Man charged with DUI in children’s Power Wheels Jeep

[Kamaji]

Man charged with DUI in children’s Power Wheels Jeep

By Yaron Steinbuch
August 25, 2023

Indiana troopers aren’t playing.

An Indiana man was arrested for driving under the influence Wednesday night after being pulled over in a kids’ Power Wheels Jeep, police said.

A state trooper was patrolling on North Second Street about 9 p.m. when he observed the toy car on the road with “no lights or reflectors and was difficult to see,” officials said in a release.

The trooper pulled the toy car over and noticed that the driver, John McKee, 51, of Vincennes, “displayed signs of impairment,” according to cops.

McKee failed a field sobriety test and was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where it was determined that he was under the influence of methamphetamine and marijuana.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/25/ind-man-charged-with-driving-under-the-influence-in-toy-jeep/

[Kamaji]

[catfish1957]

Wow, and this wasn't in Florida?

[roamer_1]

Don't look at me... if it was a redneck, that would have been a garden tractor. 

[Sighlass]

McKee failed a field sobriety test and was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where it was determined that he was under the influence of methamphetamine and marijuana.

Pot smokers will be quick to point out he wasn't speeding.

[Smokin Joe]

Don't look at me... if it was a redneck, that would have been a garden tractor. 

[sneakypete]

THAT has to be embarrassing when the other inmates ask "Wadda ya in for?".

[sneakypete]

Don't look at me... if it was a redneck, that would have been a garden tractor. 

@roamer_1

Didn't country singer George Jones get busted for driving a lawnmower on the highway while drunk?

[bigheadfred]

I knew a guy that used drive a small tractor down the borrow pit to go to the local bar. As long as he wasn't actually on the road there was no law against it. Really small town that hosted a small grocery store, the co-op, a bar, and a worm stand.

[Smokin Joe]

THAT has to be embarrassing when the other inmates ask "Wadda ya in for?".

At least it wasn't a Barbie car.

[roamer_1]

@roamer_1

Didn't country singer George Jones get busted for driving a lawnmower on the highway while drunk?

@sneakypete

I dunno, but I wouldn't doubt it... It's pretty common among country folks that get a DUI revocation... 

[roamer_1]

I knew a guy that used drive a small tractor down the borrow pit to go to the local bar. As long as he wasn't actually on the road there was no law against it. Really small town that hosted a small grocery store, the co-op, a bar, and a worm stand.

Every town's got one. A good friend, now long gone, used his horse... he could be stumblin drunk... because the horse knew the way home... 

[Free Vulcan]

Don't look at me... if it was a redneck, that would have been a garden tractor. 

Guy was obviously a townie...

[Free Vulcan]

@roamer_1

Didn't country singer George Jones get busted for driving a lawnmower on the highway while drunk?

Yep. He used to sneak out that way to buy liquor and hide it from his wife.

[roamer_1]

Guy was obviously a townie...

Technically though... garden tractors are getting hard to find... Though yeah townie... that electric battery is only good for a block or two... Ain't getting out of town with that

[Smokin Joe]

Every town's got one. A good friend, now long gone, used his horse... he could be stumblin drunk... because the horse knew the way home... 

A friend of mine got a DUI on a mule.
He told the Judge the mule was sober, and it knew how to get home.
Unfortunately, the judge would not accept that.

[roamer_1]

A friend of mine got a DUI on a mule.
He told the Judge the mule was sober, and it knew how to get home.
Unfortunately, the judge would not accept that.

This one was out at the Hilltop, which, to this day still has hitching posts... The horse had to get across the highway, travel less than a quarter mile in the ditch, and then peel off onto a trail.  the rest of the way , nearly 5 miles, was all trail, going up into the holler. He never got caught. after his DL was suspended.

Come to think of it, he came into town in his hay truck once in a while- I saw him at the elevators and the ranch store... shortly after that time period... maybe during... I wonder if he had his license back...

Not that it matters. cops never stop a 2 1/2T hay truck anyway.