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Offline Grumpmeister

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Nick takes to the motorway again
« on: March 18, 2010, 10:01:59 PM »
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Re: Nick takes to the motorway again
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 10:58:34 PM »
That's just been on the news.
The driver has been suspended pending enquiries. He apparently didn't know the car was there. rubschin:

What happened to the car driver, and why hasn't he/she spoken?
How did the incident finish?

So many questions, and all unanswered.

The general feeling as it's all a big hoax, only don't ask me how it was staged or even computer generated.

You notice there is no smoke coming off the cars tyres btw. Strange imo, as at the speed they appear to be being scrubbed sideways, you would have expected them to be absolutely billowing and finally blowing with probable dire consequences. rubschin:

You'd have thought the person behind the camera would have screamed at the driver of the car he was in, to chase after the wagon to follow the filming through to the bitter end.

It's a fake imo., albeit a clever one.
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Re: Nick takes to the motorway again
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 08:17:08 AM »
Have to agree with Growler, no way that car would have stayed in position for more than a second or two.
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Re: Nick takes to the motorway again
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2010, 08:59:39 AM »
The geezer that took the footage...so he claims like, is making comments on Yuse Tube, and reckons the tyres weren't smoking cus the road was wet.

Utter tosh. ::)
The huge amount of friction being created they probably should have been on fire.
We need Hammond to conduct a scientific experiment. rubschin:
I'll ring the TG office. ;)

Mentioning something about talking to the papers now too i notice.
What a shock. ::)

Call me an owld cynic like, but couldn't be anything to do with making a quick few hundred snotters this could it?
Nah, thought not. noooo:
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Re: Nick takes to the motorway again
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2010, 09:54:06 AM »
I just assumed it was a hoax/April 1st/CGI thing the moment I saw it.

Had no idea there were people out there who thought it was real.  ::)

All wandering around in P.Pan outfits, jumping from windows. Similar to BM.
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Re: Nick takes to the motorway again
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2010, 09:57:19 AM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on March 19, 2010, 09:54:06 AM
I just assumed it was a hoax/April 1st/CGI thing the moment I saw it.

Had no idea there were people out there who thought it was real.  ::)

All wandering around in P.Pan outfits, jumping from windows. Similar to BM.

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Don't bring me into this!  cussing:
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Re: Nick takes to the motorway again
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2010, 09:59:01 AM »
Quote from: Barman on March 19, 2010, 09:57:19 AM
Quote from: Darwins Selection on March 19, 2010, 09:54:06 AM
I just assumed it was a hoax/April 1st/CGI thing the moment I saw it.

Had no idea there were people out there who thought it was real.  ::)

All wandering around in P.Pan outfits, jumping from windows. Similar to BM.

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Don't bring me into this!  cussing:

Sorry Peter.  redface:


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Re: Nick takes to the motorway again
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2010, 11:06:57 AM »
According to the Times March 19, 2010

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She was pinned to the front of a juggernaut in the fast lane of a motorway but somehow the driver of this family hatchback escaped unharmed.

Mobile phone footage has been posted on YouTube apparently capturing the moment when a Renault Clio was trapped on the front bumper of a haulage lorry as it sped along the A1 (M) in Yorkshire.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman told The Times: ?As far as we?re aware the footage is real. This is an incident we attended in January.?

It is believed both drivers emerged without any injuries once both vehicles had come to a stop. A driver from Arclid haulage firm was seemingly oblivious to the car in front.

A male voice can be heard on the video shouting: ?He hasn?t even seen it.?

A spokesman for Arclid Transport, a Cheshire-based haulage company, said that an investigation into the incident had started. ?All I can say is that we are aware there was an incident on that stretch of the motorway in January. The police attended, there were no injuries and no arrests.?

In the video, the lorry travelling is recorded for 22 seconds in the fast lane. If it was driving at 60mph the car would have been pushed for more than a third of a mile during the clip.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7067067.ece
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Re: Nick takes to the motorway again
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2010, 11:43:21 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on March 19, 2010, 11:06:57 AM
According to the Times March 19, 2010

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She was pinned to the front of a juggernaut in the fast lane of a motorway but somehow the driver of this family hatchback escaped unharmed.

Mobile phone footage has been posted on YouTube apparently capturing the moment when a Renault Clio was trapped on the front bumper of a haulage lorry as it sped along the A1 (M) in Yorkshire.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman told The Times: ?As far as we?re aware the footage is real. This is an incident we attended in January.?

It is believed both drivers emerged without any injuries once both vehicles had come to a stop. A driver from Arclid haulage firm was seemingly oblivious to the car in front.

A male voice can be heard on the video shouting: ?He hasn?t even seen it.?

A spokesman for Arclid Transport, a Cheshire-based haulage company, said that an investigation into the incident had started. ?All I can say is that we are aware there was an incident on that stretch of the motorway in January. The police attended, there were no injuries and no arrests.?

In the video, the lorry travelling is recorded for 22 seconds in the fast lane. If it was driving at 60mph the car would have been pushed for more than a third of a mile during the clip.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7067067.ece

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Published 2 weeks early I think.
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