Peculiar Drunk Driving Articles for the Week of November 14, 2008

Really odd drunk driving news and articles.

Bobby Dodge was driving a semi-truck loaded with beer when he overturned on a curved off-ramp. While not injured he was charged with driving under the influence in Colorado. The interstate exit was closed for 5 hours though no beer was spilled.

At a sobriety checkpoint in Portsmouth New Hampshire police asked Peter Glidden to step out of his SUV. Glidden responded by speeding off with tires squealing, nearly hitting the patrol officer. Unfortunately he forgot that he had already handed the officer his driver’s license and registration. Glidden, 32, now faces charges of marijuana possession, disobeying an officer, reckless conduct and misdemeanor New Hampshire DUI.

During a booking for suspicion of driving while intoxicated in New Jersey, Peter Tourison applied Chapstick to his lips. That delayed a breath test because NJ DWI law states nothing can be in or around a driver’s mouth for 20 minutes before the test is administered. When the first tube of Chapstick was confiscated, Tourison produced and used another. Then he placed a penny in his mouth. It is suspected that, as a municipal judge, Tourison knew the procedures involved with a breath test and was trying to foil the result. Finally a breath test revealed a blood alcohol content of .08%, the legal limit for intoxication. Tourison, 57, now faces New Jersey DWI and charges from the New Jersey Advisory Committee on Attorney Ethics.

During his 8-year tenure as state police commissioner, Paul J. Evanko was a diligent crusader against drunk driving in Pennsylvania. A photo of Evanko with boxing gloves once appeared on anti-DUI billboards that read, “We're taking off the gloves against DUI offenders.” He implored motorists to not make a mistake when impaired by alcohol. Evanko, 60, ran into another vehicle with his Honda sedan in Dauphin County near Harrisburg around 10:00 pm. Police detected alcohol and arrested the former state top cop for PA DUI. His blood alcohol content was 0.183%, more than twice the legal limit for intoxication.

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