Peculiar Drunk Driving Articles for the Week of October 3, 2008

Really Odd DUI/DWI News – New York Edition.

Man gets NY DWI after tailgating cop car – Wasyl Federczyk, 34, was pulled over by Erie County sheriff's deputies around 3:30 in the morning for tailgating the patrol car. Federczyk failed a field sobriety test and a breath test and was taken to the Erie County Holding Center. He was booked for driving while intoxicated in New York DWI, reckless driving and unlicensed operation of a vehicle.

Horn blowing leads to New York DWI – Glens Falls police stopped Rodney Northey for excessively blowing his car horn while driving down a street lined with bars. A breath test revealed a blood alcohol content of .23%, nearly three times the limit for intoxication. Northey told police he was blowing his horn to let “people know he was in town.”

Arrest for DWI in New York after multi-object crash – Saugerties police charged Leslie A. Miller, 30, with drunk driving in NY after her van left the road and hit several objects. While driving north, Miller crossed the southbound shoulder and hit a telephone pole, a mailbox, a pickup truck, a fence, three parked cars and a house porch. Miller was booked after being treated for injuries at a local hospital.

If you have been arrested for driving while intoxicated, you need to hire a NY DWI Lawyer.