Vehicular tetris plan foiled by German policeman with tragic lack of imagination

Cory Doctorow — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:00:11 +0000

This tetris of vehicles was constructed by a Polish truck driver, who conceived of it as a clever means of transporting several trucks and a car in one go. His plan was foiled by a spoilsport German cop, who made him destack it. I say that if there was a problem with this construction, it was in its lack of ambition: why not a motorcycle atop the car? Why not a bicycle atop the motorcycle? Why not a strapping lad in rollerskates on a pogo-stick bouncing on the bicycle?

On the road, the officers stopped the breakdown field daredevil transport (on the way to Belgium). On the Iveco car carrier (1) there was a large truck (2, on the deck again, a smaller VW MAN truck (3 And on the deck one Mercedes (4)!
Police spokesman Acor Kniely: "This tower contradicted all road traffic legislation. Especially as he to make matters worse the trailer still wanted to charge another truck! "

So was hatte Krefelds Polizei noch nicht gesehen: Hochstapler-Laster gestoppt! - Düsseldorf [Ulrich Altmann/Bild.de/Google Translate] (via Neatorama)

Holding the steering wheel at 10 and 2 o'clock is no longer recommended

Mark Frauenfelder — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:10:10 +0000

8 & 4! 8 & 4! (Via Doobybrain)

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Vehicular tetris plan foiled by German policeman with tragic lack of imagination

Holding the steering wheel at 10 and 2 o'clock is no longer recommended