Filed under: Government/Legal
Man riding modified golf cart eludes police
Police in Utah observed a 26-year-old man doing donuts and wheelies in a golf cart at the city park, so they closed in on the suspect to issue a ticket. The cart driver decided that he wanted to test law enforcement in his modified super cart, so a five-minute chase through neighborhood lawns led the police and the cart-driving perp into an alfalfa field. Once there, the golf cart and its driver channeled the General Lee by jumping an irrigation ditch, leaving the police in the dust.
Unbelievably, the driver got away, at least for a day. Then next morning police arrested the driver at his grandmother's home, and he admitted to his crimes. It seems he was drunk (we know, big shock) and he didn't want to get into trouble. Good move, chief. Instead of a class B misdemeanor, the cart driver was slapped with a class three felony for evading police.
[Source: Standard Examiner via MSNBC]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
elpepe 6:55PM (10/20/2008)
since when is it illegal to do wheelies in a toy in a park? maaaaaan.... police got to relax a bit and let the proletariat have some fun!
gotta say I love that cart! looks like fun!
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1337 10:04AM (10/21/2008)
Coulda chosen a better getaway vehicle...
havoc 6:56PM (10/20/2008)
meh, here is a chimp on a segway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pFv8CAniYQ&eurl=http://gizmodo.com/5066128/chimpanzee-rides-segway-in-daring-escape-crashes-in-woods
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Mike 7:43PM (10/20/2008)
i love you :D
SPF 7:59PM (10/20/2008)
ROFL
GOT 7:18PM (10/20/2008)
"the cart driver was slapped with a class three felony for evading police."
ROTFL!!!
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Mike 7:44PM (10/20/2008)
ROFLAARP!!!
yea, go google that one :)
FFS 11:25PM (10/20/2008)
must have broken his poor grandmothers heart...
JDMlover 7:35PM (10/20/2008)
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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fixitfixitstop 7:39PM (10/20/2008)
I tried to lose a cop when I was young and stupid and speeding. I wound up paying $3000 in fines and had a phat $6000 insurance bill because nobody else would cover me.
I think I got off easy.
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innoc3nt 9:21PM (10/20/2008)
Wow, no jail time? That does sound like you got off easy.
Sean Flanagan 9:07PM (10/20/2008)
I found the perp:
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/12/adventures-in-excess-golf-cart-powered-by-yamaha-r1-engine/
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FFS 11:25PM (10/20/2008)
monkey riding Yamaha YZR M-1 replica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiBONX1VvlM&feature=related
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CamryFan 2:34AM (10/21/2008)
Sweet Ride.
Lol, I'd love to do that one day but like this guy I'd be dumb enough to get caught.
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benderillo 4:38PM (10/21/2008)
friends? me you, yes?
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