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>Is that safe? Reminds me of a story a step dad told me... He was in Europe while in the military.I guess sometime in the 60's. It was late at night and him an
by esaym 7y ago
>Is that safe?
Reminds me of a story a step dad told me... He was in Europe while in the military.I guess sometime in the 60's. It was late at night and him and his buddy were in one of those "tiny European" cars and not sober at all. Said they were doing nearly 100mph (as fast as it could go) and coming around a blind corner when they suddenly saw a police road block in the middle of the road. Unable to stop quickly enough, they lost control and ended up fish tailing off the road and out into a field. Unharmed thankfully. The police officers jogged over to them and asked if they were OK and apologized for the road block before telling them to stay safe and have a good night. There was no posted speed limit and drinking and driving was the norm apparently.
- wolfi1 7y agoalcohol limits were introduced in the 60s so that story sounds plausible
- bhaak 7y agoWow. I didn't know about the alcohol limits. But what is even more amazing, safety belts were not standard back then and mandatory wearing of seat belts was only introduced in the 1970s. So OP's narrator probably survived that accident with out any seat belts on.
- Scoundreller 7y agoIt wasn’t long ago in Croatia where the driver yelled at me NOT to put my seatbelt. It was only required for driver and forward passenger.
- acqq 7y ago> sounds plausible Additionally, as far as I understand, the U.S. military personnel has a special legal status almost anywhere outside of the U.S.
- wolfi1 7y agoIn Germany at the time for sure as legally Germany was an occupied territory but if the policemen would have thought it was illegal they would have handed them over to the MPs
- acqq 7y agoItaly in 1998 wasn’t officially occupied AFAIK: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalese_cable_car_disaster_(1998) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalese_cable_car_disaster_...