Thanks to the excellent car-enthusiast site The Truth About Cars I now know about a pedal-powered, street-legal Buick that can be found legally rolling the roads of Toronto at a top speed of 15 km/h.
Yes, a Flintstones car patrols Hogtown.
Posted by James Sherrett at April 4, 2008 03:43 PMThe inventor of the "shared propulsion car," a vehicle that allows several passengers to power it by pedaling, has won a court battle over the safety of the transportation device.
A charge of operating an unsafe motor vehicle laid against Montreal artist Michel de Broin was dismissed on Thursday afternoon.
Justice of the peace Patrick Marum ruled the Crown didn't prove the car was unsafe.
De Broin transformed his 1986 Buck by taking out the car's engine, suspension, transmission, electrical system and floorboards.
The Fred Flintstone-type vehicle had no windows and no licence plates when four passengers took it on its maiden voyage through downtown Toronto last October.
The four drivers brought the vehicle to its top speed of about 15 km/h before police pulled the car over, which had only been on the road for a few minutes.