Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk

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Fri 10 Aug 2012 18:18
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - oldroverboy

A man was jailed for 10 months (which means 5) for driving the wrong way down th M6 in july. EH?

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Fri 10 Aug 2012 18:42
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - SteveLee
A man was jailed for 10 months (which means 5) for driving the wrong way down th M6 in july. EH?

An HGV vehicle is a lethal potentially mass-murdering machine in the wrong hands. Sounds like a sensible sentence for what could have caused tragedy to multiple families - if only we clamped down on knife-carriers as harshly.

HGV drivers carry a lot of responsibility along with their loads.

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Fri 10 Aug 2012 18:44
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - RT

He was also out of his skin after drinking 51% spirit before driving !!!

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Fri 10 Aug 2012 18:48
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - oldroverboy

He was also out of his skin after drinking 51% spirit before driving !!!

!!! But I was thinking... ONLY 10 months?

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Fri 10 Aug 2012 19:13
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - SteveLee

10 months? Blimey I didn't read your post properly - I was satistied with 10 years! Yes that's a disgrace.

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Fri 10 Aug 2012 20:21
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - injection doc

On the news tonight it said 4 months ! so that means he will only do about 8 weeks !

now if he had of hit the coach head on that was narrowly missed could of been different altogether

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Fri 10 Aug 2012 22:44
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - Bobbin Threadbare

His blood alcohol level was over 81mg per 100ml breath! I liked the fact that three other lorries made a corral around him and got him to stop and pull over. Smart thinking.

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Sat 11 Aug 2012 09:32
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - RT

His blood alcohol level was over 81mg per 100ml breath! I liked the fact that three other lorries made a corral around him and got him to stop and pull over. Smart thinking.

The CCTV shots shown on local TV show that three HGV drivers "simply" blocked the motorway, forcing him to U-turn up a slip road in the correct direction - that's bravery as they faced a head-on smash if it hadn't stopped - good to see them rewarded officially even if £250 is a bit derisory.

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Wed 15 Aug 2012 11:36
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - pipmk

Courts have to sentence for what happened, not what might have happened. Consider if every speeder was sentenced for the possibility that they might have hit a bus queue for example. It was lucky that he was stopped without injury to anyone.

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Fri 17 Aug 2012 03:23
Hungarian Man - Driving 44 ton truck drunk - 1litregolfeater

There's LOADS of accidents involving foreign HGVs, mostly from EU countries like Latvia or Lithuania.

The government will write off the death toll as something which must be borne as it will lead to our economical wellbeing.

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