but the Brit version doesn't quite cut it. "Lorry" sounds a little too dainty and bucolic for a fire-breathing, pavement pounding eighteen-wheeler. Like, "Nigel, come bring the lorry round back. We have to unload those posies before tea."
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Now THIS would be scary
A truck driver travelled for several miles along a US highway after unwittingly picking up an extra passenger when a wheelchair became hooked onto the front of his cab.
Truck carries wheelchair on 50mph ride
Ben Carpenter spilt his drink during the ride
The handles of 21-year-old Ben Carpenter?s electric wheelchair became tangled in the grille of the lorry which had stopped briefly at a red light.
Horrified motorists alerted police as they watched the wheelchair hurtling along the two-lane highway in Michigan at speeds of up to 50mph.
One panicked caller told the emergency services: "A semi-truck just came by and he does not know it but he has a gentleman on the front of his truck that?s in a wheelchair and he?s pushing him down the road."
Hood ornament?
I'd do more than "spill my drink"
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...... a how calm the gentleman looked after his ordeal.
A truly amazing event with a happy ending!
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