When motorists on Highway 144 last July noticed what they thought was an inebriated man walking perilously close to traffic with a drink in his hand, they called police.
Police never did find the individual, but they did find a man driving an all-terrain vehicle in the ditch. A beverage was in the vehicle's front luggage rack.
Ken Ferguson, 41, pleaded guilty in Sudbury court Wednesday to impaired driving. He was fined $1,000.
At the time, Ferguson was under a driving suspension because of a previous conviction for refusing to take a breath test, said assistant Crown attorney Diana Fuller.
Through his lawyer, Ferguson told the court he had had learned that day that he had landed a job and was celebrating while visiting a friend on his 160-property.
When the friend invited Ferguson to take the ATV out for a spin, he did so. He had only been on the machine about 10 minutes, he said, when the police came.
Ferguson's breath test readings were 200 and 190. The legal limit is 80.
It was Ferguson's seventh drinking and driving-related conviction, said Fuller.
But his last conviction was seven years ago, said his lawyer, adding "he wasn't the gentleman out staggering in the roadway."
It was dangerous to be driving the ATV that close to the highway, Ontario Court Justice Yvon Renaud told Ferguson.
In addition to the fine, Ferguson was put on probation for 18 months and prohibited from driving for life.
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