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A foolhardy motorist in Detroit is in hot water with the law after he channeled his inner action hero and jumped over a drawbridge in his car. According to a local media report, the jaw-dropping incident occurred on Wednesday evening when the unnamed man was cruising along a bridge that spans the Rouge River. At the moment he arrived, the bridge had begun raising which, under normal circumstances, would be a cue for him to stop. The driver, however, had a rather ill-conceived alternative approach and opted to floor it towards the growing opening.

Drawbridge operator Andre Locke, who watched the wild scene unfold, recalled that "I looked, I said, 'no, he ain't.'" His disbelief quickly giving way to the realization that the man was, indeed, trying to jump the bridge, the worker hit an emergency stop button, but it was too late. "Over he went, blew out all four of his tires," Locke said, "and then he crashed into the other gate." While successfully completing such a jump may be cause for celebration in the movies, in this instance it led to the man being arrested since, with his car badly damaged, he was unable to flee the scene.


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You can set a city on fire and suffer no consequences, but nailing a jump like that lands you in jail. Our world is ffuukked up.

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Was his name Bo, or Luke? If he was driving a Dodge Charger with a rebel flag on it, he would have probably been able to drive away without even a dent!


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I couldn't understand a word that reporter said...

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Originally Posted by Stophel
I couldn't understand a word that reporter said...


No sheeit.... sounded like a cross between swahili and a posh brit. Another reason why I'd rather read the news, but I don't mind videos that show evidence, though the video was useless in this case.


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I couldn't understand a word that reporter said...

Yeah, what's up with Detroit having a Limey news reporter? crazy

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Originally Posted by Stophel
I couldn't understand a word that reporter said...

Yeah, what's up with Detroit having a Limey news reporter? crazy


Wot? ‘E sounded perfectly clear to me.

Sorta related; I was driving my granddaughter home yesterday evening, waiting to turn left under the loop overpass on a two lane access road. Light’s red I’m in the left lane and we’re all slowing down. White car from the right lane whips in front of me, mini van whips in behind him. White car then whips right all the way across right lane to the right turn traffic island, mini van follows.

White car has to stop because of cross traffic, mini van begins to rhythmically back up and then drive into the back of the white car, two maybe three times. He’s REALLY PO’d at White car. Minivan driver gets out, tall balding White guy, 40’s, in casual clothes, no visible weapon. Never did see the white car driver tho his door opened too. The guy drove too quick to be a woman.

Suddenly minivan driver jumps back into his vehicle. Two Cop cars right there, which had just happened to be in the cross traffic, seen the whole thing. Cop cars light up, Cops get out, minivan driver looks like the bad day he was having just got really really bad.

That was all we saw, the light changed and we made the left.


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I looked and I said "no he ain't!"


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