Seventh DUI Courtesy of a Riding Lawnmower

Source-CLINTON, Tenn. — It was Lonnie Michael Haney’s seventh drunken driving conviction that got him sent to prison. It was on a lawn mower.An Anderson County deputy, who knew Haney’s driving license had been suspended, saw him on a John Deere riding mower on the shoulder of a road in Oak Ridge in August 2010. The deputy said Haney’s speech was slurred, his eyes bloodshot and he didn’t do well in field sobriety tests.

I have never even been pulled over, but I think I can still understand his pain. It sucks to not have a car. When your means of transportation is a riding lawnmower you know you’ve hit rock-bottom. If that was my ride, I would be drinking my sorrows away too. So I’m not mad at this bro. But hey, he sure went out in style! If I had to go to jail for my 7th DUI, I would pick the riding lawnmower 10 times out of 10.