DWI In The News

A couple of unusual citations for an all too usual offense these days: Driving While Intoxicated. Now this crime usually doesn't make the national news these days unless the offender is famous, a la Paris Hilton or the circumstances are unusual.

Such as DWI while ordering food at a drive-through.

CAMDEN, Ark. - A man who was a little slow in picking up his fast food has been
charged with drunk driving. Police said they found Terrance Forte, 32, asleep
behind the wheel in the drive-through lane at a McDonald's restaurant.

Restaurant employees called police about 12:30 a.m. Saturday after waiting 15
minutes for Forte to drive from the first window to the second window in the
drive-through.

In a police report, Officer William Mahon said he found Forte asleep inside the
car with the engine running and his right foot on the brake. The report said
Forte offered Mahon $10 for his food order when Mahon tried to wake him.
Forte's blood alcohol level was registered at 0.19, more than twice the legal
limit.

Hey, at least he tried to pay for the food order.

In another case, a German man was cited for having a blood alcohol level 10 times the legal limit when he was pulled over. Which would usually be enough for a mention in the news.

The wheelchair he was driving at the time is just overkill.

"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.

What? No DWI? Isn't there a WWI on the books? Want to bet there will be shortly?