Bar Hopping With a Backhoe in Allentown

Ok, so that headline sucks. I’m aware of it, but I don’t care. You’re going to have to deal.

Now, had this story taken place in Alburtis or New Tripoli or whatever, NO ONE would have batted an eyelash. 

It’s almost like when a deer wanders into a Burger King…

A man driving a backhoe in Allentown was “bar hopping” from tavern to tavern Tuesday night and blocking city streets with the mobile excavating equipment, police said.

City police officers initially were puzzled by the unusual case. “Suggestions here?” one patrolman asked the police communications center.

At 10:30 p.m., the backhoe was parked on Ninth Street, just west of Liberty Street, and the driver was in Cannon’s bar, according to police radio reports. Police said the equipment was jutting into the street.

The backhoe driver earlier stopped at the Red Barn Bar at Eighth and Tilghman streets and appeared to have been drinking, police said.

Later Tuesday, police were trying to locate the backhoe owner. Source

I COULD be wrong, but isn’t it legal to drive a backhoe on the street if you have a reason to? I mean, maybe he or she was getting a drink after a long day of back hoeing?

Also, it’s nice to see that Allentown cops are on top of things when they aren’t running over children with their police cruisers.