Drink driving in the outback.

[griffo2]

Drunk driver threatens police with snake.

Drunk drivers can be inventive when attempting to evade police, particularly in the Northern Territory. Some speed off down the Stuart Highway, hoping officers run out of petrol before they do. And others just decide to get out of their car and run. Another man recently climbed into the passenger's seat in an ill-fated bid to convince police the car was actually driving itself.
One young driver has managed to one-up these methods with a bizarre escape after being pulled over for suspected drink driving.

Around midnight last Saturday, Constable Dale Howe and his partner were in their patrol car when they noticed a sedan "swerving" across the road. They pulled the car over and gave the driver a breath test, in which he registered more than .08.
Everything was proceeding normally until a brown one-metre snake suddenly slithered past the car. Constable Howe was stunned by the driver's actions.

"He [the driver] ran across and picked it up."
"He grabbed the head and faced it outwards at me. I thought he was going to throw it at me or something."
After repeated warnings to drop the reptile, Constable Howe told the snake-wielding aggressor he would use capsicum spray to end the stand-off. Not willing to risk enraging the potentially venomous snake, the driver ran off into nearby bush land still holding his recently acquired pet. Constable Howe courageously gave chase, but lost him in the darkness.
Any celebrations by the escapee will be short-lived. He's a teenager well known to police for his visits to the courts. They're extremely confident he'll be caught, and are preparing to charge him with driving under the influence, assault and driving an unregistered car.
For Dale Howe it made an interesting night's work.
"It's a bit bizarre. It's not everyday someone arms themself with a snake," he said.

When police catch up with the teenager, he may want to start thinking about how he'll explain himself in court. A lawyer would no doubt advise him not to follow the example of another young man who appeared before a Darwin magistrate for exceeding the legal limit.
When asked why he drove after drinking, he replied, "Because I'm a dickhead." "That," said the magistrate, "I can't argue with."
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I laughed at the part where they speed down the highway hoping the police run out of petrol before they do.hehe....In the Northern Territory of Australia there is a open speed limit.The police have to proove you were driving unsafely.

He must of been an Aboriginal youth...Who else would pick up a Brown snake...apart from Steve Irwin.
They are quicker than any snake...They are all taught how to catch snakes from a very young age.

[gYmgIrL]

Poor Snikky!!

[griffo2]

Originally Posted by JimmymonFreddy

of coarse you would start a thread like this, griffmyster

Sorry James!..I will now only post Kangaroo Pictures.I reacon they can do as good if not better than thos bloody cats.

[irish1416]

Originally Posted by griffo2

Sorry James!..I will now only post Kangaroo Pictures.I reacon they can do as good if not better than thos bloody cats.

Oh boy.

Now the temperature has really been turned up a notch.

We have now entered a five-way battle of animal pictures:

Cats vs. Primates vs. Marsupials vs. Frogs vs. Squirrels.

May the best squirrel win.

[PythonPower]

What??? Thats retarded! they cant charge him with assault. Had he thrown the snake at them, then yes. but he didnt. he just held the snake in his hands and pointed at them but never threw it at them. I say assault charges will be dismissed. I just find it humourous how these morons just lay down a list of charges...wtf?

[Bravo]

Fear of an assault constitutes an assault in most statutes. Otherwise pointing a
gun, pulling a knife or walking around with a bomb would be very difficult to
prosecute. I'd rather have someone threaten to throw a knife at me than a snake.


Claim: Snakes have been used as hold-up weapons.
Status:True.
Origins: And more often than you might think too. Here's one such
incident from 1998:


INDIA - Muggers with snakes are terrorizing women in central New Delhi, a
newspaper reported today. In the latest incident three men with snakes
draped over their necks and arms surrounded a three-wheeled taxi and
started thrusting the snakes toward the passenger. The passenger
handed over money and jewelry and the trio ran away. Police say the
same men have attacked several other women.


And another from 1994:
Two people taking a late night stroll in Camden, New Jersey were robbed
at snakepoint. A car pulled up near the couple and two men got out,
shoving a black snake in their faces. Then two other men got out and
went through the victims' pockets. Police said the robbers made off with
$20 in cash, a $30 personal stereo and a $95 watch.

From: Snopes

[Gman1524]

I don't know about you, but I was upset by the whole thing. He disturbed my nap.
I was just laying there digesting a nice meal, and BLAMMO! - somebody picks me up.







Gorillas take a long time to digest. Hmmmph!