Drunk mailman drives mail van into oncoming traffic

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WAUKESHA, Wis. - A mail carrier had a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit when he was arrested for driving his delivery truck into oncoming traffic and crashing into a sign, police said.

Thomas Lahiff was incoherent Friday when he returned to the post office, where he was arrested about an hour after the crash, Police Capt. Mike Babe said. He said tests showed the 46-year-old’s blood-alcohol level was 0.31 percent.

Lahiff now faces a drunken driving charge and was ticketed for hit-and-run causing property damage, Babe said. Police said Lahiff’s postal truck had crossed into oncoming traffic, jumped a curb and hit a “no parking” sign.
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It happened about an hour before he returned to the post office, and it’s not clear where he was in the meantime, Babe said.

Postal Service spokeswoman JoAnne Blackburn said Lahiff was involved in an accident and would not be delivering mail pending an investigation, but she would not elaborate.

© 2007 The Associated Press
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Oh for the love of..... :slap:

Sigh. Alcohol does so much damage to our societies and to people individually; anything addictive can wreak havoc (though prohibition is usually what does the REAL damage) yet for some reason we push people towards one of the most brutally addictive and physically damaging substances available. :ohno:

I think that even in a world without prohibition laws, we must still punish those who put other people's lives in danger needlessly and this certainly qualifies. It's incredibly important that we attack the problem from both ends, IMHO....lift the socio-historically foolish laws while focusing law enforcement ever more laser-like on the real problems at hand.