Horrible person streams live video of herself driving drunk, manages not to kill anyone

I read a lot of crazy stuff in my line of work, but rarely am I completely blown away with someone's complete horribleness and terribleness!

Most of the time, people just drive drunk and go in the ditch or crash into a tree, or they drive sober and film themselves like giant idiots, but they never seem to multitask to a truly stupefying level. Nobody ever combines the complete disregard for human life of drunk driving with the narcissism of preserving it for the public record. But this weekend, Florida came through for us!

On Saturday, users of the social media site Periscope were horrified to realize that a user was streaming live video of herself driving around drunk in Lakeland, about 35 miles from Tampa. Periscope, owned by Twitter, is an app that allows users to broadcast whatever they are doing at the present moment to the world. Seems like a great app for a world traveler or amateur chef. Less so for a jackass drunk driver. 

Lakeland police report that 23-year-old Whitney Beall was driving around Saturday, openly saying, several times, that she was drunk. She also mentions a flat tire and the fact that she doesn't know where she is. You can view the appalling videos below (warning for graphic language). 

Shortly after Beall's broadcasts began, police say they became inundated with 911 calls from other Periscope users reporting the drunk driver (many users urged Beall to stop driving). One Lakeland officer downloaded the app and created a personal account. With this account, they were able to locate Beall and pull her over before she committed vehicular homicide. 

According to the Lakeland Police media release, it was at this point that Beall failed a field sobriety test. She then refused to take a breath test and was subsequently arrested and charged with driving under the influence. We can only guess that she is spending her time in jail writing thank you letters to all of the people who prevented her from killing herself or anyone else.  You can see more video, including dashcam footage from Lakeland police, here.   

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