We here at Zoomi Life are big fans of ecomodder and their informative, DIY-oriented eco-modifications to cars. They posted a hilarious article about one of their featured writers, Ben Nelson, getting pulled over for speeding in his converted electric Geo Metro.
The ticket, which he went to court to fight, resulted in a fine. The judge, however, upon hearing that Ben’s car was an electric DIY conversion, changed the ticket so that it wouldn’t reflect negatively on Ben’s driving record and then took him across the street to talk to the local newspaper about the area’s first-ever electric speeder.
Ben now has a legal defense fund on ecomodder to pay off his legal debt of $83.80. Contributions, through the fund on their site, are encouraged. Check out the story on ecomodder for all the details.
Here’s a video of Ben telling the whole story himself:
John is a fuel economy technical expert at the Ford Motor Company and a member of the forums at EcoModder, good friends of Zoomilife. By day, he’s a Ford Engineer, by night… a HyperRocket building genius.
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