Police: Man arrested for driving Power Wheels Jeep while impaired
(Gray News) – A man was arrested for driving a toy car while intoxicated, according to Indiana State Police.
A trooper patrolling in Vincennes, Indiana, around 9 p.m. Wednesday saw a man – identified as 51-year-old John McKee – “operating a Power Wheels Jeep in the roadway,” State Police said in a news release.
State Police added that McKee’s Power Wheels Jeep “had no lights or reflectors and was difficult to see.”
The trooper pulled McKee over and gave him field sobriety tests after seeing he “displayed signs of impairment.”
Video: Ind. man arrested for driving toy car while under the influence
The battery-powered Power Wheels Jeep has a top speed of 5 mph and no lights
By David Matthews
New York Daily News
VINCENNES, Ind. — An Indiana man was arrested for driving a Power Wheels Jeep while under the influence.
An Indiana State Police trooper was patrolling in Vincennes in southwestern Indiana near the Illinois border when they saw someone driving a battery-powered Power Wheels Jeep with no lights or reflectors. The report added that the toy car — which has a top speed of 5 mph — was difficult to see.
The trooper stopped the vehicle, after which the driver of the children’s toy was identified as 51-year-old John McKee, according to WTWO. No further information about the vehicle or how McKee came into possession of the small truck was released.
Power Wheels Jeeps are recommended for ages 3-7 and have a 130-pound weight limit, according to Mattel.
McKee showed signs of impairment and failed field sobriety tests, state police said. Later testing at a local hospital revealed McKee was under the influence of methamphetamine and marijuana.
He was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. A state police spokesperson told WTOW that McKee was previously convicted for operating a vehicle while impaired.
McKee is not alone in getting pulled over while driving their Power Wheels.
A South Carolina woman was pulled over while piloting one and arrested for public intoxication in 2019.
Several years earlier, a Texas State University student, who had her license suspended after getting arrested for DWI, went viral for driving a pink Barbie Jeep around campus.
Video shows DUI arrest of Indiana man on Power Wheels Jeep
Newly-released body cam and dashcam video shows the moment an Indiana man was arrested for driving a Power Wheels Jeep under the influence of drugs.
By Ward Jolles
VINCENNES, In. (WAVE) – Newly released body cam and dashcam video shows the moment an Indiana man was arrested for driving a Power Wheels Jeep under the influence of drugs.
According to Indiana State Police, 51-year-old John McKee was arrested on Aug. 23 in the 2500 block of North 2nd Street at about 9 p.m.
A trooper was patrolling in the area that night when he spotted McKee driving in the roadway on the blue toy jeep with no lights or flashers.
The video ISP released shows the trooper stopping him and then requesting his driver’s license. McKee said he doesn’t have a license but has an I.D.
The trooper said he had signs of impairment and asked McKee to perform field sobriety tests. In the video, you can see McKee fail those tests.
ISP took the man to Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, and it was determined he was under the influence of methamphetamine and marijuana.
When an officer told McKee about the likelihood he’d be charged with DUI, he was in disbelief.
“Are you kidding me?” McKee said in the video.
Canada: Man pulled over in Barbie Jeep for drunk driving; banned from the road
In Prince George, B.C., Kasper Lincoln was apprehended driving a child’s Barbie Jeep while his license was suspended. Police noticed the unusual sight during the morning commute and initiated a traffic stop. Lincoln, who failed breathalyzer tests, now faces charges for prohibited driving and received a 90-day ban. He claimed he was just going for a Slurpee.
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Commuters in Prince George, British Columbia, got an unusual sight earlier this month when a grown man rolled into traffic in a bright pink Barbie Jeep Wrangler. The toy-sized vehicle, built for kids, was being driven by a man whose licence had already been suspended.The driver, Kasper Lincoln, had borrowed the Barbie Jeep from his roommate’s daughter. His ride did not last long. Police spotted him near 15th Avenue and Nicholson Street on September 5 around 9 a.m. and decided it was simply too strange to ignore.“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,” said Jennifer Cooper, media relations officer with the Prince George RCMP.She explained that drivers are not used to scanning the road for tiny electric Barbie trucks.“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.”Once officers stopped Lincoln, they suspected he had been drinking. Two breath tests came back over the legal limit. He was arrested for prohibited driving, hit with a 90-day ban, and given a December court date.
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The Barbie Jeep was returned to its rightful owner, a little girl who likely never imagined her toy would be involved in a police case.Lincoln said he was only on his way to buy a slurpee after just rolling out of bed.“I didn’t think you could get a DUI in a Barbie truck,” he told local news. “It’s not like it was a high-speed chase. I waited until it was safe, and when I crossed the road, I was doing my hand signals.”Police saw things differently. To them, the pink Jeep may have been whimsical, but it was still a traffic hazard.
