Re: The moment a pensioner smashed his car through a supermarket window
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Re: The moment a pensioner smashed his car through a supermarket window         

Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Squashme
Date: Aug 29, 2008 05:47

On 29 Aug, 07:02, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
> This shows how incredibly dangerous cars can be.
>
> "One minute, the shop manager is surveying his shelves, wondering
> whether to order more crisps. The next, a car comes smashing through
> the window.
>
> These harrowing pictures capture the moment when an elderly driver,
> who has not been identified, lost control of his Kia while reversing
> from a parking space.
>
> The man, in his 60s, first rammed a stationary Ford Fiesta into
> bollards before careering into the supermarket, showering staff with
> glass and debris..."
>
> More:
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050303/Crash-carry-The-momen...
>

It seems to be the start of a trend in Cambridgeshire:-

"MORE details have emerged about the dramatic car crash that has
forced a museum to close.

A driver ploughed her Vauxhall Corsa into the Cambridge and County
Folk Museum on Saturday after the car's brakes failed and she
desperately fought to avoid careering across a busy junction."

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/displayarticle.asp?id=343330

The museum does not appear to be luminous enough, nor armoured enough.
Perhaps it has sited itself on too busy a road? It could be said to be
partly at fault.

Motorists demolishing British history.
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