He finally noticed her but said he didn't stop the car because he didn't have a phone to call

Driver: Richard Addy, 69, was charged with reckless driving early on Tuesday morning

A man, 69, allegedly drove for six miles with his wife clinging to the roof of his car early on Tuesday morning.

Richard Addy, 69, of Florida told police that he had no idea that his wife Elizabeth, 50, was on the top of his Toyota.

He told police that he eventually 'heard her banging on the roof and realized that she was there,' but that he did not stop because he didn't have a cell phone to call for help.

Addy claims that the couple had 'several drinks over the course of the night,' at both the Palm City Grill and the bar at the Indian River Plantation before getting into an argument, according to The Smoking Gun.

Addy told police that he decided to leave one of those bars without his wife because of their fight and that she somehow ended up on the top of his car.

He said that he drove past the county courthouse to look for police but that when he saw no officers, he kept on driving.

Finally Officer Christopher Ruediger of the Stuart Police Department saw the distressed woman screaming on the roof of the car and pulled Addy over six miles from the start of the trip, according to The Smoking Gun.

Police did not say why Elizabeth climbed on top of the car.

Addy was charged with reckless driving, reported the smoking gun, even though police also noted Addy's breath had a 'strong odor of alcoholic beverage.'

Addy also told police that he was driving his wife to his Mercedes which was parked in another lot.