Man arrested for driving Lawn Mower Under the Influence.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Police in southern Indiana say a man who drove a
lawnmower on an Evansville street with a blood-alcohol level more than five times the
legal limit was given a ticket for public intoxication.
The Evansville Courier and Press reports 27-year-old Trevor Bates of Evansville was
stopped by police after witnesses reported seeing him on the lawn mower with his
daughter on his lap and a 50-year-old woman on the lawnmower’s deck.
Witnesses said Bates nearly fell from the mower several times and was nearly hit by
traffic. The legal limit to operate a vehicle on roads in Indiana is 0.08 percent. Evansville
police Bates had a blood-alcohol content of 0.445 percent.
Bates could not be reached for comment because there was no telephone listing for
him.
