German man beat up for observing the speed limit

Arik · 07-30-2004, 10:31 PM

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BERLIN (Reuters) - BERLIN (Reuters) - A German truck driver beat up a motorist he believed was driving too slowly in a case of 'road rage' in a country famous for having no limits on stretches of its motorways.

The trucker got in a fight with a car driver who had been slowing him down by observing a 30 km-an-hour (18 mph) speed limit in a built-up area.

Police in the western town of Bochum said the truck driver told them he felt provoked by the motorist "because he was actually driving 30 kph in a 30 kph area." The trucker faces an investigation and may lose his driving license.

Brikar · 07-30-2004, 11:07 PM

Somehow, that's wicked awesom and wicked lame at the same time...

Gitch · 07-31-2004, 02:22 AM

I remember having some arsehole driving a half metre off my rear bumper a few years ago because I was travelling "too slow". I was in a 15 year old Vauxhall Chevette (also known as a "Shove it" due to its unreliability). I was doing 80mph (130Kph) on a 70mph (110Kph) two lane motorway. There were lorries on the inside lane and I was struggling a bit to overtake them. This guy came right up to my bumper blasting his horn and flashiing his lights. As an inexperienced driver it was very frightening. I finally got the old girl up to almost 90 (145Kph) - which according to the manual it shouldn't have been able to do fresh off the factory floor. The engine sounded terrible. When I finally passed the Lorries, I indicated to move back into the inside lane and the bastard undertook me. To put it in context, undertaking is illegal in the UK and we simply don't expect it, so I nearly side-swiped him, causing him to travel up the hard shoulder. He then cut back in front of me and stamped on the brakes repeatedly - particularly foolish given that the brakes in his brand new car would be twice the power at least of those in my old banger.

Finally he fucked off and I was left shaking for the next couple of miles. I didn't have a mobile phone at the time, but I memorised his plate and contemplated pulling off he motorway to alert the police - something was seriously wrong with that man.

Brikar · 07-31-2004, 03:41 AM

I hate people like that.

Daxie · 08-01-2004, 08:21 AM

People are stupid. Personaly, I think they should give an IQ test when you get your license... some people just shouldn't be on the road.

Chevette heh! ... around here we call them shitvette.

Brikar · 08-01-2004, 12:04 PM

I've never even HEARD of a Chevette...

Stag · 08-01-2004, 04:36 PM

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Brikar stopped drinking long enough to mumble

I've never even HEARD of a Chevette...

Alright, you must be lying...everyone has heard of a Chevette. POS compact from the mid 70s

Here you go...

http://www.chevettes.com/showroom.php?section=na&page=5

Brikar · 08-01-2004, 04:52 PM

Alright, yeh, I've seen a few of those around, but I never knew what they were called or anything.

Stag · 08-01-2004, 05:15 PM

I can't believe you did lust to have on once you saw it.

I used to car pool to college with this girl who had one, it was orange. She had to put two quarts of oil in it every week and it had no oil leaks, just burned it up. What a crap pile.

Gitch · 08-02-2004, 01:34 PM

That bears only a passing resemblance to the Two (!) I owned. However, GM has long had two European subsidiaries, Vauxhall (UK) and Opel (Identical but rebadged for mainland Europe) - most Vauxhalls are very different to the models you drive in North America and are built locally - we also don't get Plymouths etc.

The same was true of Ford. I nearly fell off my seat when I saw a Ford Focus in an American film - until recently I never recognised any US Fords.

07-30-2004, 11:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Somehow, that's wicked awesom and wicked lame at the same time... __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

07-31-2004, 02:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
Gitch Consultant Fellationist Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: God's own country merry England Posts: 435	I remember having some arsehole driving a half metre off my rear bumper a few years ago because I was travelling "too slow". I was in a 15 year old Vauxhall Chevette (also known as a "Shove it" due to its unreliability). I was doing 80mph (130Kph) on a 70mph (110Kph) two lane motorway. There were lorries on the inside lane and I was struggling a bit to overtake them. This guy came right up to my bumper blasting his horn and flashiing his lights. As an inexperienced driver it was very frightening. I finally got the old girl up to almost 90 (145Kph) - which according to the manual it shouldn't have been able to do fresh off the factory floor. The engine sounded terrible. When I finally passed the Lorries, I indicated to move back into the inside lane and the bastard undertook me. To put it in context, undertaking is illegal in the UK and we simply don't expect it, so I nearly side-swiped him, causing him to travel up the hard shoulder. He then cut back in front of me and stamped on the brakes repeatedly - particularly foolish given that the brakes in his brand new car would be twice the power at least of those in my old banger. Finally he fucked off and I was left shaking for the next couple of miles. I didn't have a mobile phone at the time, but I memorised his plate and contemplated pulling off he motorway to alert the police - something was seriously wrong with that man. __________________ If masturbation is self-abuse - you are obviously doing it wrong.

07-31-2004, 03:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	I hate people like that. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

08-01-2004, 08:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
Daxie Patrons Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 1,010	People are stupid. Personaly, I think they should give an IQ test when you get your license... some people just shouldn't be on the road. Chevette heh! ... around here we call them shitvette. __________________ >Hagar: "Before we go into battle today let me remind you what we're fighting for! We're fighting for justice! We're fighting for equality! What could be more important than that?" >>Eddie: "How about a steady paycheck, health insurance and a good retirement plan?"

08-01-2004, 12:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	I've never even HEARD of a Chevette... __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

08-01-2004, 04:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Alright, yeh, I've seen a few of those around, but I never knew what they were called or anything. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

08-01-2004, 05:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	I can't believe you did lust to have on once you saw it. I used to car pool to college with this girl who had one, it was orange. She had to put two quarts of oil in it every week and it had no oil leaks, just burned it up. What a crap pile. __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

08-02-2004, 01:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
Gitch Consultant Fellationist Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: God's own country merry England Posts: 435	That bears only a passing resemblance to the Two (!) I owned. However, GM has long had two European subsidiaries, Vauxhall (UK) and Opel (Identical but rebadged for mainland Europe) - most Vauxhalls are very different to the models you drive in North America and are built locally - we also don't get Plymouths etc. The same was true of Ford. I nearly fell off my seat when I saw a Ford Focus in an American film - until recently I never recognised any US Fords. __________________ If masturbation is self-abuse - you are obviously doing it wrong.

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