Florida woman crashes her car after attempting to shave her nether regions

[Deluge Of Sound]

I wish I was making this up...

As authorities nationwide warn motorists of the dangers of driving while texting, Florida Keys law enforcement officers add a new caution: Don't try to shave your privates, either.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a two-vehicle crash Tuesday at Mile Marker 21 on Cudjoe Key was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while her ex-husband took the wheel from the passenger seat.

"She said she was meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit," Trooper Gary Dunick said. "If I wasn't there, I wouldn't have believed it. About 10 years ago I stopped a guy in the exact same spot ... who had three or four syringes sticking out of his arm. It was just surreal and I thought, 'Nothing will ever beat this.' Well, this takes it."

If that weren't enough, Megan Mariah Barnes was not supposed to be driving and her 1995 Ford Thunderbird was not supposed to be on the road.

The day before the wreck, Barnes was convicted in an Upper Keys court of DUI with a prior and driving with a suspended license, said Monroe County Assistant State Attorney Colleen Dunne. Barnes was ordered to impound her car, and her driver's license was revoked for five years, after which time she must have a Breathalyzer ignition interlock device on any vehicle she drives, Dunne said. Barnes also was sentenced to nine months' probation.

Barnes and Charles Judy were southbound in her Thunderbird at 11 a.m. when they slammed into the back of a 2006 Chevrolet pickup driven by David Schoff of Palm Bay. His passengers were a man and two women; the latter were treated for minor injuries at Lower Keys Medical Center, FHP spokesman Alex Annunziato said.

Schoff had slowed to about 5 mph to make a turn when the Thunderbird hit him, traveling about 45 mph, which was within the speed limit, Dunick said.

Barnes allegedly drove another half-mile, then switched seats with Judy, who allegedly claimed to be driving, Annunziato said.

"She jumps in the back seat and he moves over," Dunick said. "It was like the old comedy bit, 'Who's on first?' "

Burns on Judy's chest from the passenger-side airbag deploying belied their story, Dunick said. The airbag in the steering wheel did not deploy, he said.

Troopers charged Barnes with driving with a revoked license, reckless driving, leaving the scene of a wreck with injuries and driving with no insurance. Judy was not charged.

Barnes faces a maximum of a year in jail if found guilty of violating her probation due to the wreck, Dunne said.

"My phone has been ringing off the hook all day, and I know there's a funny side to this, but it's also deadly serious. This is a scary road and a lot of bad wrecks are caused by dumb stuff like this," Dunick said. "It is unbelievable. I'm really starting to believe this stuff only happens in the Keys."

Source: http://keysnews.com/node/21349

[Joe Gress]

Darwins theory at work.

[playinpearls]

nobody can make this stuff up...

[MatticusMania]

Did she finish?

[EricF]

Shaving her junk while driving to meet her boyfriend with her ex-husband in the car.

Reality is - most definitely - stranger than fiction.

[Smurf-o-Deth]

I imagine the handling of the car changed and became difficult to control, what with the improved aerodynamics provided by the smooth ladybits.

P.S. Her ex is a *****-whipped bitch.

[varunkapahi]

Originally Posted by EricF

Shaving her junk while driving to meet her boyfriend with her ex-husband in the car.

Reality is - most definitely - stranger than fiction.

exactly what i was thinking heh

[bassteban]

Impressed I am.

[DigMe]

No offense to anyone else but survey says this chick lives in a trailer park.

bc

[warwick.hoy]

Florida huh,...that makes it pretty believable.

[Sbociol]

Wow.just wow.

[RWP]

The local paper had her picture:

[stratovani]

For once I don't know what to say, other than...


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Sterling_Bass]

It doesn't get much more ridiculous than this. I hope she is never allowed to drive again.

[shadowtippy]

It's a good thing she wasn't in Louisiana. As bumpy as these roads are, she would probably have required stitches and her "visit" (had it happened) with her boy friend wouldn't have been much fun.

[warwick.hoy]

Originally Posted by Sterling_Bass

It doesn't get much more ridiculous than this. I hope she is never allowed to drive again.

Like that would stop her.

Troopers charged Barnes with driving with a revoked license, reckless driving, leaving the scene of a wreck with injuries and driving with no insurance. Judy was not charged.

[MatticusMania]

I'll ask again... did she finish? Or is there a half shaved woman locked up in a cell somewhere?

[Justlearning]

As a female who has some experience with shaving, but only while in the bathtub or shower, never in a moving vehicle, especially while in the driver seat...how in the name of all that is holy did she do that!!!!

[EricF]

Originally Posted by Justlearning

As a female who has some experience with shaving, but only while in the bathtub or shower, never in a moving vehicle, especially while in the driver seat...how in the name of all that is holy did she do that!!!!

Maybe she's also a contortionist/circus-freak and they just left that part out of the story.

[bass12]

All I have to say is that, as a man, I like my women to look like women - not like pre-pubescent ten year-olds. This fear of hair has got to subside.

Pretty funny story, though.