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Efficient Road Block. NOT
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Penman



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:33 am    Post subject: Efficient Road Block. NOT Reply with quote

Don't use cars to stop a truck.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-somerset-66775434
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did the paint get scratched?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the way the driver has been arrested "on suspicion of criminal damage". Shocked
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Goes to show how tough one of those Yank trucks is.....
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Bitumen Boy



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for posting that, I only saw a still picture of the truck squeezing past the van before and wondered what all the fuss was about... Laughing
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Penman



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe he was also the chap who finished up on the edge of a bridge over the M5 when 4 Artic drivers placed their vehicles under him, though when I saw the aerial photos I thought there was enough room between them to jump into if he was really determined.

Has anyone actually ID'd the truck?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its an M35. Originally designed by Reo but they were then also subsequently built by Kaiser and AM.
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consul 57



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rootes75 wrote:
Its an M35. Originally designed by Reo but they were then also subsequently built by Kaiser and AM.

yes nice, post ww2 m35a1 truck, but a lot of the press say ex ww2 one, the same thing happened in the first rambo film, i saw the same truck at the recent west som railway show in august along with a few more, nice.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

More video of the incident on Points West tonight. after his trial.

Just heard he has got 2yrs.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I see they have posted more on the local news pages of the BBC website too.
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