ENGLAND- A man who was caught drink-driving in a toy car with a top speed of 4mph has been banned from driving. Paul Hutton, 40, was pulled over by police as he drove an electric Barbie car, which moves slower than a mobility scooter, near his home in Essex. Mr Hutton, who has four children Simon, 17, Calum, 14, Laina, 12, and John, 11, admitted being a 'complete twit'. Speaking after the hearing at Colchester magistrates court, he said: "You have to be a contortionist to get in, and then you can't get out. "I was very surprised to get done for drink-driving but I was a twit to say the least. "It is designed for three-to-five-year-olds. "Originally it was a pink Barbie car but I put bigger wheels on it but it's not fast. "I'm not unhappy with my punishment, just a little bit surprised." Mr Hutton, who is divorced, is a former RAF aeronautical engineer who now studies electrical engineering at Colchester Institute. He explained: "I'm in the third year of my electrical engineering course and it was a little project I was doing with my son who is doing a car mechanics course. "When it was done I couldn't resist the temptation to take it out." Mr Hutton, was found to be twice the drink-drive limit, he said. Appearing before magistrates last week, he admitted driving the toy car while drunk. He was given a mandatory three-year ban because he had received another drink-drive ban within the past ten years. Magistrates also gave him a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay £85 court costs. Chairman of the bench Neil Munson said: "This is most unusual. "I have never seen the like of it in 15 years on the bench. "The vehicle is not even capable of doing the speed of a mobility scooter and could be outrun by a pedestrian. "Taking this into account, we feel we can impose a sentence of a conditional discharge for a period of 12 months." The car was confiscated by police until the hearing but Mr Hutton now hopes to get it back. Source ---- Almost killed someone... -dead
he's a repeat offender, luckily he drove the barbie car instead of a real car or else he could have hurt someone.
It's not the first time we heard of similar cases, the cops will get you on you lawnmower and any other thing that can be seen as a vehicle.
fall asleep in your car whilst drunk and you will still be done for drunk in charge of a vehicle same goes with riding a bicycle drunk
Ha, I've heard of people being tagged after they were caught driving motorized bar stools; but a pink Barbie toy car? Man, some guys just ain't got no class... Major face - palm.
go to one of those southern states ... those drunk hillbillies are driving tractors; because their drivers license are revoked or suspended.
yeah im into RC planes and if you go over 20KG its classed as a real aircraft, fly that in the park (even worse if your drunk) and youll find yourself in a jail cell with a dude called bubba.
