Man loses driver's license for drunk driving in a Barbie car at 4 mph - Polidicks

[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7606600/Man-loses-licence-after-drink-driving-in-toy-Barbie-car.html[/url] [release][img]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01619/Paul-Hutton_1619167c.jpg[/img] Paul Hutton, 40, was pulled over by police as he drove an electric Barbie car, which moves slower than a mobility scooter, near his home in Essex. Mr Hutton, who has four children Simon, 17, Calum, 14, Laina, 12, and John, 11, admitted being a 'complete twit'. Speaking after the hearing at Colchester magistrates court, he said: "You have to be a contortionist to get in, and then you can't get out. "I was very surprised to get done for drink-driving but I was a twit to say the least. "It is designed for three-to-five-year-olds. "Originally it was a pink Barbie car but I put bigger wheels on it but it's not fast. "I'm not unhappy with my punishment, just a little bit surprised." Mr Hutton, who is divorced, is a former RAF aeronautical engineer who now studies electrical engineering at Colchester Institute. He explained: "I'm in the third year of my electrical engineering course and it was a little project I was doing with my son who is doing a car mechanics course. "When it was done I couldn't resist the temptation to take it out." Mr Hutton, was found to be twice the drink-drive limit, he said. Appearing before magistrates last week, he admitted driving the toy car while drunk. He was given a mandatory three-year ban because he had received another drink-drive ban within the past ten years. Magistrates also gave him a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay £85 court costs. Chairman of the bench Neil Munson said: "This is most unusual. "I have never seen the like of it in 15 years on the bench. "The vehicle is not even capable of doing the speed of a mobility scooter and could be outrun by a pedestrian. "Taking this into account, we feel we can impose a sentence of a conditional discharge for a period of 12 months." The car was confiscated by police until the hearing but Mr Hutton now hopes to get it back. [/release] :wtc:

He could have gotten himself killed is why.

We've all wanted to ride a barbie, but this is going too far.

Well, he could of really hurt someone driving drunk at 3 MPH. He deserved it.

DUI Barbie comes with everything you see here!

Wait, was he driving a Power Wheel Barbie Car?

lol what the hell was he thinking?! His face is [I]so[/I] avatar worthy :v:

That picture is awesome

He really could have hurt himself or others driving impaired at the speed of a slow stroll through the park. This man is lucky he didn't scratch someone's car or get stuck going up a curb.

Finally, people are actually seeing the devastating damage these trecherous vehicles can do when in the hands of a fiendish drunken idiot...

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;21459604]lol what the hell was he thinking?! His face is [I]so[/I] avatar worthy :v:[/QUOTE] That's what I was thinking.

I guess it really isn't a Barbie world after all. [editline]09:38PM[/editline] It may be plastic, but it's not fantastic.

How the hell can it be a DUI if the "vehicle" in question doesn't qualify as a vehicle of any kind? That should be a piece of cake to get thrown out in court, or at least reduced to your standard drunk in public.

This is madness. I don't even know how I am going to even go on the road anymore knowing that there are electrical barbie mobiles roaming the streets going a fast 4mph.

I laughed so hard when I read the title. I was expecting some drunk hobo van but nope.

He was just playing around, gods sake people.

Cmon barbie, lets go party. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ygV80ZLag[/media]

Well he won't be pickin' up any cute dolls this weekend.

Seriously, a king among men.

I guess he shouldn't have been [I]toying around[/I].

Seriously, hes driving a toy car that can't go anywhere fast, these police seriously need to look at the situation and decide weather this guy is in a serious situation, or if they should just laugh and say "get out and go home"

He's the local minicab driver, out on his own :(

Why did this ever reach the courtroom. Officers should have laughed it off and sent him home.

"The car was confiscated by police until the hearing but Mr Hutton now hopes to get it back." Haha the cops took the freakin' car, I guess it Posed as a threat.

Stupid crap like this is starting to make The Onion look like real news

[QUOTE=Benlecyborg;21461781]Or they could use the technology to enhance police mobility![/QUOTE] Oh my god. Not the 12 volt battery!! Surely they can use it in their electrical devices!

This is exactly why England is now offically gay. They take everything seriously just because it's for our "Own Safety". FUCK-DA-POLICE!

Oh, it's the new life sized washed up Ken doll.

Wow, this is stupid. How can you lose your driver's license by driving something that doesn't require one.

At least it gets better MPH than this thing. [img]http://images04.olx.ca/ui/2/31/24/40042724_1.jpg[/img] All the kids who drive these are tiny little douche bags.