Motorized beer cooler lands driver in court

[Jimmy]

Motorized beer cooler lands driver in court
By Reuters


The unconventional scooter featured a cooler box mounted on a wheeled frame and powered by a 50 cc engine, complete with a steering handlebar. (HO)
SYDNEY - An Australian man had his driving license suspended for 10 months and was fined after he was caught driving a scooter made of a motorized beer cooler capable of carrying several dozen drinks — after knocking back a few.

The unconventional scooter featured a cooler box mounted on a wheeled frame and powered by a 50 cc engine, complete with a steering handlebar. The cooler doubled as a driver’s seat and was able to hold up to 48 bottles of beer.

Chris Petrie, 23 and from the state of Queensland, bought the vehicle over the internet for $A600 ($630). While assembling it at a friend’s house the two sampled a few beers before Petrie decided to drive it home, according to a local television station.

“By the time we built it, it was quite late so we thought we’d go for a bit of a test run,” he told Network Ten.

He was caught by the police en route and found to be more than three times over Australia’s legal blood alcohol limit, and was charged with drink driving and driving without a license.

In court, the judge asked if the cooler was fully loaded and was told it was full of canned rum and Cokes, Network Ten added. The sentence included an A$500 fine. ($1 - 0.953 Australian Dollars)

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[Jmac00]

something similar happened to a guy back in my hometown......

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[Tony L]

Seen that on the telly last night.

[KMcK]

John, you should convert your beer cooler/seat to a gocarp.

[PEIBeerGuy]

I like that the Caper's name is "Rideout".

[GillettBreweryCnslt]

Crosby did say that Rideout’s argument that his cooler was being discriminated against was not a strong one.

It always boils down to discrimination of some sort. I say it should depend on the kind of beer he had in the cooler, let's use that as the basis of discrimination.

[BobbyOK]

I wonder if a decision was ever reached in Rideout's case. Given the judge's reserved judgment and that he would either notify him of when it would be made or "mail the decision to him", is it possible they're trying to keep the decision quiet? Is that even legally possible?

[Jmac00]

I wonder if a decision was ever reached in Rideout's case. Given the judge's reserved judgment and that he would either notify him of when it would be made or "mail the decision to him", is it possible they're trying to keep the decision quiet? Is that even legally possible?

Decision was made this week...

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