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As someone who lives near two of the largest USAF bases in Europe, I'm glad the Americans can import vehicles too wide for the average street because it allows
by krona 1y ago
As someone who lives near two of the largest USAF bases in Europe, I'm glad the Americans can import vehicles too wide for the average street because it allows the locals to identify them at a distance and somewhat anticipate their non-existent (and often illegal) driving habits.
- oblio 1y agoOne very likely drunk US soldier driving a huge American SUV and speeding through a red light in Bucharest killed a famous Romanian musician. The US blocked any attempts of a Romanian investigation and the American investigation found no wrong doing (the musicians much smaller taxi looked like an accordion, I passed on that street after the accident). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teo_Peter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teo_Peter
- dzhiurgis 1y agoSpeculation, hearsay and edge case. Classic.
- bigyabai 1y agoMakes you wonder why America was so desperate to suppress an impartial investigation.
- thefz 1y agoAnyone living near an US base has similar stories to tell
- bigyabai 1y agoOr, God forbid, worse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_massacre United States Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales murdered 16 Afghan civilians and wounded six others in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province, in the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Nine of his victims were children, and 11 of the dead were from the same family. Bales was taken into custody later that morning when he told authorities, "I did it".
- oblio 1y ago> When questioned by State Department security officials, VanGoethem told them he and Wentworth had spent the evening bar-hopping, followed by an early morning pizza at a third Bucharest establishment called Everest. > VanGoethem also called Wentworth on his cell phone immediately following the collision and asked her to match his lie when she spoke to investigators. https://www.stripes.com/news/vangoethem-cleared-of-major-charges-in-romanian-s-death-1.44302 https://www.stripes.com/news/vangoethem-cleared-of-major-cha... Also, regarding hearsay... I just said that I saw myself the car wreckage the next day. And actually I also saw the metal panel fence next to the road. The Dacia was totaled, smashed like a plastic toy, and the fence next to it was also destroyed due to the Dacia (a much smaller and lighter car) being catapulted onto the fence. It's been a while since I saw it, but that road was dangerous and the direction the SUV was coming from was famous for allowing high speeds. Maybe the taxi driver ran the red light, but that's extremely unlikely as a taxi driver would have been familiar with the risky road and the possibility of getting hit by a car doing 80kmph or more.
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- nailer 1y agoThere was a CIA worker in the UK that drove on the wrong side of the road, killed someone and fled the country.
- twothreeone 1y agoI thought it was the wife of the official, but maybe I'm misremembering things..
- rjsw 1y agoShe was CIA too.
- legitster 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Harry_Dunn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Harry_Dunn An increasingly common problem in the UK: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4kqq8dw00o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4kqq8dw00o