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Victoria police pull over driver of BMW ‘illegally’ covered in Christmas lights (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Scarcella said that about 1,000 pieces of tape were used to fix the lights to the car. It was running a dual battery system, with a 240 volt inverter and an extension lead being used to power the lights.

While police ordered them to take the lights off immediately, the pair couldn’t do it: the tape was so strong that it would have damaged the paint, so they told Scarcella they had to go home to use a heat gun in order to remove it.

😂

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

this is comedy gold

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

At least the lights weren't going to fall off and hit other cars lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Wait, so he had a dual battery running at 12V DC, powering an Inverter to convert it to 240V AC to power (I assume) 5V DC LED Christmas lights.

This car should have been impounded for being an Electricians nightmare!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

This is just one BMW driver overcompensating for all the others never using their blinker

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Every light on, except for indicators

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

BMW with your car so bright, won't you be my sleigh tonight....

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

there's an asshole driving around my town just like this. it's so distracting

[–] Intheflsun 4 points 1 week ago

It's a BMW so we know none were blinking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I'll just stick to my fully sik fast & furious neons