Car Advice

Close shave for distracted American driver

By Paul Maric |

Megan Barnes of Cudjoe Key, Florida ended up on the wrong side of the law on Wednesday when she fled the scene of an accident. The Florida Highway Patrol says Ms. Barnes crashed into the back of a pickup truck, shortly before fleeing the scene.

While her actions may not sound rare, it was the cause of the accident that had police all cut up.

Ms. Barnes was busy trimming her bikini line, with her ex-boyfriend controlling the vehicle’s steering from the passenger seat.

Ms. Barnes told the Florida Highway Patrol that the trim was urgent, as she was “meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit.”

Her ride on the razor’s edge followed a driving under the influence charge just the day before, in addition to driving on a suspended license.

The 37-year old was charged with driving with a revoked license, leaving the scene of a crash with injuries and driving without insurance.

Ms. Barnes is expected to front the local court next week to defend her hairy predicament.


 
  • http://CarAdvice The Salesman

    I will never trim my bikini line while driving again

  • The Original Stevo

    Looking at the picture I would believe it more if she was shaving off unwanted facial hair. If it ain’t a bloke its some fugly broad.

  • Mal

    I thought this was Car Advice? If I want to read drivel I’ll go somewhere like Perez Hilton….. I’m sorry, but I expected better from this website.

    • Alborz

      Friday afternoon, after work, cheer up :-)

      • OzProud

        Yeah but now we see this pic all week-end long :-( not good timing!!

  • Martin

    Only in America!

  • hazyman

    but why can’t she drive without insurance, is that a must?

  • The Oracle’s Teacher

    She must have been driving to Sth America. She is Brazilian after all. Anyway, the main thing is she got snatched for it.

  • Simon

    You can’t fix stupid.

  • rentakeyboard

    The depth of stupidity in some people is just frightening.

  • JEKYL & HYDE

    reminds me or an old joke.

    why do women do their hair and makeup at the traffic lights?

    because they can’t scratch their b*lls..(but yes they can now trim the affected area)

    • http://CarAdvice The Salesman

      Were you around when that one about the Chicken crossing the road came out?

  • DGS

    This woman is a very convincing reason for driving a car with good safety and handling. Doesn’t matter how good drivers we are, if this idiot is coming the other way we need to be able to brake, evade, or in the worse case: survive.

    I can not help but think that only police patrols on the roads can keep the pressure on idiot drivers, a revenue camera would not detected this sort of stupidity.

  • Robin Graves

    She probably needed two hands to hold the 50cc two-stroke trimmer she needed to cut through the jungle. What a wilderbeast

  • Andrew M

    why wasnt the ex boyfriend on the rasor???
    If he was keen to off load her to the new boyfriend you would think he would do a good job out of fear of her being refused.

    Just like filling in the scratches on that car you are trying to get rid of

  • noj

    I wonder if she was going to brush the teeth after the shave?

  • Crossy

    Two news articles in one day about the Worlds Greatest Shave.

    • Andrew M

      yeah, but would you sponsor this one??

  • Stephen

    Gents,

    Was that ‘cricket bird” involved in any of this?

    Cheers,

    Stephen

  • DGS

    I am sure in good time she will find her way onto the Jerry Springer Show to give her side of the story to an audiance of her peers.

  • David

    Wot tha…?!?! She was driving to meet her boyfriend for nookie, with her ex-boyfriend holding the wheel… The wrongness is immeasurable.

  • Chris

    Ex Boyfriend driving her to new boyfriend + Trashy stupid American= Translation
    Her father was driving her to her Brothers place (cue Dualing banjo’s)

  • MisterTwo

    The Ex Boyfriend is probably also her brother. And the new boyfriend is probably a first cousin.

    CA, please put up another news story quick so that horrid photo disappears from the home page. Thanks

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