Meanwhile.....in Canada:
On September 5, Kasper Lincoln was stopped by the RCMP for driving a Power Wheel Barbie Jammin’ Jeep Wrangler on main thoroughfares while under the influence of alcohol.
Lincoln, a resident of Prince George, B.C., told CBC News that he was craving a Slurpee but “got lazy” and decided to drive his roommate’s kid’s Barbie car. According to the CBC, the RCMP pulled him over for a traffic stop “and in the course of talking to him, found he had a suspended licence and believed he was inebriated, later verified by two breath analysis tests.”
It’s unlikely that Mattel’s copywriters were thinking of drunk adult males when they wrote the words “Gear up for music-filled driving adventures in this Barbie™ Jammin’ Jeep® Wrangler.”