Wheels and Meals

This one couldn't pass the test.

Teen’s driver test ends with a bang ... or 5

Boy hits 5 vehicles, flips Jeep, smashes storefront, fails to get license

DEARBORN, Mich. - A 16-year-old boy apparently had a seizure during his driving test, causing him to hit five vehicles, flip his Jeep and wreck the front of a store.

The teen and other drivers were treated at a hospital after Monday's crash. The driver's license examiner, Gregory Desmet, 59, of Macomb County's Shelby Township, was hospitalized overnight with a broken arm.

The teen, whose name was not released, drove the 2004 black Jeep Cherokee above speed limits, hit four cars and rolled over before going airborne and crashing into another car, which was pushed through the window of a rug store.

The seizure was a panic attack I bet!!!








This one could have passed the test.

Tyke Takes Off in Grandma's SUV

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A 5-year-old boy hopped behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle and drove it several blocks looking for his mother following an argument with his grandmother. The child was not injured in his short drive last Wednesday, and his grandmother's 2004 Cadillac Escalade was stopped without incident.

The boy started the truck, cranked up the stereo and stood on the driver's seat to see over the steering wheel.

The boy told sheriff's deputies he was "looking for his mommy." The boy and his grandmother, who is his custodial guardian, got into an argument at their home in Ypsilanti Township. He grabbed the car keys and was told to drop them, but took off after the grandmother became distracted by her infant granddaughter.

He had his tunes dialed in on the stereo, mirrors adjusted, and he was cruising in his Escalade.








Judge Orders Paintballers to Hit Their Own Cars

PAINESVILLE, Ohio - A judge ordered two paintball shooters to take aim at their own cars in order to stay out of jail.

Joshua Breeding, 20, and 19-year-old Christopher Lyons were found guilty on Thursday of splattering up another man's vehicle with paintballs in May. They each got a sentence of 60 days in jail.

Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti gave them the option of shooting their own cars with paintballs and then cleaning up the mess. They also have to spend 40 hours painting at a Habitat for Humanity home.

The judge also ordered the pair to apologize to their victim and pay court costs.

Finally, a judge I like!!!!!







Rollerblader Hitches 50-MPH Ride

AMSTERDAM - A 20-year-old man on rollerblades hitched a ride from a car at breakneck speed in the southern Dutch city of Roermond, touching 50 to 56 mph, police said Sunday.

56 miles per hour on rollerblades. The only way to accomplish such a feat is if the slower traffic moves to the right!!!!!!







Stranded Driver Plays Dead to Get Help

SYDNEY, Australia - A driver stranded on a remote stretch of Australian highway Wednesday tried to summon help by playing dead in the middle of the road. A woman who was driving with her two children spotted the man and had to swerve to avoid hitting him.

"She drove around the body - which didn't move at all - and got to the nearest phone." Local police arrived with an ambulance and found the man alive and well, but with car troubles. Police said they told the man that lying in the road was "a stupid thing to do," but they didn't charge him with anything.

I guess Australia is the same as the United States and being stupid is not a crime, although it should be!!!!!!







Apparently, a fish fry isn't an emergency

Security officials warn county to quit using message boards to tout events

NEWPORT, Ind. - State homeland security officials have warned Vermillion County to stop using electronic emergency message boards to advertise fish fries, spaghetti dinners and other events.

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security, which bought the 11 signs for $300,000, said the county could risk losing federal money. The president of the County Commissioners said the Homeland Security Department is interfering with local governing.

"We run the county," Commissioner Tim Wilson said. "We make decisions to run the county on what's best for us. Did we misuse (the signs)? Or did we just run the county as we saw fit?" Local officials say residents enjoyed the advertisements.

The Newport Chemical Depot, which is considered a potential terrorist target, is located in Vermillion County in western Indiana. In the case of an evacuation, the signs could flash routes for drivers to take. The message boards also could be used during floods or other natural disasters.

Using them for ads violates federal rules and could dull the public's attentiveness to the boards, said Eric Dietz, executive director of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

Local officials said the signs do get people's attention. Ramon Colombo, director of Vermillion County Emergency Management, said sponsors of a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser and an elementary school carnival reported larger-than-normal turnouts after message board ads.

The Cayuga volunteer fire department, where Wilson is chief, used the messages to promote its fish fry.

Everyone knows Homeland Security is a government quagmire that is one more government agency created to make the citizens feel good. