Chicago DUI lawyer wonders if toy bikes should count for DUI's

This Chicago DUI lawyer has posted here, here, and here about DUI's that didn't involve a car. Now comes the news of a man who 1) wasn't driving and 2) was charged with a DUI for sitting on a toy motorized bike.

September 23, Woodstock, IL

A Marengo man charged with drunken driving rode his motorbike in court Tuesday, not to it.

Carl Ahrens, 36, said he rode his Razor MX500 from Judge Thomas Meyer’s bench to the back of the courtroom in an effort to prove that the bike was a toy, not a motor vehicle. It operates on a 12-volt battery.

“I can’t believe I’m in this much trouble over a toy,” Ahrens said. “It goes 4 miles an hour. I plug it in overnight.”

Ahrens also was charged with driving with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent, endangering the health of a child, improper operation of an off-road motorcycle, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, and driving without registration.

Seriously, isn't there something better to do with taxpayer money than prosecute this guy? Ok, let's make sure you don't give your kid any of these motorized toys. They could be charged with driving without a license, driving without insurance, and driving without registration, even if they are only drinking root beer.