Gawker: drunk driving

Sen. Dick Lugar's Wife Arrested for Drunk Driving

John Cook — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:42:56 EST

Charlene Lugar, the wife of staid Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, was charged with DWI in McLean, Va., last night after driving into a parked car. Now we know who does all the partying (or vodka-in-the-coffee-thermos drinking) in the Lugar family.

In other people-related-to-politicians-who-also-allegedly-drive-drunk news, Sen. John Kerry's daughter Alexandra was arrested for driving under the influence early this morning in Hollywood. These things come in threes, and we're counting on the Kennedy family to step up to the plate.

How Not to Advertise an Alcoholic Beverage

Hamilton Nolan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:41:14 EST

Bad enough the lady is drinking and driving with only one hand because she's holding a (hallucinated?) dragon in the other hand. Also, her eyes are closed. [Copyranter. Click to enlarge.]

Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving

Hamilton Nolan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:20:24 EDT

How many of you are "binge drinkers," meaning you had five drinks in a night once last month? (All you drunks raise your hands). Now, how many of you drove after getting wasted? (Pause). Liars! Science knows.

Here are the findings from a new survey of binge drinkers which makes me scoff:

The researchers focused on 14,000 "binge drinkers " - people who said that at least once month that they had five or more drinks on a single occasion. About 12 percent said they had gone driving within two hours of their last bout of heavy drinking.

Uh huh. So nearly 90% of binge drinkers went out and got drunk and then did not drive. Amazing. Instead of asking drunk to voluntarily reveal how reckless they are, try this, scientists: 100% of binge drinkers, minus the % living in big cities and likely to take mass transportation, minus the % with designated drivers, minus the % willing to call a cab and leave their own car parked at the bar, equals the drunk drivers.

So roughly 68%.
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Drunk Driving Accident in Mexico

Richard Lawson — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:33:00 EDT

Here's a photo that is circulating like crazy around various websites, Tumblr blogs, etc. It's so incredible that we initially assumed it had to be a fake. Though a simple Googling reveals that the photo is, unfortunately, real. A drunk driver in Mexico fell asleep at the wheel and plowed into several bicyclists who were competing in a road race.

Mothers Angry At Video Game For Letting People Do Things That Aren't Wise In Real Life

Nick Douglas — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:34:17 EDT

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is (are?) asking video game rating board ESRB to change Grand Theft Auto IV's rating from Mature to Adults Only because the game lets players drink and then drive. Complaints still to come from Mothers Against Banging Hookers In The Park, Mothers Against Working For Gangsters As An Assassin, and Mothers Against Driving Around Doing Stunts Involving Dozens Of Deaths. [Gamespot]

DUI Arrest Marks Barron Hilton's Entree Into Celebutard Society: UPDATE

Seth — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:01:48 EST

18-year-old Barron Hilton has yet to really capture the world's imagination the way his older sisters Paris and Nicky have, his wealthy parents perhaps waiting until he turns 21 before gifting him with his very own orange-faced pet flack to encourage such profile-building. And while some suspected the Hilton family's dominant Shameless Famewhoring Gene may have skipped him entirely, the young heir may just have that Hilton magic after all, having been picked up this morning in Malibu for a DUI:

UPDATE: Gas station attendant down!

TMZ has learned 18-year-old Barron Hilton, Paris' little brother, was arrested for DUI in Malibu at 8:30 AM this morning!
Cops tell TMZ he was driving a black Mercedes on Pacific Coast Highway with a passenger — not one of his sisters— when he was pulled over at a 76 gas station.

He's currently in the process of being booked at the Lost Hills Sheriff's station — the same place Mel Gibson was taken.

The obvious question this elicits: How and why was he drunk at 8:30 a.m? Two possibilities come to mind: One, that he had been drinking throughout the night and into the morning hours. This, of course, worries us, as Monday night Grey Goose-binges starring the world's most privileged minors can only spell disaster. The other isn't nearly as ominous, as it involves a champagne breakfast with the Hiltons at the Saddle Peak Lodge: Proposed as a get-together to help the young, wayward Hilton back on track over a delicious meal of wild boar sausages and waffles, it quickly devolved into Rick, Kathy, and the rest chugging flute after flute of Veuve Clicquot, lost in a cascade of giggles and fond reminiscences, while failing entirely to broach the serious subject of what reality shows and fragrance plans Barron has lined up for his future.

UPDATE: PageSix.com is reporting Barron hit a 76 station employee between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. The worker was knocked to the ground, but isn't injured. Still, he insisted on calling the cops to the scene, cementing himself a permanent place in Hilton Family criminal history.

Like His Big Sister, Paris' Bro Gets a DUI! [TMZ]
Barron 'Crashed Into Worker' [pagesix.com]

Lindsay Lohan Arrested In Second DUI Today

Choire — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:00:33 EDT

Lindsay Lohan was arrested in Santa Monica at 2:15 a.m. Pacific time today, and booked at 4:23 a.m. by the Santa Monica police department for drunken driving. Her second arrest for a DUI is a felony charge, and her bail was set at $25,000. Her previous DUI arrest was by the Beverly Hills Police Department, after a Memorial Day car crash; she was released on bail last week. Lohan turned 21 this month and is not really expected to see 22.