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[BigV]

Ouch.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The 18-year-old driver made the mistake of turning into a column of British tanks...

I don't get it. The tanks travel over the road with their gun pointing backward, so it was traveling left to right.
I figured she pulled out from a street or driveway in the foreground.
But then it says...

The British soldier at the controls of the tank behind her had no time to stop...

If the tank was behind her then she had to be traveling in the same direction or stopped beside the road facing in the same direction.
So did she try to make a U-turn?
All I'm sure of is she's very stupid and very lucky.


edit... The Guardian says;

Her car, however, was left rather the worse for wear after the convoy’s lead tank was unable to stop in time and ploughed over the Toyota’s bonnet.

The car’s driver, 18, had apparently not seen the convoy when she made a left turn in front of it as the tanks travelled through the small town of Augustdorf, according to German police spokesman, Lars Risserbusch.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I don't get it. The tanks travel over the road with their gun pointing backward, so it was traveling left to right.
I figured she pulled out from a street or driveway in the foreground.
But then it says...
If the tank was behind her then she had to be traveling in the same direction or stopped beside the road facing in the same direction.
So did she try to make a U-turn?
All I'm sure of is she's very stupid and very lucky.


edit... The Guardian says;

Re your edit:

The print edition of this morning's Daily Telegraph has text similar to that from the Guardian but the website text remains the same.

[Lamplighter]

What is with these Superintendents ?
... now it's the "peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi"



Authorities File Charges Over Loud Cheering at Mississippi High School Graduation
NY Times - By LACEY RUSSELL and ALAN BLINDERJUNE 3, 2015

SENATOBIA, Miss. — The commencement ceremony last month for Senatobia High School,
its graduating seniors dressed smartly in blue gowns, scarcely seemed like an event
that would provoke multiple allegations of criminal conduct.

But at least three people are facing charges and the prospect of $500 fines and six-month jail terms
after they were accused of cheering during the graduation ceremony, held at Northwest Mississippi Community College on May 21.
<snip>
Her “loud, boisterous noise,” the affidavit said, was “against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.”

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

What is with these Superintendents ?
... now it's the "peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi"



Authorities File Charges Over Loud Cheering at Mississippi High School Graduation
NY Times - By LACEY RUSSELL and ALAN BLINDERJUNE 3, 2015

Un-fucking-believable.