/ 3 July 2007

Dutch drunk takes free bike ride on car roof

Police officers in the Dutch city of Alkmaar were surprised to see a car passing by with a man sitting on a bicycle on its roof.

The driver and his wife, when stopped by the police, said they heard a noise while waiting at a traffic light, but did not realise they were taking on an extra passenger.

The 26-year-old man who took the free ride was fined for public drunkenness, not carrying an identity card and providing a false identity to the police. — Reuters