在此提醒大家,务必遵守「开车不喝酒,喝酒不开车」的交通规则,无论你的交通工具是汽车、摩托车,还是任何需要到使用方向盘或把手的交通工具,包括电动冷藏箱。
在今年的阵亡将士纪念日(Memorial Day),纽约Whitehall的Leslie J. "Bomber" Marr骑着他的电动冷藏箱准备过马路时,遭到警方以酒后驾驶及无照驾驶名义逮捕,他所骑的Cruizin Cooler电动冷藏箱,是在三轮式冷藏箱上面加装座位和电动马达的交通工具,和电动滑板车有点类似,而且在冷藏箱上还附有饮料架,明显就是为了让驾驶朋友们骑车时,不忘尽情享受饮料(包括啤酒)滑入口中时的痛快冰凉所设计的。
根据美国法律,电动冷藏箱也算是交通工具的一种,因此强烈建议大家,当你跨上冷藏箱准备发动前,除了确认自己是否神志清醒外,还要检查驾照带了没。
Here's a piece of advice for our readers: Don't get behind the wheel or handlebars of anything motorized if you're intoxicated, whether it's a car, a scooter, Power Wheel, or even a cooler. It's dangerous, and most likely illegal.
Leslie J. "Bomber" Marr learned this the hard way when he was arrested on Memorial Day in Whitehall, NY and charged with DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after police saw him swerving around the streets and driving on the sidewalk... on a cooler. Marr was driving around town on a Cruizin Cooler, which puts a seat on top of a three-wheeled cooler and attaches an electric motor similar to those found on electric scooters. It even has a hatch so you can pull out a icy cold drink while driving. The hatch also has a cup/can holder on top, suggesting that this sort of activity is exactly what the designers had in mind.
Under state law, the cooler is still considered a motor vehicle so sobriety is a must, and a license is highly recommended.
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