Motorized Barstools !

[DRR-24V]

One Christmas day in the 80s we responded to an injury accident S. of Santa Maria, CA. The Driver/Victim had major Head & Facial injuries with no vehicle present. Facts: The Driver and friends were drinking heavily and had finished building a Motorized Barstool. It had a chainsaw engine, sprocket on the rear axle and the front wheels were free to pivot. The drunkest guy there was the test driver. It had a hand grip throttle on the side of the seat and was designed to steer by leaning to either side. (major design flaw) Witnesses (some even sober) said the Driver went for almost a block before hitting a 10" curb and Bodyslamming him into a block retaining wall at an estimated 25-30 mph. He was charged with DUI. We took the thing back to the office for evidence. An Officer tried it out in the CHP parking lot and the acceleration would scare you. That Driver must have had some great skills to stay on it for a block. ! It was uncontrolable. The charge was later reduced to Drunk In Public and he reclaimed the barstool.

 

[M Barnett]

Thats a good one DRR. Isn't it amazing what people can do when they have some time on their hands? Much less drunk. Some of the funniest things I have seen are the drunks pulled over. Kind of a bitter humor though, as I've been a truck driver for 25 years and seen them do a lot of things that aren't so funny.

Michael Az

 

[MOWPAR]

We have some lawn mower racers that have built them to run around the pits and race on occasion. Click on my "BOMBed little red wagon" (8hp), thats what I use and I don't even drink.....

 

[Shovelhead]

Motorized Barstool

Wanna race?



Barstool racing league www.tcfsports.com/barstool.htm



Wanna buy one to race? www.learbike.com



I'm not sure if the stool or the driver is the one fueled by alcohol.



Americans will attatch a motor to ANYTHING and race it.

 

[DRR-24V]

Those Mowers Are Neat !

My Stepson competes in Garden-Tractor sled pulls. The one at Hanford or Visalia has a great turn out. Gear them down, Weight them down and go for it. Some of the drivers are bigger than the Tractors.

 

[Bigsaint]

Good story Don !!!! Must have been one of those moments that you wished that you had the 'helmet cam' set on record. Most people would never believe half of what we see on a regular basis. If you don't have a good sense of humor in this job I think 10 years would turn you into toast, uh, or a supervisor .



My favorite part of your story is the R+D done back at H. Q. , to see if it ran. While it may not be mission critical to the case, it sure is fun testing some of the stuff we see.



Quick story, this summer past, one of the new guys brings in a slingshot ( one of those good wrist rocket ones) that he took of a kid he locked up. I start to brag about how I had one as a kid and used to hit matting dragon flies on the lake where I grew up. Needless to say, the gaulent is laid down and I'm challenged to prove my accuracy. " Bet you can't that fly on the wall". Well, after they double dogged dared me, I managed to miss the fly, but hit the wall (passed through two sheetrock walls and into a supervisors office (off hours, of course. I confirmed my findings the next day). Sure hope the brass doesn't surf the TDR.



Scott W.

 

[Jff24Gordn]

so you want a bar stool?? might as well get this one

#ad


and that is a turbo on it.

 

[DieselDoghouse]

Man! how do those guys keep them thar things shiny side up?? I do league racing at a local superkart track and we've had everything from people burying themselves under the track fenders to karts hit so hard the front wheel spindles blew!! and THAT's sober with full protective gear with your butt 1 inch of the pavement (and sometimes less!!) I just can't see how ya can weight 'em enough to take . 5G chicane at 45 mph!!