It's hard to believe headlines like this but it is in fact true Paul Hutton 40 from Essex was caught driving a Barbie car at the whopping speed of 4 miles per hour under the influence of alcohol. The father of four admitted to court that he had in fact been a 'right twit'. He was given a 3 year ban as he had been caught drink driving before in the last ten years he was also issued with an additional 12 month conditional charge and an 85 fine.
Hutton claimed he was surprised more than anything to receive the bans and fines. The car was designed for 3 to 5 year olds and not for a 40 year old man nonetheless Hutton decided to squeeze into it and almost comically drive it. He was quoted as saying "I was very surprised to get done for drink-driving but I was a twit to say the least. I'm not unhappy with my punishment, just a little bit surprised."
An ex RAF aeronautical engineer Hutton has now turned his attention to electrical engineering and it was part of his inspiration for the Barbie vehicle. He replaced the original wheels with bigger ones. It was a project he claims that he was working on with his son who is doing a car mechanics course.
The car itself was a pink Barbie mobile with bigger wheels that had been built in by Hutton and his son. The vehicle is incredibly slow and can easily be outrun by a pedestrian and mobility scooters reach higher speeds, on this evidence it doesn't seem like the vehicle would be a hazard to anyone.
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 is currently held by police but Mr Hutton said he would one day like it back, maybe not to drive drunk in it though.
Over half a million breathalyser tests are carried out in the UK each year and an average of 100,000 were found to be positive that's 1 in 5.
Hutton claimed he was surprised more than anything to receive the bans and fines. The car was designed for 3 to 5 year olds and not for a 40 year old man nonetheless Hutton decided to squeeze into it and almost comically drive it. He was quoted as saying "I was very surprised to get done for drink-driving but I was a twit to say the least. I'm not unhappy with my punishment, just a little bit surprised."
An ex RAF aeronautical engineer Hutton has now turned his attention to electrical engineering and it was part of his inspiration for the Barbie vehicle. He replaced the original wheels with bigger ones. It was a project he claims that he was working on with his son who is doing a car mechanics course.
The car itself was a pink Barbie mobile with bigger wheels that had been built in by Hutton and his son. The vehicle is incredibly slow and can easily be outrun by a pedestrian and mobility scooters reach higher speeds, on this evidence it doesn't seem like the vehicle would be a hazard to anyone.
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 is currently held by police but Mr Hutton said he would one day like it back, maybe not to drive drunk in it though.
Over half a million breathalyser tests are carried out in the UK each year and an average of 100,000 were found to be positive that's 1 in 5.
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