Prince George: Kasper Lincoln arrested after driving kids’ mini Barbie Jeep down busy road to get Slurpee
A man has been arrested after he allegedly engaged in “prohibited driving” after he was spotted steering a mini pink Barbie Jeep down a main road during peak hour.
The man, identified as Kasper Lincoln, took to the streets in the toy car on September 5, on what police officers in Prince George, British Columbia, said was already a busy day.
Police were already responding to full-scale building fires and car accidents involving ambulances when officers discovered Mr Lincoln driving the tiny car on Fifteenth Avenue near Nicholson Street.
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Mr Lincoln told CBC News that he had been preparing to get a Slurpee with a friend but had gotten “lazy” and decided to use his roommate’s child’s mini car to make the journey while his friend walked next to him.
“I never drove it before,” he said.
Witnesses struggled to believe Mr Lincoln was being arrested.
“You’re really arresting him for driving a kid’s Jeep?” said Summer Caron, an onlooker who filmed Mr Lincoln as he was being put in handcuffs by police.
Ms Caron said he had been driving close to the curb and it looked like he was going at a speed of under 5km per hour.
The man was arrested for “prohibited driving” with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police saying any vehicle that is powered by anything other than “muscular power” fits into the definition of “motor vehicle” which requires a “licensed driver and insurance”.
He was also breath tested twice, and both times blew over the legal limit, which is above a blood alcohol concentration of 0.05.
As a result he was handed a 90-day driving ban.
“While it might seem to some to be an inefficient use of police time to pull over a driver in a toy car, the risk the driver was creating to other motorists on the road who were forced to go around him, coupled with the risk to himself as other drivers are not in the habit of looking for toy cars on the busy road, was enough to warrant police attention,” a statement from the police department said.
Mr Lincoln was served an appearance notice, and is due to appear in court in December.
