Scientifically Drunken Drivers

In Kansas City last week, police treated 15 motorists to a free jag. The drivers took two-ounce shots of whiskey every half-hour, meanwhile tried to sort playing cards, drive and back police cars in narrow painted lanes. Purpose: to determine at what stage of drunkenness a driver is at his worst.

One dropped out after a phone call to his wife, one fell asleep, three appeared still sober after seven drinks. Shouted one: "Here they feed me full of this blooming bourbon when they ought to know from my looks that I am a Scotch drinker pure and simple."

Most of the men lost their driving judgment. But one improved for a time. His explanation: he was so nervous from being around cops that the liquor steadied him. After 15 pints had gone into the human guinea pigs, the police took their subjects gently home in police cars.

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