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The wire services can still be counted upon to deliver us timely news of enormous cultural ramifications. The AP this afternoon bears word of a New Jersey court’s ruling that operating a Zamboni while one’s blood is colored a bit by spirits is not grounds for DWI.
Morristown, New Jersey, Zamboni operator John Peragallo had been so charged in 2005. Apparently a rink colleague called police on him at the time to report “speeding” and a near-crash into the rink boards.
AP pointed out:

“A judge ruled the four-ton rink-grooming machines aren’t motor vehicles because they aren’t useable on highways and can’t carry passengers.”