbert speaks into his radio and says: 'There's a Bud Light can in there and he's passed clean out. We got a drunk Amish guy passed out in a buggy.'
After a low-speed chase, Talbert tried to block the road, and the buggy crashed into the deputy's car.
'I have it stopped,' Talbert said. 'Nope, disregard, he just rammed it into my car.'
It was only then that a very-confused Miller woke up, and finally regained control of his buggy.
Miller has been arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence. He is scheduled in court on May 26.
Penalties for operating horse-drawn vehicles while impaired are generally lighter than those drunk car drivers are given, and Miller will likely be slapped with a fine.
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Now you’ve got me thinking about Weird Al’s Amish Paradise song.
The horse knows the way home.
A lot of Amish treat their animals like crap and their puppy mills are an utter disgrace.
GMTA
LOL perfect
Amish Rumspringais ,a sort of coming of age ritual practiced by many Amish communities wherein teens are allowed a level of freedom they never had before, and it didn’t go so well for him I guess. 🙂
The cop must be new in the neighborhood Every body knows the horse would know its way home. The classy move for the cop would be to road guard for the buggy then bust Foonman when the buggy stopped at home. I’d be inclined to fire the cop for using his car to muscle a horse. Lucky the cop just didn’t up and shoot somebody for ignoring all his blinky lights. I try to support cops but this one needs more pages in his book.
Weird Al?
I thought the Amish had invented self-driving buggies.
We’re not democrats, right? Still we gotta take care of these people. Think Kelly McGillis.
PIT maneuver at 109mph. Full video of chase.
Unbelievable. Watch the end where all cams show the move.
“....and the buggy crashed into the deputy’s car.”
Do buggies have air bags?
Since when do horse driven buggies have a steering wheel?
FTA: An Amish man cops say was drunk was filmed passed out behind the wheel of his moving buggy....
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I have yet to see an Amish buggy with a wheel. Why would a wheel instead of reins be used to guide a horse?
Amish Paradise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg
The Amish have had self-driving “cars” for centuries. Driver knew the horse would get him home, so he went to sleep. Safe as houses until the cop interfered.
That was what I was going to ask.
These cops must have a lot of spare time to burn.
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