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Zamboni Driver Can’t Be Charged With Drunken Driving
POSTED: 7:56 pm EDT April 3, 2007
UPDATED: 8:08 pm EDT April 3, 2007
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</td></tr></tbody></table><!--startindex-->NEWARK, N.J. -- You can't be charged with drunken driving a Zamboni in New Jersey.A judge ruled Monday the 4-ton ice-cleaning machine isn't a motor vehicle, in part, because it's not useable on a highway and can't carry passengers.The judge overturned the license revocation and penalties imposed against Zamboni operator John Peragallo.<table class="storyAd" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="storyAdObj">
</td></tr></tbody></table>Peragallo was charged in 2005 with drunken driving after a fellow employee at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown told police the machine was speeding and nearly crashed into the boards.Police said Peragallo's blood alcohol level was 0.12. Levels of 0.08 are considered legally drunk.At his trial, the 64-year-old testified he drank beer and vodka on the job after he had groomed the ice.Peragallo, who worked for the Morris County park system since 1994, plans to sue his former employer. <!--stopindex-->
Zamboni Driver Can’t Be Charged With Drunken Driving
POSTED: 7:56 pm EDT April 3, 2007
UPDATED: 8:08 pm EDT April 3, 2007
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</td></tr></tbody></table>Peragallo was charged in 2005 with drunken driving after a fellow employee at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown told police the machine was speeding and nearly crashed into the boards.Police said Peragallo's blood alcohol level was 0.12. Levels of 0.08 are considered legally drunk.At his trial, the 64-year-old testified he drank beer and vodka on the job after he had groomed the ice.Peragallo, who worked for the Morris County park system since 1994, plans to sue his former employer. <!--stopindex-->
