10 Extra Foolish Lorry Stories!

10 Extra Foolish Lorry Stories!

As I reported in my earlier article, 'World's High 10 Silly Lorry Tales', lorries and lorry drivers appear to have a habit of being concerned in a few of the world's quirkiest news stories. Well, with just a little delving, I've discovered many more ridiculous lorry stories. Here is my second high 10!
Hen run
A lorry driver made a a hundred-mile journey with a reside rooster underneath his bonnet. The truck driver solely heard the hen clucking when he arrived at an Asda depot close to Chepstow, Monmouthshire. Transport clerk Alex Viljoen stated: 'The lorry driver was afraid to choose the chicken up. She was a bit warm and there was oil on her feathers, however she seemed fairly pleased.' The rooster was taken to vet Caroline Marlow and given a clear bill of well being - then laid an egg. Caroline stated: 'We think she was copying Chicken Run and attempting to escape.'
False alert
A German lorry driver induced a crash on a busy autobahn after biting into an apple and swallowing his false tooth. Peter Seiler, fifty seven, was driving on the A3 motorway close to Wuerzburg when he determined to tuck into the apple. However he chocked on a bit of the apple and as he coughed he ended up swallowing his false teeth. As he struggled for air he misplaced management and crashed his haulage car into another automobile. No one was harm within the incident.
Bow-wowing 747
A retired lorry driver and his spouse halted a packed jet just before take-off - after seeing their dog bounding alongside on the runway. Terry and Susan Smith, each 58, had been set to fly to a new life in Lanzarote once they spotted spaniel Poppy, who is believed to have chewed her manner out of her crate as the aircraft was about to taxi to the runway. Terry said: 'we had been in our seats ready for take-off once we all of a sudden saw Poppy on the runway. I used to be actually apprehensive about her.' Pet transport firm Animal Airlines said it was the primary time a canine had escaped of their 40 years of enterprise.
Unusual signs
Road indicators in Polish have been put up in Cheshire to cease Polish-speaking lorry drivers getting confused. One sign reads 'Do A 49 Whitchurch skrec w nastepna droge w prawo' which means 'For A49 to Whitchurch flip proper at next junction'. The council said there was a major Polish inhabitants in the Crewe space, considered about 3,000, and a number made their living as commercial truck drivers. Cheshire County Council's county engineer, Steve Kent, stated: 'Polish people are part of the neighborhood and we need to cater for his or her wants.'
Snake break
A lorry driver who stopped for a bathroom break in a lay-by got a shock when he discovered he was being watched by an 8ft python. The snake weaved its way toward his ft as he stopped his haulage automobile for the break on the A59, near York. He known as police who alerted RSPCA employees, experiences the York Press. Animal collection officer Helen Martindale said: 'The lorry driver mentioned he bought the shock of his life when he saw it crawling out of the bushes.' The snake was put in a box and brought to a sanctuary in Knaresborough.
Haunted house
A former long-distance lorry driver is getting ready to sue the previous house owners of their home for not telling them it was haunted. Gaetano Bastianelli, fifty seven, and his spouse Stefania purchased the house within the Umbrian city of Spoleto in 2005. 'The ghosts started their haunting on the first night,' said Mr Bastianelli. He claimed that malevolent spirits had left 'luminous green mould all over the partitions', and that the lawnmower and his spouse's automotive had spontaneously combusted. An area historian, Sergio Grifoni, confirmed that an exorcism had been performed on a girl in the home in 1977.
Lorry driver lockout
A lorry driver got dwelling to seek out himself locked out and his clothes dumped on the street - after a financial institution repossessed the wrong home. Robin Naylor, fifty seven, mentioned: 'I attempted to open the door and located the locks had been modified.' Mr Booth lastly got to the underside of the mystery when he found that bailiffs had been despatched to the wrong handle by Halifax Financial institution after 'an administrative error'. Offended Robin mentioned: 'I can not consider how they'll get it incorrect with something so essential.' The Halifax mentioned: 'we are very sorry. It was a human error.'
Look - no fingers!
Police who pulled up an overloaded haulage automobile in China have been amazed to seek out the lorry driver had no arms. The lorry was stopped for carrying 5 instances its permitted load of six tonnes. 'Once we came to the cab window, we had been stunned to see the motive force was handless,' mentioned a Jimo metropolis visitors police spokesman. The driving force, Zhang, was dealing with the unadapted lorry with the stumps on his wrists - and didn't even have a driving licence. Police gave Zhang, whose fingers were blown off by firecrackers when he was 12, a £15 ticket and he promised by no means to drive again.

Helmet-head
A Chinese truck driver whose automobile was wrecked in a smash purchased a crash helmet and carried on his journey. Officers could not believe their eyes after they saw the driving force carrying his crash helmet in the crushed shell of his cab. A police spokesman mentioned: 'We signaled the motive force to stop instantly, and he told us he had to proceed, since he was under contract and had a very tight schedule.' The motive force, Mr Zhao, of Wuhan metropolis, informed them he had an accident delivering vegetables to Hunan province. 'I found the truck was still purposeful, so I bought myself a helmet and continued,' he stated. Police forced Zhao to get the truck fixed earlier than driving it again.
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