Boulder police on Wednesday afternoon chased down a man driving a riding lawnmower in traffic along south Broadway.

Sgt. Paul Reichenbach said someone called police about 3:15 p.m. after seeing a man ride through the intersection of Baseline Road and Broadway.

The mower continued south along a bike path.

Police caught up with the mower – a black Yard Machines unit with a 21 horsepower engine – at the intersection of Harvard Lane and Auburn Street.

Reichenbach said the driver told officers that he was trying to donate the lawn equipment to Fairview High School and was riding it to the school to drop off.

Reichenbach said riding a lawnmower in traffic or along a bike path are both illegal, but officers chose not to ticket the man because he wasn’t causing a problem.

“He was trying to be a good guy,” Reichenbach said. “We think his heart was certainly in the right place.”

Officers asked the man – whose name was not available because police didn’t arrest or ticket him – to park the mower and have a truck pick it up.

An officer gave the man a ride to the school.

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