Paul Hutton of Essex, England had been working on a Barbie car with his son who was taking a car mechanics class. They had just finished putting some bigger tires on the car so Paul wanted to go show it off to his friend. So Paul squeezed himself into the pink Barbie mobile and drove it on over to his friend’s house. That friend’s house was only about 500 feet away.

The problem is Hutton had been drinking quite a bit and as he pulled out on the road in his upgraded car there just happened to be some police nearby. They pulled him over in the vehicle which has a top speed of approximately 4MPH. The police ticketed him for drunk driving. Hutton’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

Hutton had to appear in court last week for the charges. After all the legalities were sorted out, the 40 year old Hutton had his driver’s license suspended for 3 years due to the fact that he has had a previous charge of driving drunk in the past 10 years.

After his hearing in the Colchester magistrates court Hutton commented,  “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.”

A twit indeed!  My question is where was Hutton’s son in all of this? Didn’t he realize he should have taken the keys away from his dad? Someone twice the legal limit is usually CLEARLY drunk.

Please remember everyone friends don’t let friends drive their Barbie Dream Cars while drunk.

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