When driving a toy car is no longer child’s play
September 8, 2025 - Prince George, British Columbia
From: Prince George RCMP
On Friday, September 5, 2025, a day already busy with full-scale building fires and motor vehicle incidents involving ambulances, police officers in Prince George also came across a man driving a toy car down Fifteenth Avenue near Nicholson Street.
This was during the morning commute, around 9:00 a.m., and the streets were very busy at the time. Our police officer conducted a traffic stop with the vehicle to assess what was happening, states Corporal Jennifer Cooper, Media Relations Officer for the Prince George RCMP.
Any vehicle on a roadway that is powered by anything other than muscular power fits into the definition of a motor vehicle and requires a licenced driver and insurance. While it might seem to some to be an inefficient use of police time to pull over a driver in a toy car, the risk the driver was creating to other motorists on the road who were forced to go around him, coupled with the risk to himself as other drivers are not in the habit of looking for toy cars on the busy road, was enough to warrant police attention. During the investigation, the police officer
formed grounds to believe the driver was impaired and found the driver had a suspended license. The driver was arrested for prohibited driving, and an impaired driving investigation ensued. He provided two breath samples that were both over the legal limit and was subsequently issued a 90-day driving prohibition.
The driver was served with an Appearance Notice with a court date in December.
This file remains under investigation.
Contacts
Corporal Jennifer Cooper
Media Relations Officer
Prince George RCMP princegeorge_media@rcmp-grc.gc.ca 250-561-3300
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