Joel Maunder, a sixth former, was caught driving his parent’s 15mph mower, more than twice over the legal drink-driving limit. He had ridden the mower, costing £1,7000 nearly one mile away from his home, before being stopped by the police.

Magistrate’s court was informed by Prosecutor Richie Paul that: “He was slowly travelling down a road when he was spotted on the Lawnflite vehicle by police. He was breathalysed and found to have 83 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit is 35.”

Maunders mum, 42, explained that she was “very embarrassed” and that she was ashamed of her son’s behaviour.

A spokesman from the mower-making business, said: “This is the first case we’ve heard of in this country. We advise people not to use this machinery after drinking and it should not be taken on the road in that condition.”

McCollister pleaded guilty to attempted child abuse or neglect, if found guilty she could face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, she is due to be sentenced on the 14th December. When arrested McCollister reportedly told police she was a recovering alcoholic who had fallen off the wagon and had been drinking all weekend before the incident. When she was breathalysed she was found to have a breath-alcohol content of .299. Because of the amount of alcohol in her system she required a medical clearance to be taken into custody.

When questioned about the incident she blamed a friend for insisting that she took him home first, saying: “He kept pressuring me to take him home. He drove himself home, and we were in the car. I was pretty much passed out all the way. He pulled into his driveway and just left us there. There was another lady with us, but she didn’t have her glasses, so she refused to drive. I had my son get on my lap and drive us.”

However the judge did not see that she was blameless in the incident and said there was no excuse for her ‘absolute evilness’. The Judge added: “You just gave me the identities of three or four people whose fault this was, and none of it was yours. As long as you think this was anyone else’s fault but yours, I have no reason to show any leniency toward you. All that conspired from your perspective to force you to commit felony child abuse. That’s nonsense. Next time you’re in here, I hope I don’t hear a pocketful of excuses for the absolute evilness and irrationality of putting your son on your lap while you’re drunk and driving you home.”

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The problem was caused by vehicles mostly lorries bound for Beijing being held up for at least 100km because of heavy traffic, road works and breakdowns, this has highlighted China’s growing congestion problems and although they are quickly building new roads traffic is increasing quicker than the roads can be built.

The roadwork’s that are being carried out on the motorway which is part of the Beijing-Tibet expressway are necessary to repair damage caused by an increase in cargo lorries carrying coal from Inner Mongolia which use the highway. There may still be many congestion problems to come on this stretch of road as the road project will not be finished until mid-September.

Many drivers however who have were stuck in the jam complained about the locals who seem to have created a mini economy by capitalising on the stranded drivers’ predicament by over-charging them for food and drink while they were stuck.

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Witnesses who saw the accident unfold said the accident left ‘bodies everywhere’. It was so quick that the victims had no time to save themselves after the truck became airborne and landed upside down on top of some spectators just after the start of the race. One of the witnesses who didn’t want to be named said: “When [the vehicle] came up, it like caught air and flew sideways, and I just saw people started scrambling at that point. As soon as it hit, it rolled right on top and it just hit people and people flew, went in all kinds of directions. People were scattering, people were running and trying to help people.”

Another witness, photographer David Conklin said the car sped over a jump known on the course as “the rockpile” and went out of sight. “I saw one woman with a major head wound lying in a pool of blood. Someone else was crushed beneath the car,” he said.

Because the race is held in such a remote spot it took rescue workers, police and ambulance teams more than half an hour to reach the site, which meant many of the spectators had to tend to the dying and wounded on their own. There were six people killed in the crash and then two more died after being airlifted to hospital as well as another twelve more being treated for their injuries.

The local Police have said that the driver Mr Sloppy would not be charged, Joaquin Zubieta, of the California Highway Patrol, said: “State vehicle laws did not apply because it was a sanctioned racing event held with the approval of the federal Bureau of Land Management.”

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After he was caught speeding on the the A12 highway between Bern and Lausanne on Friday, a police spokesman said: ‘we have no record of anyone being caught travelling faster in the country.’ The unnamed man was arrested shortly after when he stopped in a lay by and he was released after questioning. It is believed that he was collecting the brand new car from a seller in Germany.

Benoît Dumas, a police officer in the area where the SLS six-litre-engine car was impounded, said: ‘He needed over half-a-kilometre of road to come to a halt.’ It’s thought that the driver had not been caught on other speed cameras on his journey because he was going too fast and the instruments were incapable of clocking any speed beyond 200kph, the reason he was finally caught is because he passed a new generation of radar machines.

After he was caught the driver told police: ‘I think the Speedo on the car, which is new, is faulty.’ It’s thought that he is unlikely to go to jail but he is expected to be hit with the landmark fine because of the way speeding fines are administered in Switzerland. There his case will be judged by a magistrate and the fine will be based on his income and the ‘extraordinary speed’ at which he was travelling, in both Switzerland and Germany it is common for fines to be levied in such a way. Its normal in Switzerland for a fine to be dependent on a person‘s income and in this case the suspect is very rich indeed.

The Swedish driver is now facing the highest possible penalty of 300 days of fines at 3,600 Swiss francs a day which comes out to close to 650,000 Euros, his car will also now undergo a technical inspection to see if his tale of a faulty odometer holds up.

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The teenager appeared in court this week and was convicted of disorderly conduct and fined for the exploits which took place in September. Miss Dudfield who has since learned her lesson had a warning for other people considering flashing to car drivers, “Don’t be me, don’t be stupid, don’t get drunk and stand in the middle of the road and flash anyone because it hurts when you get hit.”

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Talking about the incident, Mr Turina said: “If I could go that fast I’d enter my bike in the MotoGP world championships. Valentino Rossi would not stand a chance. What did they think they were clocking – a jet fighter?”

Adding that, “If the court rules the fine will stand then I’m going to send it to the Guinness Book of Records – after all if the court says its true then I should get the credit for this remarkable feat.”

The police have stated that the speed camera was not at fault, but suspect that it was an error by staff on Mr Turina’s paperwork. The court has yet to decide on the case.

The chassis of a Ferrari F355 Berlinetta was combined with an aging Citroen 2CV Fourgonnette bread-van, and now churns out a staggering 400bhp and has a 0 to 60mph time of less than 5 seconds. The Citroen 2CV has also been given a new paint job, Ferrari red.

The project was completed by Nicolo Lamberti and Milko Dalla Costa, who run the Italian Nimik rally team. Nicolo said that they found the Ferrari at a price they couldn’t turn down, stating: “We decided to purchase the Ferrari even though we didn’t know what we were going to do with it. But because of our crazy minds we were confident that an idea would soon come to us.”

Adding that: “Then we saw the 2CV and Milko, who is a Citroen collector, had the idea of combining its body shell with the Ferrari. The 2CV hardly cost anything because it was in such bad condition. It had no engine and all that was left was the body shell.”