The Crazy Rants of Samantha BurnsPull Over A$$hole
Don't you just want to say that to some jerks on the road once in a while.
... and that's while you're beating the tar out of him/her.
Well, it seems a woman in Brisbane got pretty ticked off at the vehicle she was travelling behind:
A female driver has taken a wrong turn on her way home - and ended up following a train along a railway line.If you can't drive fast enough, STAY OFF THE TRAIN TRACKS, you darn train!Police in Brisbane said the woman, 52, had picked up her daughter from work and was driving home about midnight on Saturday, when she took the wrong turn at a level crossing.
She allegedly drove along the track, honking her car horn at the train as she followed it for 300m before being stuck on the tracks.
She has been charged with dangerous driving.
How does a train get confused for another car, anyhow? I don't know about there, but here, the tail end of a train looks nothing like a car or truck - not even at night!
I think she should be let go without a charge, however. With that kind of stupidity, I'm guessing she doesn't have that long to live anyways.
Lady - the Darwin Awards have their eyes on you.
Comments
Too bad the engineer on the train couldn't have stopped and backed up...
Posted by: BobG | July 27, 2006 11:27 AM
As someone who has driven on the train tracks, I've got to take my hat off to this woman.
It's not like in the movies and you just bump along, you've really got to get stuck into it to get over the tracks. And if your car is low, it is a precarious balance as the rails scrape off the underbelly of your vehicle.
For 300 metres then- She must have been gunning it.
Posted by: peemil | July 27, 2006 11:37 AM
Those damn trains think they own the tracks!
Posted by: Tramp | July 27, 2006 01:50 PM
I have a story about riding my bike in Vancouver, but it's possibly not as amusing as one involving a train:
http://www.adrian.josephlavoie.com/2006/05/24/vancouver-drivers-ii/
Posted by: Adrian MacNair | July 27, 2006 08:33 PM