Lawnmower DUI

Some news simply capture the imagination in ways that others can't. Take for instance this recent report from New Zealand:

Richard Gunn (52) was driving the lawnmower down a street in the northern New Zealand town of Dargaville late on Monday evening when police stopped him, police spokesperson Sarah Kennett said.

Gunn's breath alcohol level was at more than twice the legal limit for drivers, police said, and he previously had lost his driver's licence.

Gunn said he had been using the lawnmower to get around town since losing his licence.

Is this the tale of an oppressed hero cannily exploiting a loophole in civil code, or a whimsical yarn about a durn drunken fool? Either way my policy is to steer wide of drunks on riding lawnmowers.