Jalopnik: Drunk Driving

How Was No One Killed In This Insane Street Racing Crash?

Raphael Orlove — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:30:00 EST

Last Sunday, two Hondas outside of Tampa, Florida sat side-by-side on the highway, about to start a street race when a drunk driver in a Nissan SUV smashed into one of the racers at speed. Unbelievably, no one was seriously injured. More »

Woman blames large breasts for failed field sobriety test

Tom Joslin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST

We don't support drunk driving or any attempts to get out of an arrest for doing so, but we have give one Florida woman credit for a creative on the spot excuse when she was pulled over last weekend for speeding and swerving through traffic. More »

Meet Barney, The Miracle Dog Rescued From Ocean After Tragic Crash

Patrick Frawley — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:00:00 EST

It's sometimes hard to see a bright side when something truly terrible happens, but for a bereaved Florida family the surprising return of their pet dog has helped ease the blow of a violent tragedy. More »

Drunk man crashes Camaro into Mobile DUI checkpoint

Tom Joslin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST

A 21 year old North Carolina man rear ended a mobile alcohol testing lab last weekend while driving drunk in Newton, NC. Douglas Shane Southard was travelling approximately 45 MPH in his 1989 Chevrolet Camaro when he hit the mobile lab at 2:45am last Sunday. More »

Drunk woman steals special-needs bus in post-breakup crime spree

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:30:00 EDT

Amidst a bad breakup, a 22-year-old woman got drunk, stole a school bus and planned to drive it 3,000 miles to California. In Hollywood that would have been the plot of a feel-good date movie. More »

Drunk Driving PSA proves everyone in New Zealand is funnier than you

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:30:00 EDT

Have you ever seen a drunk-driving PSA aimed at teens that doesn't condescend to its audience and absolutely nails the humor? Now you have. Apparently they watch Flight of the Conchords in New Zealand, too. More »

This drunk mom tried tossing her kid over a ten-foot-tall fence while fleeing accident

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:30:00 EDT

What's worse than drunk driving? Drunk driving with your four-year-old in the car. What's worse than that? Fleeing the scene, crossing an interstate, and trying to shot-put the kid. More »

Ten beers, an idiot and a Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca equal disaster

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:00:00 EDT

A Wisconsin man decided to flex his newly-acquired beer muscles by testing his newly-acquired track-ready Mustang on a local street. He lost control, clobbered a Jeep Grand Cherokee and caromed into a tree. He probably thought he was taking the Zanardi line down the corkscrew. More »

Ryan Dunn twice legal alcohol limit before fatal car crash

Justin Hyde — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:25:00 EDT

Pennsylvania police said today that "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn was drunk before crashing his Porsche 911 GT3 at 130 mph on Monday, killing himself and a friend. Tests show he had a blood alcohol of 0.196 percent, twice the legal limit. More »

How your car could sense whether you're driving drunk

Justin Hyde — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:00:00 EDT

America's roadgoing drunks still account for a third of all traffic deaths despite years of public outcry and shame. Now researchers say vehicles have enough technology to sense an impaired driver at the wheel — with the right software. More »

Watch Pawlenty's campaign manager try to talk his way out of a DWI

Justin Hyde — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:15:00 EDT

Nick Ayers is the campaign manager for Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's bid to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2012. Five years ago, while running a campaign for Georgia's governor, he was stopped for drunk driving. His attempt to talk his way out through politics just came to light. More »

The drunkest drunk driver ever

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:00:00 EDT

What starts out as a slightly humorous video of a guy so wasted he's unable to stand slowly transforms itself into a slightly disturbing video of a guy so wasted he's unable to function. More »

This woman jumped from a moving car into a tree to avoid police

Justin Hyde — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:00:00 EST

After police attempted to pull over a Pontiac Sunfire Saturday, its driver, Christine Stroh, decided to resolve the situation by fleeing on icy roads, then hurling herself from the car at 30mph into a tree, leaving her two passengers inside. More »

