Color Blind Horse Gets Carriage Driver a DUI

A drunken man accused of running a red light in a horse and carriage tried to pin the blame on his pony, according to police.
John Mulvenna, of England's South Yorkshire, allegedly told officers that he only went through the stoplight because his steed, Fred, is colorblind, The Star reports.
Officials weren't swayed by the 56-year-old's defense, and Mulvenna later pleaded guilty to being drunk while driving a horse and carriage.
Mulvenna was fined about $82 and issued a 12-month conditional discharge.
"I had a few pints and thought it was fine, then whoops-a-daisy there was a policewoman," he said after his hearing, according to The Star. “I wasn’t stupefied drunk.”
Mulvenna's lawyer, John Dobbin, told UPI that his client drank four pints of beer before taking the reins.
"He thought he was in a proper state to control the horse and trap," Dobbin said. "It is clear that he was not."

Heeding traffic signals is the driver's responsibility -- not the horse's.

But Mulvenna might have been right when he claimed

Ahhh, the ole my horse was color blind defense strategy, its as old as time. I'm not hating on Mulvenna here, that's the greatest legal defense raised since Johnny Cochran did that whole "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit" bullshit. This shit is totally on the horse here. Mulvenna isn't the one driving this wagon, it's definitely the horse that's pulling the carraige and making the turns and shit. If he ran the red light, then he should have to pay the price. If I was defending Mulvenna here, I would have busted out something like "If color the driver cannot see, then you must find him not guilty." Would have had the jury eating out of the palm of my hand and shit. And I'll tell ya right now, if my horse ever pulled some stunt like this and got me a DUI, you can bet the farm that I'm going to Art Long the shit out of that thing straight to the glue factory.