Video: Toronto cops bust pedal-powered Buick

[Christopher Jordan]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Victory for the pedal powered Buick!
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Yep- thrown out of court. Nice day to take a drive.......

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[JasonG]

When will the police learn that just because it looks different it's not illegal.

[NiHaoMike]

It may be slow, but hey, it gets infinite MPG...

[bgd73]

Originally Posted by JasonG

When will the police learn that just because it looks different it's not illegal.

this type of custom needs legal accreditation. In my own locale, welding a car doubled over can set off a few non-thinking inspectors about safety, and that is an oxymoron.
the buick on main roads, with framing other than oe (not a repair, or built upon oe, as the pan is missing in the buick, and a belly pan has more specifics than some do not need to ponder)
it needs a way to get respected, and more laws...it is on the main street after all.
I say the cop was nice about it, and the courts was even more graced about it.

[Dan9]

well, it was only art to begin with, right? So I doubt the artiste was thinking much about engineering.

I agree on the accreditation. Seems to me in the UK you need your modded car to be inspected/certified by an engineer, right? Why not have more of that. More work for engineers (good economic growth) and less tickets (baaad source of revenue, pointless).

My 2cents
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[Old Tele man]

...gee, I was thinking: "...gosh, we (USA) really don't have ALL the dense cops in the world after all..." (just a majority)!