Brit man was so drunk he drove 4 miles with one wheel missing
April 7th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANILondon, Apr 7 (ANI): A man in Britain was so drunk that he never noticed his car was missing a wheel and drove 4 miles before he was stopped by police.
Andrew Mackay, 29, who is partially deaf, was on his way home from a New Year’s Eve party, and despite sparks flying from the metal hub and the heavy pulling to the right, he drove on.
He had drunk so much alcohol that he was three times the legal drink-drive limit, and he narrowly avoided being sent to jail when he was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court.
After he pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol and dangerous driving, unemployed Mackay was given a ten-month suspended prison sentence and was told he must carry out 150 hours of community service.
He was also told that he could not drive for the next three years.
According to the Daily Express, police saw the sparks flying from the front driver’s side and pulled him over in the city.
“He was seen in Coronation Road, Bedminster, and the car had three wheels. It should have had four,” the Daily Mail quoted prosecutor Neil Treharne as saying. (ANI)
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