How embarrassing for this guy's kid!

[krash kendall]

If you've ever been embarrassed by your parents or have embarrassed your own children, the bar just got raised a little higher!

Speeding Xmas float driver faces numerous charges, including drunken driving
Published: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 | 3:20 PM ET

Canadian Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man accused of speeding down Main Street in Anderson, S.C., has been charged with drunken driving. What was unusual was that he was driving a float in a Christmas parade at the time.

When officers caught up to 42-year-old David Rodgers, he had an open container of alcohol in the truck he used to haul the children and adults on a float for the Steppin' Out Dance Studio, Anderson Police spokeswoman Linda Dudley said.

Witnesses said Rodgers was driving in line in Sunday's parade when he pulled out to pass a tractor in the parade. Rodgers sped down Main Street and ran a red light, while a witness on the float called 911 on a cell phone, police said.

Officers started chasing Rodgers, who didn't stop for five kilometres. Once he pulled over, he tried to attack an officer, Dudley said.

Rodgers, whose own child was on the float, faces more than three dozen charges, including driving under the influence, 18 counts of kidnapping, and assaulting an officer, authorities said.

A woman who answered the phone at Rodgers' home would not talk to a reporter and a message left at the dance studio was not returned.

 

[StangDreamin']

Hey now! Matthew wasn't the slightest bit embarra.......









Oh, I see this one took place in South Carolina, not AZ
Never mind, nothing to see here; just move along!

 

[3-0-II]

Poor kids

 

[65stanger]

Guess Mr Rodgers is gonna be getting "dancing lessons" from Bubba from now on.............!

 

[Cowgirl Tink]

Hey now! Matthew wasn't the slightest bit embarra.......

Old man your getting confused again... that was my float not Matthew's....unless there was a repeat offense.



Just kidding my dads great at hauling parade floats, fastest parade I've ever been in..

 

[StangDreamin']

Quiet!

What are you trying to do - bring down my stellar reputation around here???

Just hurry up and figure out your fly schedule so we can get the tickets bought before they cost me $900!

 

[65stanger]

Just kidding my dads great at hauling parade floats, fastest parade I've ever been in..

So that marching band I saw with the funky "tire track" pattern on their backs.........that wasn't part of the uniform...????

 

[65mistress]

Did anyone actually see the footage of this? The guy gunned it to pass another float and ran them off into the crowd it looked like.

 

[55chevy]

He thought he was Darrel Waltrip filming a NASCAR commercial

 

[Cowgirl Tink]

So that marching band I saw with the funky "tire track" pattern on their backs.........that wasn't part of the uniform...????

not really but it did add to it I thought course that was my high schools rival school's band so it may heen been a part of thier uniform in my mind...