(Photos: Simon Laprise) We take the police too seriously sometimes. They’re always trying to catch you speeding, or they are always trying to harass you for one reason or another. You can pinhole the cops all you want, but more often than not you are just dealing with a member of the community who is trying to do the right thing for the town. In Montreal, that might mean something as mundane as parking enforcement along snow removal zone roadways. Nobody wants their car caved in by a plow, and no cop wants to have to deal with a scene that involves a very pissed-off owner, an equally pissed-off plow operator, and the mess that has to be cleaned up.
So picture it: late at night, sure enough, officers roll up on a snowed-in car parked along a city street. The sleek 1980s sport coupe is buried well and good underneath a layer of snow, from the tires to the roof. Except it wasn’t. 33-year-old Simon Laprise, a machinist, had a little fun with a lot of snow and had sculpted a life-size snow-monument to the DeLorean DMC-12. There was no car, just artwork and a few hours killed. And the cops had to deal with it one way or another…so they ticketed the offending “car”.
Translated: “You made our night!”
Now, you know that if someone in Boston tried this same stunt, chances are higher that the officer might not be as impressed. Maybe…it’s always good to give the benefit of the doubt and there are good people out there. But your snow Time Machine would be blocking traffic and would be one more headache to deal with. Kudos to the cops for having a sense of humor about it. And don’t weep for the Snow DeLorean…the plow removed it from it’s parking spot swiftly shortly thereafter.
(Courtesy: CBS Los Angeles)
In the wrong Boston neighborhood they would try to steal it, in Newark NJ, hyjack it and in Philadelphia. ..boot it! 🙂
Now that’s funny !!
I know a couple cops who would probably get out and help
And here I thought it was a Supra.
Looks like a 1988 Supra , anyways , cops are dealing with horrible crap everyday , so sometimes they need to give up on little things and have a good laugh .
Here some poor sap with a wrecker would have to deal with a mess. Not get paid, have the cops and neighborhood hating him. Of course it would be 3am and a ‘police tow’ so he could not refuse the job.