Jul. 16th, 2006

thewayne: (Default)
Does this qualify for irony?

http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1547753

Beer baron Coors loses license for DUI

The Associated Press
Sunday, July 16, 2006 3:43 a.m. ET

DENVER (AP) -- Beer baron Peter Coors' driver's license has been revoked by a hearing officer who ruled the executive had been driving under the influence of alcohol, officials said.

Hearing officer Scott Garber ruled Friday that Coors did not stop at a stop sign on May 28 and was driving intoxicated.

Coors, 59, said he had consumed a beer about 30 minutes before leaving a wedding, the Rocky Mountain News reported Saturday. He faces a July 20 arraignment and has 30 days to appeal the revocation.

"I made a mistake. I should have planned ahead for a ride," Coors said in a statement. "For years, I've advocated the responsible use of our company's products."

Coors' spokeswoman, Kabira Hatland, said Coors was charged with driving while under the influence. Coors' lawyer, Steve Higgens, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Hatland said that Coors rolled through a stop sign a block from his home in Golden and that an officer stopped him in his driveway.

In one breath test, he registered a blood alcohol level of 0.073 percent. In a second, 20 minutes later, he registered 0.088. In Colorado a blood alcohol count of 0.05 results in a driving while impaired charge, while a count of 0.08 results in driving under the influence.

Legal analyst Scott Robinson said drivers with no previous alcohol convictions are usually held to have driven while impaired, rather than the more serious driving while under the influence. A DWI finding can result in a loss of driving privileges for 90 days; DUI can result in suspension for a year.

Peter Coors "has never even had a moving violation," said Coors spokeswoman Kabira Hatland.

Coors took over as president of his family's company in 1987 and in 2000 was named chief executive of the brewer, with 8,500 employees and $4 billion in sales in 2003. Following a 2005 merger, it is now the Molson Coors Brewing Co.

Sucker!

Jul. 16th, 2006 11:07 pm
thewayne: (Default)
I went to Las Cruces today, tonight I'm coming home up the road to Cloudcroft. Speed limit's 55 MPH. And just earlier today I'm talking to my cousin about traffic tickets, mainly concerning speeding in Texas. So I'm waiting for the light to change and a State Trooper turns on the road. Light changes, I start driving, accelerate to 55ish. I see the trooper's tail lights up ahead. A truck comes blasting by me at a pretty good speed.

Now, New Mexico State Police cars are dark brown, so it's possible that this guy was clueless. He went to pass the cop, possibly in a passing zone, but there are areas on this highway that are no-pass. I see the cop pull over to the side of the road, the truck passes, the cop turns on his flashers!

BUSTED!

I had to laugh while I drove past. I've been pulled over twice in the last couple of years; I neglected to turn on my headlights coming out of a gas station (I turn off my headlights and leave my running lights on in gas stations and got sloppy but didn't get a ticket) and when heading to Phoenix I got pulled over for my license plate light being out, apparently they're pulling people over for that in case it's a stolen vehicle. It's been six to eight years since I last had a speeding ticket, so I was feeling kinda smug.

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