Judge lets drunken ice grooming slide
From Times Wire Reports
It’s not drunken driving if it involves a Zamboni.
A judge in Newark ruled that the 4-ton ice-rink-grooming machines aren’t motor vehicles because they aren’t usable on highways and can’t carry passengers.
Zamboni operator John Peragallo, 64, had been charged with drunken driving after a fellow employee at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown told police the machine was speeding and nearly crashed. Police said Peragallo was legally drunk.
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