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German loses license for driving lawnmower drunk
Mowing under the influence
Tuesday, June 24, 2003 Posted: 10:44 AM EDT (1444 GMT)
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- A German gardener has been fined and stripped of his license for driving his lawnmower while drunk, a court said on Tuesday.
The court fined the 45-year-old man 400 euros ($460) and banned him from driving all vehicles, including his mower, for three months after police did a check on him as he was parking the vehicle, which has a maximum speed of 6 km/h (4 mph).
Defense lawyer Stefan Deppe told Reuters his client would appeal. "The mower does not pose the remotest danger to the public and common sense should have been applied," he said.
Police breath-tested the gardener after detecting the smell of alcohol as he finished mowing a lawn for a client. "He said he'd had a bottle of wine," Deppe said.
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So I guess it's true: the Germans really
do have no tolerance for drunk driving.