B.C. man ticketed for driving pink Barbie Jeep while impaired during morning commute

A Prince George, B.C., man received a 90-day driving prohibition after he was spotted by police driving an unusual vehicle on a street on Friday morning.

On Sept. 5, an officer was on patrol in the area of 15th Avenue and Nicholson Street at 9 a.m. when they spotted a man driving a pink toy car down the street.

“While this may seem like something that should have flown under the radar, it was kind of out of the ordinary, as well as this is a busy area during morning commute and put other drivers on the road at risk, as well that particular driver himself,” Cpl. Jennifer Cooper, media relations officer for the Prince George RCMP told Global News.

“Motorists aren’t used to looking out for someone kind of at that level, the toy car level. So it was enough to start a traffic stop.”

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The toy appears to be a Power Wheels Barbie Jeep Wrangler.

Kasper Lincoln told Global News he’d borrowed the toy, which belongs to his roommate’s daughter, to go get a Slurpee.

“It’s not like it was a high-speed chase,” he said. “I waited until it was safe, and when I crossed the road I was doing my hand signals.”

During the stop, the police officer believed the driver to be impaired and found that the driver had a suspended licence.

B.C. man ticketed for driving pink Barbie Jeep while impaired during morning commute

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