Electric cars are FAST! Just got a speeding ticket!!!!

[Intrigued]

"This is your Action News reporter with all the news that is the news across the nation, on the scene at the local COURThouse."

"Today we are here with one Ben Nelson, who was caught doing 25 in a 15 - not a school zone, mind you, but a 15 mph zone just the same - and we are going to try to ask him a couple of questions about the incident, and how he was able to get an electric car with lead-acid batteries to achieve such a speed."

"Mr. Nelson, it is my understanding that your car makes what has been called a "futuristic cougar sound." Can you please explain to the television audience just what that is???"

...paybacks will be most humbly accepted...

[bennelson]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

You need to make one of those "progress toward our goal" images to goad the community into supporting the Electro-Metro legal defense fund campaign.

Darin started it!




As of 12/29/08, the Defense Fund is at $30.00


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[Intrigued]

LOL! You are TOO Good, Ben!!!

[bennelson]

It just went up again.



Thanks guys.


PS: Somebody on DIY Electric Car Forums thought this was the funniest story ever and couldn't wait until he gets pulled over in his EV!

[MPaulHolmes]

Ben, you are hilarious. I can't wait to hear how the talk with the reporter went! However, going over 15 mph is no laughing matter. You could have mildly bumped an old lady walking on the side of the road or something.

I hope you told the reporter that your car sounds like a futuristic cougar.

[bennelson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBWeayMOIIU

[metroschultz]

He wouldnt bump the old lady
She was winning the race

[MPaulHolmes]

That's how he got the ticket. She was pulling away in the home stretch, and he was trying to catch up. Was she walking, or was she riding in a wheelchair?

[bennelson]

More than half way to goal!

[bennelson]

Uh oh.

NOW I'm infamous.

Green justice: Should judges cuts electric car speeders some slack? - AutoblogGreen