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More News From the Battlefront?.

By Lawrence Taylor

Another potential killer removed from our highways: Man Rides Motorbike in Court Woodstock, IL.  Sept. 25 – A Marengo man charged with drunken driving rode his motorbike in court Tuesday, not to it. Carl Ahrens, 36, said he rode his Razor MX500 from Judge Thomas Meyer's bench to the back of the courtroom in an effort to prove that the bike was a toy, not a motor vehicle. It operates on a 12-volt battery. Despite the demonstration, the judge disagreed, and Ahrens' license was suspended for six months… Ahrens said he had been sitting on the bike across the street from his house when an officer approached him, likely after a complaint from a neighbor. He said he was placed under arrest, and the bike was placed in the officer's trunk...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on September 25, 2009 (boomark / email).