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Stating the obvious, but... (none / 1)

leaving their car was amazingly stupid, going far beyond the idiocy of driving on ice in the first place.

by Magnifico on Mon Dec 28th, 2009 at 02:25:46 PM EST
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Re: Stating the obvious, but... (none / 0)

The bloke almost got himself run over.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 28th, 2009 at 03:02:02 PM EST
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Re: Stating the obvious, but... (none / 0)

Wasn't the plan to stop the car by dragging their feet?

Not that that was ever going to work.

It's easy to do stupid stuff if you've never driven in ice before. Back in Feb I was literally missed by inches by someone who was tailgating me in snow, and obviously didn't know that bodies in motion tend to continue in motion.

If I hadn't been doing 10mph it would have been unpleasant.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Dec 28th, 2009 at 06:25:36 PM EST
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