# The case of the intoxicated Driver Ed Instructor **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 9, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436 "2018-10-09T12:33:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/1 "2018-10-09T12:33:21Z")
This poorly-written article doesn’t mention that the teens asked the McDonald’s staff to phone 911 for them, in order to notify the police that their instructor was driving drunk. Kudos to those kids for getting this guy off the road! > **[Driving instructor allegedly drove drunk while teaching students](http://www.wbrz.com/news/driving-instructor-allegedly-drove-drunk-while-teaching-students)** > > Police have arrested a New York driving instructor after his students suspected him of driving drunk during a lesson. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/2 "2018-10-10T03:19:15Z")
Just when you think you’ve seen it all … sigh … ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/3 "2018-10-10T04:57:21Z")
I’d have to drink to do that for a living. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/4 "2018-10-10T08:57:21Z")
Do as I say, not what I do, 911 REALLY? OK you kids pass. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/5 "2018-10-10T12:55:06Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > This poorly-written article doesn’t mention that the teens asked the McDonald’s staff to phone 911 for them, Driving instructor drunk.Extremely disturbing, but I can believe that. High school age teens with no cell phone? now that’s unbelievable! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/6 "2018-10-10T13:01:50Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > High school age teens with no cell phone? now that’s unbelievable! The article was very sparse on details, in addition to being poorly-written. Because it is a local story, there was a lot of coverage in my area, and more than one reporter stated that the instructor locked all of their cellphones in the car’s trunk before the lesson began. When they told the drunken instructor that they needed to stop at McDonald’s for food, they didn’t retrieve their phones, and he drove away with the phones once he figured out that the kids had asked for assistance from the McD employees. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/7 "2018-10-10T13:31:09Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > and more than one reporter stated that the instructor locked all of their cellphones in the car’s trunk before the lesson began. Ooops, that’s what I get for not finding out the details.😡🥵🤬 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/8 "2018-10-10T14:00:04Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > that’s what I get for not finding out the details It’s not your fault, as I see it. Unless you are located in the NYC/NJ Metro area, as I am, it is unlikely that there was much coverage in your local media. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/9 "2018-10-11T00:41:57Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > Driving instructor drunk.Extremely disturbing, but I can believe that. Yeah, people in any business can be an alcoholic. At least the guy won’t be driving around with students in the car. Given what we see about repeat offenders, he might be driving soon, though. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-case-of-the-intoxicated-driver-ed-instructor/126436/10 "2018-10-11T19:22:08Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > High school age teens with no cell phone? now that’s unbelievable! All my kids had cell-phones when they learned how to drive. And the policy at the drivers-ed was - NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED IN CARS DURING INSTRUCTION.