The good news is, they are most unlikely to be prosecuted for speeding.
Two employees of an ice rink in Boise, Idaho, have been sacked for taking a ride to a local burger drive-thru in a pair of ice resurfacing machines. The Zamboni grooming machines have a top speed of about 8kph. The distance from the Ice World rink to the Burger King drive-thru is about 2,4km and takes in at least one traffic light.
The men were spotted by a local resident who was filling his car with petrol and saw the Zambonis roll through the Burger King and then drive back to the rink.
The man phoned the city’s anonymous hotline and shopped them.
It was “one of the five stupidest things I have seen in 35 years of work in public parks”, the local parks director, Jim Hall, told the Boise Guardian, the blog that broke the story.
The bad news is that the employees could still face charges for driving an unlicensed vehicle in a public street. Their Burger King order has not been revealed. – Guardian Unlimited Â