Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor
An elderly Australian man has been filmed driving a mobility scooter along Melbourne’s Freeway.
The 92-year-old man was pulled over by police after driving on the Monash Freeway late last week.
A passing motorist spotted the man as he merged into the 100kph traffic and followed the scooter.
Highway footage shows a police car pulling the scooter rider over soon after.
He was taken to Glen Waverley Police Station where he was reunited with his family.
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23 Responses
That is funny
That is so crack up imagine if he was going so slow hahah
Why would he do that
That’s hilarious
Why
what?
hahaha it was good he was pulled over
i would be scared
thats pretty cool
Weird
just why
bad thing this isn’t in NZ.
dont those things go like 20 kmph
Cool monkeys
what. who would do that?
that’s a bit odd
Funny
funny as
Funny!
Gangster grandpa
Maybe his children wouldn’t let him have a car anymore?
I guess he wanted to drive while having a breeze
was he confused???