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2015/11/17 17:39:56
Subject: Australian Police Are Actively Trying to Arrest Motorized Picnic Table Riders
Australia is known for being pretty chill, as a nation. It’s an outdoorsy, laid-back kind of place. So this group of mates cruising around Perth on two motorized picnic tables is peak Aussie.
The Western Australia Police posted a short clip on Facebook of the nine offenders motoring their creations down an alarmingly busy road, and said they are seeking the men for “failure to wear proper protective clothing,” but that they could also be charged with driving an unlicensed vehicle and drunk driving, the last of which is a little preemptive.
Bizarrely, this isn’t even the first time this has happened. A man from London, Ontario got into trouble with the police after he drove his picnic table/lawnmower Frankenstein up onto a sidewalk and tried to enjoy some booze in the fresh, open air.
In the Facebook comments, people are rooting overwhelmingly against the police, and hoping the revelers evade justice. As one commenter says, “nothing more aussie than driving a park bench down the road in [sandals] and shorts.”
We don't have anything quite like this over here, although both myself and Mr Notprop are considering turning a similar table into a boat. perhaps.
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2015/11/17 17:49:48
Subject: Australian Police Are Actively Trying to Arrest Motorized Picnic Table Riders
I thought "drunk driving" was a requirement in Australia.
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2015/11/17 17:57:20
Subject: Australian Police Are Actively Trying to Arrest Motorized Picnic Table Riders
Australia is known for being pretty chill, as a nation. It’s an outdoorsy, laid-back kind of place. So this group of mates cruising around Perth on two motorized picnic tables is peak Aussie.
The Western Australia Police posted a short clip on Facebook of the nine offenders motoring their creations down an alarmingly busy road, and said they are seeking the men for “failure to wear proper protective clothing,” but that they could also be charged with driving an unlicensed vehicle and drunk driving, the last of which is a little preemptive.
Bizarrely, this isn’t even the first time this has happened. A man from London, Ontario got into trouble with the police after he drove his picnic table/lawnmower Frankenstein up onto a sidewalk and tried to enjoy some booze in the fresh, open air.
In the Facebook comments, people are rooting overwhelmingly against the police, and hoping the revelers evade justice. As one commenter says, “nothing more aussie than driving a park bench down the road in [sandals] and shorts.”
The police are right to do this. Its a matter of protection for passengers, seat belt regs etc. An accident with the picnic tables will get a whole lot nastier at much lower speeds.
This is because human spines make for very poor car side panels.
You can make motor vehicles out of strange objects, and even make them road legal. There have been several attempts to convert a garden shed into an automobile.
A google search found one from three months ago, yet I remember them from the 70's and 80's.
Bottom line is that if you can prove your car is safe enough and register it you can get away with rather a lot as custom builds.
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2015/11/17 22:27:31
Subject: Australian Police Are Actively Trying to Arrest Motorized Picnic Table Riders
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