Police arrested a man from Prince George after driving a Jeep de Barbie de Toy Child-size toy along one of the main roads in the city of the BC center-norte on September 5.
And on a day that included a blow and escape that involves an ambulance and a prominent business of the center that was destroyed by the fire, photos and video of Barbie Jeep quickly spread in line with a mixture of humor and disbelief.
The photos captured by several witnesses show Kasper Lincoln with aviator sunglasses and navigating 15 Avenue near Nicholson Street, one of the main roads.
Speaking to CBC News, Lincoln said he was preparing to go looking for a sip with a friend, but “he became lazy” and decided to borrow the little car of his room’s son to move, while his friend walked beside him.
“I never drove it before,” he said as I laughed.
In the images, Lincoln is seen driving near the side of a road that has been closed for construction before turning on an open side road. Then, a unmarked police cruise stops it and has been arrested.
Some spectators were incredulous.
“Are you really arrested for driving a child’s jeep?” Summer Caron asked, one of the people who filmed the man who was handcuffed.
She told CBC News that Lincoln had been driving near the sidewalk and going “perhaps three miles per hour.”
Nikita Morgan saw part of the incident while driving on the open lane next to her.
“I was crossing the street, right?” She said in a Facebook message to CBC News.
“And this undercover [unmarked police vehicle] He is behind me … So the window enrols and I say ‘Do not let them catch you in dirt’ “, a reference to a phrase popularized by the 2005 Chamillonario song Ridicule That refers to driving while participating in an illegal activity.
He was surprised that the police got involved, saying that the driver of the little car seemed to be playing.
“It didn’t seem to be accelerating.”
Lincoln said the police told him that they had received multiple calls about him and told him that he had been driving in the middle of the road, which he denied, saying that during most of his trip he had been driving on the sidewalk until he saw the blocked lane.
Andrea Shirgard, a mailman who left a nearby post office in Canada, was with her co -workers when they saw Barbie Jeep approach them.
“We were watching him, living his best life,” he said about Lincoln. “I was happy like a clam … we were really a little jealous.”
The police action, he said, “seems a bit exaggerated, but that is just me.”
“It was honestly epic, I give the boy 10 stars.”
Several memes have been created and shared, mocking the incident, in social networks, including one that represents the day event in the style of the Grand Theft Auto video game.
A clear violation of the law: police, lawyer
But according to the police, driving a motorized vehicle without a license, even one that is made for a child, on a road for full size cars is against the law.
Without being able to comment on the details of the case, the sergeant of the RCMP media officer. Kris Clark said that driving a vehicle without insurance is sufficient reason to make an arrest, especially when combined with other possible violations, including disability.
Lincoln told CBC News that after they stopped him, he flew the legal limit of blood alcohol twice.
Kyla Lee, a Vancouver headquarters who specializes in management crimes according to the police, saying that it is well established that toy vehicles are not allowed on the road.
“You must have a driver’s license in British Columbia if you are operating any motorized vehicle on the road,” he said. “That includes Barbie cars, toy cars, electric skateboard, anything like that. It is necessary to have a license and insurance.”
She said that while some cities seek to adapt the rules given the greatest popularity of electric scooters and electronic bicycles, when it comes to a Jeep Barbie, the law is cut and dry: “toy cars constitute motor vehicles if they are fed by some type of engine.”
In general terms, he said, it is likely that the police do not get involved for a child who plays in a quiet residential street, but in this case, the car was driving on a high -traffic road used by other vehicles.
“It is a great risk of public security,” he said. “If you are using it on the sidewalk, they represent a risk for pedestrians, for children. If you are using it on the road, it is a risk of safety for you. Nobody wants to hit someone in a Barbie car and drivers are not looking for Barbie cars on the road.”
The man plans to fight the ticket
Lincoln said he has been arrested by the police several times in the past, but “this is the most hilarious.”
As a result of the incident, Lincoln said he faces a driving position under the influence, and therefore was arrested.
He said he plans to dispute the ticket, but added that he does not hold it against the police to bring it.
“It was really pleasant,” Lincoln said about the officer who arrested him. “I was filling all this paperwork, saying ‘This is the first time!'”
But he also insists that he had no idea that he was violating the law.
“I was using hand signals and everything,” he said.
And Lincoln said he is taking it easy, enjoying the jokes and messages he is receiving from people who have published about his arrest.
Your conclusion?
“Do not drink and drive.”