Man busted for drunk driving on the way to driving test

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:40:00 EST

They say you should test in the same mental condition you studied in for best results. That explains why a 43-year-old Australian man was drinking on the way to his test for a provisional driver's license. [Drive.com.au] More »

The scariest anti-drunk driving billboard ever

Tom Joslin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:00:00 EST

File it under "Only in Russia", authorities in the Russian city of Nizhniy Novgorod recently put up roadside billboards featuring a dummy covered in fake blood that appears to have crashed in an attempt to curb drinking and driving. More »

Man Gets Ninth DUI Arrest After Court Hearing For Eighth

Justin Hyde — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:30:00 EST

William Parminter of Lincoln, Neb., drove away from the Lancaster County Courthouse Friday after a hearing for his eighth driving while intoxicated charge. Problems: His license was suspended, he was sipping a Keystone Light and his blood alcohol was .238. More »

Drunk Fuses Fusion Between Buildings

Justin Hyde — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST

A drunk driver in southern California wedged his Ford Fusion between two apartment buildings late Saturday, leaving the Ford suspended about five feet off the ground. No one was injured, but one resident's real estate deal was seriously hurt. More »

Texas Rethinks Bankrupting Drunk Drivers

Justin Hyde — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:00:00 EST

Texas residents caught driving with a few too many Lone Stars not only face criminal charges but thousands of dollars in extra fees from the state's license bureau. Now defense attorneys and MADD say the fees should stop. More »

Drunk Driver Hits BMW, Then Hits BMW Driver

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:00:00 EDT

It turns out there's more to the story of the Mercedes-on-matte white M3 hit-and-run from this morning. The Mercedes driver was drunk and, after being chased down, she pummeled the M3 driver with her fists. We'll let him explain. More »

The United States Of Drunk Driving

Justin Hyde — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:30:00 EDT

Here are the top 20 cities in America ranked by the share of their drivers with an alcohol-related offense on their traffic record. What do they have in common? Tough cops, limited public transit and colleges. More »

How A Good Samaritan Was Arrested For Driving Drunks Home

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:00:00 EDT

Jonathon Schoenakase of Quincy, Illinois was arrested last Saturday outside a local bar. His crime? Operating "Courtesy Rides" — a service offering free rides to bar-goers to prevent drunk driving. The reason? Taxi companies lobbied to make it illegal. More »

Drunk Driver Clocked At 113 MPH Claims He Was Doing 135 MPH

Ray Wert — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:45:00 EDT

Police clocked Joseph Carbone driving his Maserati 113 miles an hour on the Long Island Expressway early Wednesday morning, but the Long Island resident insists they're wrong: he was going faster. Also, he told officers he was drunk. Video below. More »

Don't Drink And Drive A Tank, Redux

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:30:00 EDT

The photo of a flipped tank isn't a photoshop and it is the actual Russian military, although alcohol involvement is still undetermined. Here's video of another Russian drunkenly crashing a tank, this time into a home. More »

The 13 Most Memorable Drunk-Driving PSAs

Sam Smith — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:30:00 EDT

Society may despise drinking and driving, but that doesn't mean that the ads attacking it have to be humorless or macabre. These 13 public service announcements get the message across better than the rest. More »

Drunk Driver Crashes After Doing 153 MPH In A Neon

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:30:00 EDT

A reportedly loaded Shane Crolick passed a New York State trooper outside of Oneida this morning at 153 MPH, leading police on a chase in a Dodge Neon SRT4 loaded with passengers. More »

Man Convicted For Driving Drunk In Toy Barbie Car

Sam Smith — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:00:00 EDT

This is Paul Hutton, 40, of Clacton-on-Sea, England. A judge recently convicted him for operating a 4-mph toy electric Barbie car in front of his house while drunk. He has lost his driver's license but earned our undying respect. More »

