A lousy story for Halloween from Ismail

Growing up, Nurudini Isumail has always been a handy person. However, the financial circumstances and lack of access to resources in his country of birth made his dreams of being an automotive creator impossible.

When resettled to Canada, Ismail believed the doors to achieving his dreams are wide open. After arriving In Quebec, Canada, he immediately started assembling auto-motive parts aiming to transform his bike into a motor-bike.

Having Oculocutaneous albinism, Ismail also has sight issues, including nystagmus, making it difficult for him to drive a car.

However, with his home-made petroleum motor-bike, he hoped to minimize transportation expenses, dropping his daughter to and from the daycare every day.

However, on October 24, While on his way back from dropping his son in a daycare. Ismail was stopped by Quebec police, who then asked for his credentials.

Being an immigrant to Canada and his hope for the country, Ismail anticipated a congratulation for creativity. He narrates, “When I saw the police stop me, I proudly stopped, turn my ignition off and wait for the officer to approach me. What I did not know, however, is that I was breaking the law.”

Instead of congratulating, he anticipated, Ismail was fined $108 for cycling on a public road, with a home-made bicycle, and without wearing a protective helmet conforming to the standards established by regulation. The police then advised Isumail to buy a certified motor-bike should he want to ride instead of making his own bike at home.

Ismail was forced to push the bike back home and pack it in his house as he still thinks about what to do, given the expenses he incurred innovating his home-made motor-bike.

He was thankful for a samaritan that offered half of the fine. However, it is a lesson he says he has learned but will never change his dream of one day become a known motor innovator.