DWI for a man driving a motorized La-Z-Boy

[O Town]

A Proctor man driving a motorized La-Z-Boy lounge chair hit a parked vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

Dennis LeRoy Anderson, 62, pleaded guilty Monday in St. Louis County District Court to DWI in connection with the Aug. 31, 2008, incident in Proctor. There were no injuries.

According to the criminal complaint, Anderson drove his motorized chair into a vehicle parked near a Proctor bar. Anderson told police he was traveling from the Keyboard Lounge after consuming approximately eight or nine beers. His blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.29 percent, more than three times the legal limit to drive.


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Check out the picture of the chair, wow. Headlights and everything. lol. I think the 180 days jail time was a bit over the top, and they auctioned off that poor mans chair. I mean really the only person I think he could hurt on that thing was himself, better than being in a car that goes over 10 MPH

[Dionne]

I wonder what top speed on the chair is.....????? When and where is the auction?

[coriolis]

Awesome! There's a guy that rides around our town on a riding lawnmower. As fast as it goes, he could walk. He probably lost his license somewhere along the line.

I'm waiting for a test case on one of those powered chairs that the elderly use.

I THINK that you can get a DUI on a bicycle too.

[Dionne]

The worst one is FWI (flying while intoxicated)......a commercial pilot carrying passengers that is caught automatically goes to jail.....I think it's a mandatory one year jail time.

I had a friend that got a DWI on a riding lawn mower while going to the liquor store. It was his third. He went to jail. Got out, got drunk again and eventually died from alcoholism related health issues.

We can joke about these things, but alcoholism is a serious disease.

[DanKellFla]

Handy guy. I bet that chair can go 15 - 20 mph.

[breeze]

That's a cool chair - built for comfort, but not necessarily for safety! But, he was driving,
and under the influence of alcohol, as well. Our local paper had a story a while back where the
driver of a motorized wheelchair veered too far out on the curb and a semi-truck swung out to
take a wide turn and somehow clipped the chair and dragged it (with the guy still on it) for
almost 1/2 mile until other drivers flagged the semi driver to stop. Fortunately, the guy
survived, being beat up pretty badly, but it shows how these things can happen - especially
if the driver is under the influence.

[Ptarmigan]

Pretty lazy person.

[Cryomaniac]

I THINK that you can get a DUI on a bicycle too.

I'm fairly sure you can in the UK. It' probably varies by state in the US.

[george_r_1961]

Awesome! There's a guy that rides around our town on a riding lawnmower. As fast as it goes, he could walk. He probably lost his license somewhere along the line.

I'm waiting for a test case on one of those powered chairs that the elderly use.

I THINK that you can get a DUI on a bicycle too.

Dont know about anywhere else but here in VA it has to be a motorized vehicle. And the size of the motor or engine doesnt matter.

One of my neighbors lost his license for DUI; he got arrested for riding his bicycle drunk to the store in order to buy more beer The charge: being drunk in public. A pretty minor charge compared to DUI.

[StormingB81]

I seen soemone get a DUI on a Golf cart and in montana I read not to long ago the guy got a DUI on a horse.

[arkess7]

I see people out here that live in the forest riding lawn mowers around all the time. I always crack up cause you know they are heading to the store for that 6 pack

[StormingB81]

http://www.clickorlando.com/automotive/ ... etail.html

The chair is on EBAY!!!! It is up for auction..now that is hillarious! I wonder how much it will go for.

[Dionne]

You can find the chair under "motorized chair".....there have been 40 bids.....the current price is $1931.00 with 4 days of bid time left.

[Dionne]

Currently $2375. Check it out.....there are a series pf pics....this guy spent some time building this baby!

[Cryomaniac]

On a related note, this was in a free newspaper today (image cut from the e-edition):

[Derek Ortt]

Awesome! There's a guy that rides around our town on a riding lawnmower. As fast as it goes, he could walk. He probably lost his license somewhere along the line.

I'm waiting for a test case on one of those powered chairs that the elderly use.

I THINK that you can get a DUI on a bicycle too.

you can in Florida

[Dionne]

I wanna build one....using an antique chair and green power.....!!

Could this be an emerging business?

[Dionne]

Get this.....there are currently 91 bids.......the price is now a whopping $38,100.00........

[Dionne]

The bid is over 40K right now. The bids look a bit suspicious. I purchase rare coins on eBay.....when an item is going for a lot of money there is usually a financial pre-qualification required. It doesn't appear there is this requirement on this item. The bids may be frivolous.