08-14-2011, 07:57 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/09...arged_with
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Excerpt: "Plenty of drunk drivers spend a night in the cooler after they get busted. Very few spend a night on the cooler before their arrest.
Police in Australia say Christopher Ian Petrie was under the influence and driving without a license in Noosa on June 16 when they spotted him behind the wheel of a motorized beer cooler.
The 23-year-old had reportedly outfitted the cooler -- known in Australia as an Esky -- with a 50cc two-stroke engine, according to The Courier Mail.
At a recent court hearing, Petrie's attorneys managed to convince magistrate John Parker to grant an adjournment as they sought to determine whether the motorized cooler "was in fact a motor vehicle," the paper notes.
When asked by the magistrate how much beer his vehicle could carry, Petrie reportedly said it could store "at least a couple of cartons."
Petrie is due back in court Aug. 16..."
Excerpt: "Plenty of drunk drivers spend a night in the cooler after they get busted. Very few spend a night on the cooler before their arrest.
Police in Australia say Christopher Ian Petrie was under the influence and driving without a license in Noosa on June 16 when they spotted him behind the wheel of a motorized beer cooler.
The 23-year-old had reportedly outfitted the cooler -- known in Australia as an Esky -- with a 50cc two-stroke engine, according to The Courier Mail.
At a recent court hearing, Petrie's attorneys managed to convince magistrate John Parker to grant an adjournment as they sought to determine whether the motorized cooler "was in fact a motor vehicle," the paper notes.
When asked by the magistrate how much beer his vehicle could carry, Petrie reportedly said it could store "at least a couple of cartons."
Petrie is due back in court Aug. 16..."
