Death by Doughnut
In Wisconsin a police officer involved in a low-speed collision with another
car, choked and died on the doughnut he was eating at the time. The driver
of the other vehicle crossed a red light in order to get to work at the
local doughnut shop on time. Subsequently it was established that the other
driver was the policeman's son who was driving his father's car without
insurance. Despite causing the death of his father, local judges had little
sympathy for the son and sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment.
Cashing In
Canadian police were puzzled when every car passing their speed radar was
under the limit, and it doesn't take a genius to work out that someone up
the road, a young boy, was holding up a sign which read "Slow down, speed
trap ahead". Why was he doing this? Well a short distance after the speed
trap there was another boy with another sign that said "Tips" and a bucket
full of dollars.
Practice what you Preach
An Austrian Government minister was forced to pay a fine for breaking a law
he had brought in, one making it illegal to use a mobile phone while
driving. He was being filmed for TV when his phone rang and he promptly
answered it.
Paws for Thought
A Dutch driver who let his dog steer his car is facing a long jail sentence
after an accident in which a man was killed.
Biking Mad
The world record for biking backwards has been smashed. Rider Dave Coates
achieved an astonishing 145mph at an airfield in Yorkshire facing the wrong
way on his Yamaha R1.
Lost and Found
An unlucky thief in Texas really had a bad day. After stealing a car in a
strange neighbourhood he got lost and asked a policeman for directions. He
was promptly arrested - the car he had stolen was the policeman's.
Baffled by a sharp increase in the number of people failing their driving
tests in the past five years, the California motor vehicles department has
simplified the written examination to the level of someone with a reading
age of 11. A multiple-choice question dropped for being too confusing was:
What does a red six-sided Stop sign mean? Alarmingly, the most common
answer in Culver City, Los Angeles, was: Slow down to 25mph.
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