It may have been how Robert Grimstad was driving that caught people's attention. He was all over the road.
Or the fact it was after midnight and the 38-year-old didn't have headlights on.
Most likely, though, it was the fact he was riding a lawn mower down the highway.
When authorities caught up to Grimstad just before 1 a.m. Thursday near Madrid at the intersection of 300th Street and Iowa Highway 17, he told them he was out picking up cans.
Grimstad's blood-alcohol concentration was .190, though authorities do not know what he was doing, or drinking, earlier.
Grimstad could not be reached for comment.
Boone County Sheriff Ron Fehr said he wasn't sure how fast Grimstad was going on the six-speed Bolens lawn tractor.
"I don't know," Fehr said. "How fast can a lawn mower go?"
Maximum speed for a six-speed Bolens lawn tractor: about 5 mph.
It's not the Madrid man's first alcohol-related run-in with law officers.
He's been charged with drunken driving twice, along with public intoxication and driving with a revoked license.
In Iowa, it's illegal to drive any motor vehicle anywhere while intoxicated, Fehr said. Grimstad could have been charged while mowing his own lawn, the sheriff said.
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