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Title: Runaway lorry travels 10km on German motorway
Post by: eye30 on March 20, 2013, 20:20:39: A heavy goods lorry careered along a German motorway for 10km (six miles) with an unconscious driver at the wheel, but nobody was hurt, police say.

The lorry gradually lost speed, after hitting the central barrier several times, and halted at a service station "by chance", police told BBC News.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21857463 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21857463)
Title: Re: Runaway lorry travels 10km on German motorway
Post by: Dazzler on March 20, 2013, 21:01:30: That seems almost impossible :Shocked: (But stranger things have happened) :confused:

He was only 48 y/o :Pout:
Title: Re: Runaway lorry travels 10km on German motorway
Post by: eye30 on March 21, 2013, 20:35:26: Quote from: Dazzler on March 20, 2013, 21:01:30
He was only 48 y/o :Pout:

What is significant about his age?
Title: Re: Runaway lorry travels 10km on German motorway
Post by: Dazzler on March 21, 2013, 22:23:43: Quote from: Aqua Blue on March 21, 2013, 20:35:26
Quote from: Dazzler on March 20, 2013, 21:01:30
He was only 48 y/o :Pout:

What is significant about his age?

Sounds like he is fighting for life with some medical condition.. Way too young :Pout:
Title: Re: Runaway lorry travels 10km on German motorway
Post by: Just Rick on March 22, 2013, 04:19:30: I remember years ago,fella drove 2 k's across the flat scrub before noise diving(or driving)off the Bight across the Nullabor strange things can happen
Title: Re: Runaway lorry travels 10km on German motorway
Post by: Doggie 1 on March 22, 2013, 16:24:42: Quote from: Rick on March 22, 2013, 04:19:30
I remember years ago,fella drove 2 k's across the flat scrub before noise diving(or driving)off the Bight across the Nullabor strange things can happen

What, deliberately?
That's a big drop.
Title: Re: Runaway lorry travels 10km on German motorway
Post by: Phil №❶ on March 22, 2013, 21:41:52: That's easy to do. Can't see the edge till you're over it. :disapp:
Title: Re: Runaway lorry travels 10km on German motorway
Post by: Just Rick on March 23, 2013, 04:20:51: Quote from: db08 on March 22, 2013, 16:24:42
Quote from: Rick on March 22, 2013, 04:19:30
I remember years ago,fella drove 2 k's across the flat scrub before noise diving(or driving)off the Bight across the Nullabor strange things can happen

What, deliberately?
That's a big drop.

I doubt whether it was deliberate,it was back in the days when blokes drove anything up to four or five days straight,the days when uppers,downers,reds and speed was commonly used,last time I went across the Nullabor,if you know where to look over the edge,there are still rusty remnants of the wreckage,even after thirty odd years,back when it happened,from the tracks,distance from the cliff face,they say he never even woke up,there's some beautiful views across the Bight,but that wouldn't be a view I wouldn't want to see.

I have some great pictures from our last trip over that way,but have still not worked out how to get them on here,even after reading the tutorials,I'm pretty thick