Lawn mower driver charged with DUI

August 11, 2012 - 2:45 pm | Category: Weird

A Florida man was clipped by highway patrol officers who observed him driving erratically – on the back of a riding lawn mower.

James David Gray was weaving down a street in a suburb of Gainesville when a cop pulled him over and noticed that he reeked of booze – and had an open beer stashed in the mower’s cup holder. Gray said that he’d had a drinking problem since his teenage years, and began knocking back an 18-pack of Natural Light because he was hot and depressed over the fact that his lawn-mowing job didn’t pay him enough to survive – or buy a higher grade of beer.

Gray failed a field sobriety test, and looks to be well on his way to his fifth DUI conviction – which he’s matched with a couple of drug arrests.