Maybe, if his mower had run like a deer, David Robert Ohm might have gotten away.
Instead, the 41-year-old man was arrested this week on suspicion of illegally riding a lawn mower on a highway because he has no driver's license, which was taken away in 2001 after a drunken-driving arrest.
"He's been using that mower as a mode of transportation," Wright County Sheriff Gary Miller said. "He doesn't have a driver's license."
Ohm, who lives in Montrose, is not allowed to drive or be in control of any motorized vehicle. Until recently, Ohm had been riding a bicycle, Miller said.
"It's a small town. Our deputies know Dave. They know who doesn't have a license," Miller said.
Ohm was picked up in Marysville Township on Tuesday night while going along Hwy. 12 on a Snapper riding mower. He was traveling west in a turn lane, with an orange triangle affixed to the back of the mower, Miller said.
Ohm was not available for comment on Friday.
The arrest was the third time since April that Wright County sheriff's deputies have arrested someone for illegally driving a tractor or a mower.