Dodging Traffic: Man Creates A Road Legal Bumper Car
THIS is one car that can dodge traffic - as it is a street-legal DODGEM. The purple vehicle, which looks more at home at a funfair than on the roads, is a fully converted bumper car that runs on petrol. And its owner Tom Evans is more than capable handling the unusual motor as he used to run a fairground. The tiny car has working lights, indicators, a petrol gauge and even a tax disc to prove its legality to incredulous onlookers which was bought by his wife and two sons.
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00:000000 This is one car that will turn heads on the
00:06road as it looks to be more at home in a fairground.
00:1069 year old Tom Evans from Glasgow used to run a Fun Fair, before handing the reigns
00:15of the business over to his son.
00:17But when he spotted a dodgem car on an auction site he couldn't resist the momentum.
00:22Tom's wife had bought the Dodgem car without him knowing.
00:52and surprised him with his bumper gift for Christmas in 2013.
01:22The street legal bumper car has all the necessary
01:31paperwork and fittings for the road. It can run up to 75mph, has indicator lights,
01:38a petrol gauge and turns heads wherever it goes, including the police.
01:43We'd been on the road about five minutes and we got stopped by the police and they wanted to know what the hell is it.
01:49Then we had to take the documents down to the police station and they all came out to the police station to have a look and I thought this is unbelievable.
02:01Very clever, what a great novel idea eh, to have a Dodgem on the high street.
02:06It's quite cool because the guns in here are not as usual as in normal cars.
02:13But this is one bumper car that Tom hopes won't be in a bus stop.
02:17You'll never see another one like it I don't think. People see it and they do stop and think what the hell is that, because it is an eye catcher.
02:24It's a good one.