Them soles must have smoked big time.
THTHTHTHAT’S ALL FOLKS
By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen
politicalmavens.com
August 24, 2011
Whoever said the media has no impact on people’s behavior, hasn’t read about the Michigan man who just this week tried to stop his vehicle with his feet – Flintstone style.
Evidently a police video camera captured images of the 24-year-old Detroit-area man who tried “using his feet to stop a runaway pickup truck with faulty brakes,” causing several crashes, Associated Press reported.
A.P. reports that after the man’s vehicle’s brakes failed on a busy street near Detroit, he “continued driving and stuck his feet outside the car to stop it.”
Isn’t it clear the kid has watched too much TV?
Witnesses reportedly said the man reached speeds of about 40 mph and eventually struck four vehicles, the story notes.
“This guy’s no rocket scientist,” the police chief there said. “Citizens were calling in saying this guy is all over the road, using his feet.”
He struck two vehicles after being unable to stop at a red light, and continued on, the story says. An officer who pulled next to him suggested he shift into “park,” but that didn’t work and he hit two more vehicles before the car stopped.
“He said he was going to fix the brakes when he got home,” the chief said.
The man was arrested for driving on a suspended license and reckless driving and is now scheduled “to explain his moronic decision making” during a court hearing next month.
All I can say is thank heaven the guy wasn’t hunting wabbits on the freeway or something.
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