An artist whose pedal-powered Buick was pulled over by police on its maiden voyage through the streets of Toronto took his fight to court today in the hopes of beating a traffic ticket issued for operating an unsafe vehicle. A judge has found Michel de Broin not guilty of operating an unsafe vehicle.
The car, a 1986 Buick Regal, stripped of its engine, suspension and transmission, with votive candles for headlights, was pulled over on Oct. 25, nine blocks from the Mercer Union art gallery, where it was installed as part of a solo exhibition.
Part sculpture, and part quadracycle, artist Michel de Broin said his Shared Propulsion Car is an expression of a paradox — the big luxury American car, and pedal power, or the right to drive versus the right to pedal a car.
lmao he needs a tag,also no high gas bill and it would be a good workout
The judge is wrong.
No lights. No brake lights. No brakes. No signals. And I don’t see plates on this car.
I’m not being a troll here; these guys should NOT be on the road playing in traffic.
Heh, rad.
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