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TRAFFIC JAM
Police in the South African city of Port Elizabeth recently spotted a vehicle they suspected of being overloaded. The minibus was escorted to a police compound, where the occupants were made to get out of the vehicle. In all, the Toyota HiAce bus had been carrying 48 people, most of them childr
Regular readers of this page in World Highways will be familiar with a South Korean market trader who has clocked a record number of attempts at passing a driving test. The woman has finally passed after 950 attempts, having taken the written exam on a near-daily basis since April 2005. Although this written test requires a 60% pass mark she had repeatedly scored 30-50%. However, the 68 year old grandmother still needs to get behind the wheel to pass the practical portion of the test before being allowed a
It is not clear if the team who installed this parking ticket machine were under the influence of alcohol at the time or simply leaning to one side to admire their handiwork
Police in Toronto are still mystified as to how and why a stripped-out Honda was left dangling from a busy bridge. At first it was thought the car had been placed there as part of a movie shoot, but it was quickly realised that this was not the case and no request had been filed to carry out such a stunt. The car was stripped of any identification as well as many mechanical components, reducing its weight sufficiently for it to be suspended from a single cable. After a period left hanging, the vehicle was l
