Cops Bust Stool Fool
Ohio man arrested for drunk driving on a homemade vehicle

MARCH 31--In a law enforcement first, Ohio cops this month arrested a man for drunk driving on a motorized bar stool. That's right, a motorized bar stool, which can be seen below in a police evidence photo. According to cops, Kile Wygle, 28, crashed his bar stool near his Newark home earlier this month and called 911 due to his injuries. When an officer arrived and asked Wygle what happened, he answered, "I wrecked my bar stool." According to a Newark Police Division report, a copy of which you'll find here, Wygle's homemade ride is powered by a Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine. Wygle noted that the bar stool could hit nearly 40 miles per hour, but that he was only going 20 when he wiped out late in the afternoon on March 4 (a witness told police that he spotted someone driving a "strange motorized machine" before the crash). A plastered Wygle, who failed a series of field sobriety tests, was charged with DUI and driving with a suspended license, both misdemeanors. His bar stool was not impounded.

Link-including photo of the bar stool and copy of the police report

That bar stool is more of the more dangerous vehicles I've ever seen if it really can hit 40.

We had a cripple around here in a motorized wheel chair who used to get drunk and ride in traffic and swerve all over. The cops tried to be nice to him at first then after the umpteenth complaint they started charging him with DUIs. It took 2 before he started drinking at home and staying there.

I love the little wheelie bar on the stool. At a swap meet I used to see a guy on a motorized lazy boy. It had a little joy stick in the arm to steer with.

I was jogging near the park yesterday and saw a group of six guys on Segways all having a meeting. And they were wearing helmets. Only in L.A.