Meet Paul Railton, The Laziest Man in the World

Practically speaking there is no accurate way to determine who is the laziest man in the world is, however, there are a lot of instances where people showed extreme signs of laziness.

An example is Paul Railton, an unemployed 23-year-old Englishman from Corset, England, who was spotted walking his dog while driving his car, a Nissan Navara at about 5mph along a quiet County Durham country road.

He drove his car with one hand, while his left hand held a leash connected to his dog outside. He was prosecuted, fined, and ordered not to drive for six months.

The cyclist who saw Railton doing this on a country lane near Consett, in northeast England, reported it to the authorities. Railton pleaded guilty to “not being in proper control of a vehicle”  but insisted to the court that “a lot of people exercise their dogs in that manner.”

He was however fined £66 by the magistrate for the risk of injury to the dog and must pay costs of £43 and a legal surcharge of £15. He had three penalty points added to his license and, because he already had nine, meant he was banned from driving for six months.

Railton Lawyer said his client acknowledged that walking his dog by holding the leash out the car window “was a silly thing to do,” and conceded that there was “an element of laziness” involved.