DUI Statutes
The primary evil that the DUI statutes are designed to prevent is that of a person trying to control some sort of automobile or other machinery on the public roads or highways while intoxicated and thereby posing a danger to themselves or other drivers. However, that doesn’t mean that someone can escape a DUI charge simply by using a less-dangerous means of transportation such as a lawn mower, moped, or even a Barbie car. A man from the UK learned this lesson the hard way when he received a three-year suspension of his driver’s license (partially because he had a prior DUI offense) after being caught operating a Barbie car while intoxicated. The man and his son had reportedly rigged the car, which is capable of reaching speeds up to a screaming four miles per hour, up with bigger tires and he wanted to take it for a test drive. Unfortunately, a grown man stuffed into a Barbie car tends to attract attention and the man was apprehended.
