Ohio man charged with drunken driving on bar stool

**SlowwHand** · March 31, 2009, 11:59

The guy is an idiot. Before anyone speaks up for him and says he was only endangering himself, what if a vehicle swerved to avoid him and crashed? What if a vehicle ran over him? You don't think the vehicle occupants would be affected? I can't believe he's pleading not guilty. Further proof that he's an idiot.

09:55 AM CDT on Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Associated Press

NEWARK, Ohio - Authorities in Ohio say a man has been charged with drunken driving after crashing his motorized bar stool.

Police in Newark, 30 miles east of Columbus, say when they responded to a report of a crash with injuries on March 4, they found a man who had wrecked a bar stool powered by a deconstructed lawn mower.

Kile Wygle, 28, was hospitalized for minor injuries. Police say he was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he told an officer at the hospital that he had consumed 15 beers. Wygle told police his motorized bar stool can go up to 38 mph.

Wygle has pleaded not guilty and has requested a jury trial.

The Newark (Ohio) Police Department say when they responded to a report of a crash with injuries in early March, they found a man who had wrecked this bar stool powered by a deconstructed lawn mower.

**Lorizael** · March 31, 2009, 12:13

He could have been a Darwin Award contender. What a shame.

**Tuberski** · March 31, 2009, 12:16

Lack of dedication.

ACK!

**snoopy369** · March 31, 2009, 12:20

NWIH is that street-legal... or sidewalk-legal ...

**Guynemer** · March 31, 2009, 14:26

Newark? Not surprising in the least.

**DanS** · March 31, 2009, 15:49

Gotta love the fine citizenry of Newark.

My peeps

**DanS** · March 31, 2009, 16:01

The smoking gun has all the goods...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...091stool1.html

**Solomwi** · March 31, 2009, 16:31

Originally Posted by DanS

The smoking gun has all the goods...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...091stool1.html

Interesting that they also charged him with driving on a suspended license. My "lawyer's reflex" makes me wonder exactly what's covered by the NJ licensing statute(s). I'm fairly sure a motorized vehicle that can go 38 mph would be covered, so it's only a mild curiosity.

**snoopy369** · March 31, 2009, 16:40

I like that his name is 'wygle'. I wonder if he periodically posts on internet forums under a pseudonym which is phonetically similar except for a terminating consonant.

**DanS** · March 31, 2009, 16:41

Newark, Ohio rather than Newark, New Jersey.

Very different places. Newark, Ohio is small-town/suburbish USA.

**ColdWizard** · March 31, 2009, 16:46

Clearly he needs to add a roll cage.

**OzzyKP** · March 31, 2009, 16:48

**Solomwi** · March 31, 2009, 16:57

Originally Posted by DanS

Newark, Ohio rather than Newark, New Jersey.

Very different places. Newark, Ohio is small-town/suburbish USA.

Indeed. Doesn't change my point, since I'd expect roughly similar licensing statutes in both states. Just put the state in without thinking. Good catch.

**Felch** · March 31, 2009, 17:30

Originally Posted by SlowwHand

The guy is an idiot. Before anyone speaks up for him and says he was only endangering himself, what if a vehicle swerved to avoid him and crashed? What if a vehicle ran over him? You don't think the vehicle occupants would be affected? I can't believe he's pleading not guilty. Further proof that he's an idiot.

He's an idiot, but he doesn't sound substantially more dangerous than a drunken pedestrian in the middle of the road.

The reason we look down on drunk drivers is because a big car in the hands of a drunk can really hurt people. A barstool with a lawnmower engine is far less likely to cause trouble. We do not punish drunk driving on account of other drivers having to swerve out of the way. That's ridiculous. People swerve out of the way of bad drivers, debris, stupid pedestrians, bike riders, and deer all the damn time.

**Sprayber** · March 31, 2009, 18:55

I wonder how long it will take before these things are being raced on ESPEN 2 at three in the morning?

**BlackCat** · March 31, 2009, 19:20

Sloww, why do you think that anyone here would consider this guys actions sane ?

I don't know what the texan rules are, but here you can loose your driving license riding drunk - even if it's a bicycle.

**SlowwHand** · March 31, 2009, 19:25

We don't have bicycle licenses; and do you really find it so unthinkable that people here would defend his actions? Look at Felch, as a for instance.

**BlackCat** · March 31, 2009, 19:33

Neither do we , but if you have a driving licence you can loose it driving drunk on a bicycle.

About Felch, well, what's the problem by posters displaying their mental capacity ?

**SlowwHand** · March 31, 2009, 19:35

You have a point.

**BlackCat** · March 31, 2009, 19:40

Sloww, you are certainly a thickheaded dumbscull texan ****wit

here I say that I agree with you, and you don't get it

**SlowwHand** · March 31, 2009, 19:41

Ahem. I mean, you make a valid point.

**BlackCat** · March 31, 2009, 19:46

That's better

**SlowwHand** · March 31, 2009, 19:50

That's the same, only stated more clearly .

**Felch** · April 1, 2009, 01:42

Originally Posted by SlowwHand

We don't have bicycle licenses; and do you really find it so unthinkable that people here would defend his actions? Look at Felch, as a for instance.

How is calling him an idiot defending his actions?

I think that what he did was stupid. But it's not dangerous in the way that driving drunk in a real car is dangerous.

People who freak out over drunks riding bikes and barstools are pathetic traitors to the revolutionary heritage of the United States. Texans should know better than to worry about nonsense like this.

Either you love freedom or you don't. Part of loving freedom is letting people behave stupidly. Another part of freedom is holding people responsible for the harm that they cause. Since this guy was unlikely to cause much harm, I don't see any reason in treating him very harshly. But if somebody did drive a barstool, and ruin somebody else's flowerbed or something, they should fix that.

**SlowwHand** · April 1, 2009, 01:48

I don't like jackasses. This guy is a jackass.

**Felch** · April 1, 2009, 18:28

Nobody likes jackasses. The mark of a mature adult is being able to get over yourself and accept that the world is full of jackasses.

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