Zamboni run draws penalties
Two drivers lose their jobs after they drive their $75,000 machines to a Burger King.
The Associated Press
FILE PHOTO
A Zamboni, which is used to resurface hockey and skating rinks, has a top speed of about 5 mph.
BOISE, Idaho | Two employees of the city’s ice skating rink have been fired for making a midnight fast-food run in a pair of Zambonis.
An anonymous tipster reported seeing the two big ice-resurfacing machines chug through a Burger King drive-through and return to the rink about 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 10. The squat, rubber-tired vehicles, which have a top speed of about 5 mph, drove 1½ miles in all.
The Zamboni operators, both temporary city employees whose names and ages were not released by the Parks and Recreation Department, had to negotiate at least one intersection with a traffic light on their late-night creep from Idaho Ice World.
“We’re pretty sure it was just the one time,” said Parks Department director Jim Hall. “When we interviewed them, they didn’t seem to be too concerned about it. I don’t think they understood the seriousness of it.”
Hall said that neither the $75,000 Zambonis nor their $10,000 blades appeared damaged, but the city could charge the employees with operating an unlicensed motor vehicle on a public street.
Two drivers lose their jobs after they drive their $75,000 machines to a Burger King.
The Associated Press
FILE PHOTO
A Zamboni, which is used to resurface hockey and skating rinks, has a top speed of about 5 mph.
BOISE, Idaho | Two employees of the city’s ice skating rink have been fired for making a midnight fast-food run in a pair of Zambonis.
An anonymous tipster reported seeing the two big ice-resurfacing machines chug through a Burger King drive-through and return to the rink about 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 10. The squat, rubber-tired vehicles, which have a top speed of about 5 mph, drove 1½ miles in all.
The Zamboni operators, both temporary city employees whose names and ages were not released by the Parks and Recreation Department, had to negotiate at least one intersection with a traffic light on their late-night creep from Idaho Ice World.
“We’re pretty sure it was just the one time,” said Parks Department director Jim Hall. “When we interviewed them, they didn’t seem to be too concerned about it. I don’t think they understood the seriousness of it.”
Hall said that neither the $75,000 Zambonis nor their $10,000 blades appeared damaged, but the city could charge the employees with operating an unlicensed motor vehicle on a public street.
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