A NEW York man attempted to get round his drunk driving ban by riding his lawn mower to the store to buy beer, NY cops revealed yesterday.

Barry Foster’s bid for alcohol ended in disaster, however, as the hapless boozer passed out behind the controls off his machine as he made his way home, reported the Times Herald Record.

The 53 year old man was found slumped over his lawn mower not far from his home on Saturday, after sheriff’s say he drove it while drunk to the store to buy beer, but had on his way back passed out.

He appeared drunk and was already known to deputies since his car drivers licence had been recently been suspended following a drink driving arrest in August.

Paramedics took Foster to Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris where he was admitted. He faces additional charges after he is released from hospital, deputies say.

Of course, he’s by no means the first.

The seventh time he was convicted of drunken driving, it was for killing a 20-year-old man in a head-on crash. But even 19 years in prison couldn’t cure, Douglas A. Gardner.

Barely a month after being released, back in May this year, he was charged with driving drunk again — this time after crashing a stolen car down an embankment Saturday. His blood-alcohol content was .15, nearly twice the legal limit for drivers, police said.

“Who gets locked away and you’re out 31 days and you steal a vehicle and drive drunk again?” said the victim’s mother.

Or this one.

Late last year, a slow-moving horse and buggy led to the drunk driving arrest of an Amish man, Elmer Stoltzfoos Fisher, 22, of Paradise, who was found slumped over and asleep as the horse meandered slowly along in the centre of the road.

A breath test showed his alcohol level at 0.18 percent. Fisher was arrested for drunk driving, police said. (Read more here.)

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