Bar Adds $109K Drunk Driving Bill To Evening's Tab

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:30:00 EDT

This PSA shows the Brazilian watering hole Bar Aurora adding the total cost of drunk driving to the bar tab. Up to $109,000USD in one case. Message: don't drink-and-drive, just spend the money on caipirinha and Brazilian women. More »

Romanian Drivers Get Another Kind Of Urine Test

Wes Siler — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:45:00 EDT

This ad campaign is intended to deter drunk driving in Bucharest by reminding drinkers of their inebriation while they're peeing. Think it'll stop people or just encourage accurate pissers that they're ok to drive? [Copyranter] More »

Really, Offisher, The 12-Year-Old Was Driving!

Murilee Martin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EDT

So you've knocked back numerous Goldschlägers (drink of choice for severed-finger-in-Wendy's-chili associates) at the local watering hole and it's time to pilot the ol' minivan back to the pad. Suddenly, red-and-blue lights in the rearview! More »

Man Nabbed For Drunk Driving Without Pants

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

41-year-old Jonathan Schultz was busted in Maryland doing 69 MPH in a 55 MPH zone while also intoxicated. Not out of the ordinary, right? Wrong. Mr. Schultz also somehow managed to lose his pants. More »

NYC Cop Hits Pedestrian, Charged With Drunk Driving

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:30:00 EDT

A 15-year veteran Sergeant of the NYPD was charged with drunk driving after running a red light and hitting a pedestrian, causing two broken legs, broken bones and internal injuries — at 6:40 AM. More »

Three's Company Star Joyce DeWitt Bagged For DUI

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDT

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Police came knocking on Joyce Dewitt's car door when she ran a barricade in El Segundo. They discovered the 60-year-old actress better known as "not Suzanne Somers' boobs on Three's Company" was a bit tipsy. More »

Drunk Driving Safer Than Texting While Driving

Ray Wert — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

One of us is a text-messager-aholic, constantly fighting the urge to text (or tweet) while driving. The boys from CarandDriver spent time determining just how bad it really is versus, say, drunk driving. Turns out drunk driving's safer. Here's why. More »

Tiny Toons Get Drunk, Steal Cop Car In Banned Episode

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:00:00 EDT

We're pretty sure political correctness existed in the 90's, but this supposedly-banned episode of Warner Brother's Tiny Toons somehow depicts young Buster, Plucky, and Hamton getting hammered on beer then stealing a cop car. More »

How To Fail A Sobriety Test

Ray Wert — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Seriously, how can police arrest an old guy after a phenomenal improvisatory display such as this? More »

Drunk Driver Parks Ferrari On Tracks, Calls 911, Watches It Explode

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:45:00 EDT

In a day marked by extreme examples of utter stupidity, Jeff Sabold wins. Sabold, allegedly drunk, drives his Ferrari onto railroad tracks and calls 911 while still inside. The amazing call below the jump. More »

DUI Suspect Claims He Is Own Country, Not Subject To US Law

Wes Siler — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EDT

"I live inside myself, not Pennsylvania," Scott Witmer told a court, arguing it has no jurisdiction over him after his alleged DUI. The judge ordered he remain in jail pending results of a mental exam. More »

Police Pull Over Drunk Driving On Three Wheels

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Somewhere before getting pulled over for DUI, a 27-year-old Florida man lost his rear passenger-side tire. Wanna bet he drunkenly asked "What seems to be the problem officer?" More »

Drunk Driver Calls Cops On Himself

The Auto Insider — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:30:00 EST

A Pennsylvania man called 911, on himself, to inform the cops he was too drunk to drive. It's a commendable gesture in a sort of dumbass-with-a-drinking-problem sort of way. More »

Thai Police Erect Fake Crash Sites To Deter Drunk Driving

Wes Siler — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:00:00 EST

Thai police have erected fake crash sites, like the one above, as a drunk driving deterrent. They're intended to frighten locals out of drinking and driving. Hmm, works for us. More »