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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Ind. Law - Golf cart clocked by radar gun as traveling at 16 mph along highway's edge

From the Michigan City News-Dispatch, this report from Stan Maddux:

FISH LAKE - A La Porte County man driving a golf cart along a state highway was found to be drunk.

Jody Lovekin, 48, 2936 S. County Road 800 East, is charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The misdemeanor offense was elevated to a Class D felony due to a prior drunk-driving conviction within the past five years, police said.

Sheriff's Deputy Derek Allen was on Indiana 4 near Fish Lake at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday when he spotted a vehicle a radar gun revealed was traveling 16 miles per hour along the highway's edge. The officer got closer, then realized the slow-moving vehicle was a golf cart.

Because of a new state law that prevents golf carts on roadways, police said a traffic stop was made, and it was discovered Lovekin had been drinking. A certified test later revealed a .15 percent blood alcohol level.

Wait, does this mean that without the new state law, the golf cart would have been allowed to proceed, unimpeded?

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 12, 2009 11:51 AM
Posted to Indiana Law