Sirius' motorbike

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 123717


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:

Steve/bboyminn
> I'm still desperately hoping that at some point Harry finds it and
> uses it. That would be almost as cool as receiving a Firebolt. Of
> course, there is the small matter of Harry not having a muggle
> driver's license. I'm pretty sure you aren't able to get one until 
you
> are 17 in the UK, and then you must pass a written test, a driver's
> education course, and take a driving test. All of which cost
> substantially more money in the UK than they do in the USA.
> 
> If Harry get's pulled over by the police, he can probably 'enchant'
> his way out of it, but what if he get busted by a traffic camera? 
That
> could be a problem trying to explain that.

Geoff:
Yes, but we /are/ talking about a magic flying motorbike. Whether 
HArry would have an opportunity to use that in the world of UK 
driving licences and traffic lights is open to question.

I have a mental picture of him being flagged down by a wizard on a 
Firebolt with a flashing blue light clamped to the bristles.
:-)

Geoff 
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