New Year's Eve Driving Home Fail [Snapshots]

Photo by Dean Fredrick

As though cops having carte blanche to perform blood tests on suspected drunk drivers wasn't enough, reader Andy Marcum shares this stunning example of what might go wrong after you've (allegedly) imbibed one too many:

The following picture was taken by my friend Dean Fredrick as he was walking around downtown at 5am on New Year's morning.

While looking for a taxi near the intersection of 3rd and San Antonio, he heard a loud noise that sounded like a car crash. He walks over to the the state garage where he thought the noise came from and sees two vehicles stuck on the stairs. Apparently they both mistook the stairs, surrounded by parking curbs, as an exit ramp...

The car on the left was the 2nd victim to enter the staircase and was the source of the noise. Both vehicles took on significant damage, with the car on the left losing its back bumper during its escape attempt just a few minutes later.

If you look closely enough, you can almost make out the driver of the car giving Dean the finger while he is taking the picture.