• Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

    On another post somewhere, someone said “It shouldn’t be a crime if it’s objectively hilarious”.

    I think that applies here.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    404·
    8 days ago

    But according to police, driving an unlicensed motorized vehicle — even one that’s made for a child — on a road meant for full-sized cars is against the law.

    You gotta be f’ing kidding me. No exceptions exist for engine power or size? Are they arresting all the 5 year olds driving in the street?

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      251·
      8 days ago

      No, they aren’t arresting the 5 year Olds, and they explained it.

      Typically when you find someone with a suspended license driving something like this barbie car, it’s a way they think they can get around the law.

      This guy, to his credit, took it in stride.

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        7 days ago

        No, they aren’t arresting the 5 year Olds, and they explained it.

        But only because they aren’t, not because it’s not illegal.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
      10·
      7 days ago

      Are e-bikes and scooters not legal? Those have electric motors that are likely more powerful than that.

      Seems to me a stern “go home, you knucklehead” would be the appropriate response.

    • dickalan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      Ha I bought all the episodes off of Apple TV for like 20 bucks and I’m glad with my purchase

  • justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io
    10·
    8 days ago

    If its on the road in BC, it needs to be licensed with ICBC, unless you’re a recent transplant from elsewhere. Exceptions exist for e-scooters and ebikes, but they also aren’t technically allowed on open road.

    ICBC’s base insurance looks expensive, but it delivers better base insurance than most other places extended insurance.

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      8 days ago

      It is also likely a matter of registration and safety.

      Yeah, it is a funny sight. Unless you are another car on the road. Basically all the safety assists won’t work with what is a glorified plastic dolley and you have someone whose head is basically at bumper level on even sane vehicles. Its similar to how good drivers actually slow down or veer into the oncoming traffic lane (assuming it is empty) when they are overtaking someone wobbling back and forth in the bike lane.

  • serenissi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    8 days ago

    Lincoln said of the arresting officer. “He was filling out all of this paperwork, saying ‘This is my first time!’”

    the poor police officer had to start his job with this case

  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    97·
    8 days ago

    ACAB

    He wasn’t driving an American mega vehicle so he was removed from the road for his “safety”.

    Edit: oh shit I dropped this /s

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      133·
      8 days ago

      Right.

      So someone riding around drunk on a barbie car with a suspended license, on the street is an ok thing.

      🤦🏼

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        8 days ago

        depends on how it was done, but in general, yes

        what’s next, you gonna arrest people for riding a bicycle drunk on a bike path?

        • Troy@lemmy.caEnglish
          11·
          7 days ago

          Technically, if the bicycle is motor assisted, then yes that would also illegal in Canada and on rare occasion. There was a recent case here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/amherst-man-charged-with-impaired-driving-while-riding-e-bike-1.7576394

          However, the original story and this one share a common theme – attempts to circumvent a driving ban by using a motorized vehicle that straddles a grey area of the definition. And both involved them playing in traffic.

          As far as I know, no recent cases have involve true non-motorized vehicles. Legal precedent suggests that bikes, skateboards, horses, etc., are allowed to be operated over limit. However, you can still be charged with all sorts of secondary things depending on how you’re operating.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        Yes, obviously. Why the fuck wouldn’t it be?

        Streets are for people. That means:

        • Walking in the street is an OK thing.
        • Roller-skating in the street is an OK thing.
        • Skateboarding in the street is an OK thing.
        • Riding a bike in the street is an OK thing.
        • Riding a horse in the street is an OK thing.
        • Driving a horse-drawn carriage in the street is an OK thing.

        So why should driving a kids’ plastic toy car, which has similar performance to the above, be any different?

        High-powered fast vehicles like cars and motorcycles are the exception in requiring a license, registration and insurance, because they are the interlopers. Everything else is there by right.