It seems a rowdy (or perhaps lonely) Valentine’s Day evening turned into a somnambulant early morning in Troy, Michigan, where police responded to a report of more than one driver asleep in a McDonald’s drive-thru lane at the same time.
If you’ve ever found yourself stuck behind a solitary crossover or minivan in which every last occupant is ordering a full meal — with very specific condiment criteria — this boozy drive-thru tale could be your worst nightmare.
Yours truly avoids drive-thrus mainly for the minivan scenario, though the possibility of being boxed in, unable to move without incurring damage, during an apocalyptic event ranks high on the list. I’ve never considered this possibility, though.
Shortly before 3 a.m. on February 15th, Troy police responded to a call from a local McDonalds. The caller told cops that multiple people were snoozing in their cars outside the pull-up window, reports the Detroit Free Press.
Dashcam video details the response. It seems the gates to Slumberville were locked, as responding officers were unable to rouse the two drivers — who apparently didn’t know each other — from their restful state. The two motorists eventually came around after “extensive efforts” to wake them. Upon awakening, both drivers recited the oldest line in the book — that they’d only had “a couple of drinks.”
As with most other times a driver dusts off this line, it was quickly proven false. One driver blew .18, with the other recording a breathalyzer score of .13, both well over the legal blood alcohol limit of .08. We can’t confirm for you the make and model of the vehicles involved, though one of them appears to be a Dodge Caliber.
Police booked both drivers for driving under the influence.
There was no word on the existence of a third driver, stone sober and slowly losing his mind, bringing up the rear of of this slumber party.
[Image: Ford]
OOPs ~
I’m always amused by the drive up liquor store windows in red states .
-Nate
similar to how it’s strictly coincidental there’s a cluster of casinos off of I-80 on the Nevada-Utah border.
Yep. just a coincidence.
Just so ~
I drove a lifetime Californian to New Mexico on a parts hunt once and mentioned this, he claimed I was BS’ing so we saddled up and drove to the nearest liquor store and asked for a pint of root beer schnaps ~ to drive my point home, after I’d paid and received it I asked for “and a FREEWAY BAG please ” and received one for no cost .
-Nate
I feel compelled to note the Land of Enchantment, with rare exception, is about as blue as a blue state can get.
LOL ! only if you don’t live here .
California is a really strange place ~ three big cities are indeed progressive liberal but the *instant* you’re out of them it’s like the South all over again .
-Nate
I live in a very red state and it’s a pain to get booze :(. I want a drive thru
I grew up in New England, supposedly (IMO) a -very- blue place, it was loaded with ‘blue laws’ saying no booze sold on weekends….
-Nate
You used to be able to go to Dairy Barn on Long Island, NY and get things (milk, bread) bought up to the car. One day I go for beer, and am told I have to get out of the car, and walk to the counter to buy it. Now, that was all of six feet.
I’m sure someone felt better that law was passed, even if it was senseless.
You weren’t drinking legally in the car anyway, NY has pretty much always had open container laws with exception for limo drivers and bus drivers only…….
In New Hampshire there are liquor stores at the rest areas, or should I say the liquor stores are the rest areas? No drive thru though.
Way back when I was a salesman that called on C-Stores, and one of those was the first to have drive up liquor sales in our state. You could order at the speaker for anything but if you wanted beer you had to get out of the car and complete the transaction at the “inside counter”.
My point exactly .
Folks think I’m kidding when I tell stories of folks who drive intoxicated because they’re “too drunk to walk”……
=8-^ .
-Nate
Maybe the ice cream machine was “broken” yet again and they decided to wait. One thing led to another…and you know…
….You don’t want to know what the “secret sauce” is made from…….
-Nate
That ain’t nothin, about 1/2 mile from me on Wednesday, this at my McD’s – “Truck driver escapes after tanker carrying 3,500 gallons of grease caught fire. … Smyrna Fire officials say the fire happened in the McDonald’s parking lot on Almaville Road around 5:30 a.m. Firefighters found the cab of the truck fully engulfed, and quickly extinguished the fire with no injuries reported.”
Why do I believe the driver is from Florida?
Because you know what a “S.W.A.G.” is……
-Nate
My chuckle for the day
If you actually want to get your food in a timely fashion, get off your bu+t and go inside.
A lot of McDonald’s are drive-thru only after a certain hour.
Also the wearing of pants is rare after a certain hour.
Not to mention if you want your order anywhere near correct, GO INSIDE .
The slight exercize will do you good .
I’m fat and I get off my duff and go inside, every time .
-Nate
Exactly…Mickey D’s isn’t Mickey D’s unless you can bathe all that stuff in ketchup. Gotta go in for that.
It is more dangerous to fall asleep while driving on freeway even in green state.
In fairness, I might start drinking too if I had to drive a Dodge Caliber.
yes, you would. I had one as a rental once, to quote the esteemed Brock Yates it could best be described as a “s**tbox.”
I’ve seen more cases at work where the driver is found at the scene, passed out. This isn’t had a beer or three and caught a speeding ticket, giving rise to the DWI…this is ‘found passed out in gas station’, or “wrecked Maserati in off ramp, passed out”. I don’t know how you get in the car that crocked….
Not crying for any dealers here. I’ve seen a lot of the estates of such dealers and you can rely on an 8 figure retirement and nest egg to pass on to your heirs.