A Barbie jeep joyride ended in the arrest of a man for allegedly driving drunk and without a license.
Kasper Lincoln was pulled over in north-central Canada after cruising down a busy road in his roommate’s daughter’s pink toy jeep, on his way to get a Slurpee.
Lincoln ‘got lazy’ so he borrowed the toy car while his friend walked alongside him, according to CBC News.
The viral photos sent social media into an uproar. One photo showed Lincoln driving in a closed lane under construction.
Another showed an unmarked police car that pulled him over, with flashing sirens.
‘So when I was driving by him, he stopped and said “hey, what’s up man? Can you pull over so I can talk to you?’ I was like ‘Yeah, sure, I can pull over,” he told The Citizen.
‘He pulled up right behind me and had his lights flashing. I was just smiling the whole time.’
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police found that Lincoln had a suspended license and believed he was under the influence. They gave him two breath analysis tests which verified he was over the legal limit, Lincoln confirmed to CBC News.
He was arrested and is facing a prohibited driving along with a 90-day driving ban, he has a court date scheduled for December.
Lincoln’s spirits remained high. He said the cops who arrested him were serious but he joked about it with other officers at the station.
Bystanders were shocked by his arrest. Nikita Morgan saw the joyride and told CBC news she was surprised the police were involved.
‘He didn’t look like he was speeding to me.’
Lincoln’s slurpee quest spread massively online, with hundreds of people posting about his expedition.
One reddit user joked: ‘Thank goodness they never found an unregistered nerf gun in the toy car.’
Another wrote: ‘Please tell me his name is Ken.’
The RCMP said even if it seems inefficient, they arrested Lincoln because of the alleged risks he was causing to other motorists on the road, and himself, according to a press release.
RCMP media relations officer Staff Sgt. Kris Clark told CBC that driving an uninsured vehicle is enough to make an arrest, especially when combined with other violations.
Another witness, Summer Caron, said Lincoln wasn’t trying to fight with the police, he was just having a ‘good old time.’
‘Seeing the cops pull him over in my head, it was kind of like, really? With everything else going on in town? This is what you’re going to worry about?’
Lincoln insisted he didn’t know he was breaking the law, as he was using hand signals. His takeaway was to not drink and drive.
The Power Wheels Barbie is designed for kids aged three to seven. It has a maximum weight of 130 pounds and a top speed of five miles per hour.
