A mundane local news story turned potentially lethal after the reporter phoned the police to report a driver slumped over in his seat in the middle of a highway.

Sometimes, you don't even need the breathalyzer.

Jenny "Kush" Friede, a prominent Denver medical marijuana activist, was killed this weekend after a drunk driver headed the wrong way down an Interstate slammed into her car.

The Washington State Supreme Court Justices voted almost unanimously yesterday in favor of allowing a drunk driver who crashed into a power pole and permanently disfigured her passenger to sue the local power company for putting the pole too close to the road.

A New Mexico man who was drinking, driving, speeding, and having sex all at the same time unsurprisingly crashed his car into another vehicle after running a red light.

An Ohio woman with an unfortunate appellation was indicted by a grand jury last week, several months after she allegedly struck and seriously injured a bicyclist while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

Illinois resident Erin James was caught speeding early Friday morning after she spent a night out celebrating getting her driver's licence back after a DUI arrest. She was drunk this time, too.

Drunk driving is, generally speaking, a bad idea, even if you're, say, the husband of a wealthy movie star. A worse idea? Deciding to drunkenly berate the police officers arresting your husband, especially if you're the famous movie star wife of the person getting arrested. Unfortunately for everyone involved, this is just what Reese Witherspoon did early Friday morning, a decision that resulted in her arrest.

"I'd enjoyed a few beers and it seemed a good idea at the time," said an unnamed angler who recounted to the Northern Territory News a recent misadventure involving a log, a paddle, a lack of clothing, and the infamously croc-infested Daly River in Australia.

While towing a couple of buddies back to their home port, a drunken sailor asks to be tossed a beer while not fully in command of his basic motor skills.

Gainesville mayor Craig Lowe was arrested early this morning by Florida Highway Patrol troopers after he was found asleep behind the wheel of a badly damaged Honda Civic near the scene of an accident.

With Washington having recently become the first of two states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, the local government has been tasked with determining how high a person can be before they are considered to be "driving under the influence."

A South African driver is being praised for taking charge after spotting a cop allegedly driving under the influence through the streets of Pietermaritzburg.

A pilot employed by American Eagle was removed for his plane this morning by airport police after failing an alcohol breath test.

Michael Crapo, the unfortunately named Republican senator from Idaho, was arrested early Sunday morning in Alexandria, Virginia for drunk driving. After reportedly running a red light and failing multiple sobriety tests, Crapo was taken into custody and booked at the Alexandria jail. He was released at 5 a.m. on $1,000 bail.

Police in Delaware say former ABC News anchor and current contributor Sam Donaldson was pulled over earlier this month after driving onto the shoulder on Savannah Road in Lewes and was found to be intoxicated.

When San Francisco's archbishop-elect Salvatore Cordileone was arrested for a DUI a little over a month ago, that was just God's way of putting him in his place.

Though her reign of vehicular terror recently concluded with her BMW being impounded, Amanda Bynes' trail of batshittery is not over by a mile.

The law finally caught up with scofflaw Amanda Bynes yesterday when she was pulled over by police in Burbank, California, and cited for driving with a suspended license.

Could Amanda Bynes repeat driving issues reflect deeper mental problems? TMZ sure thinks so.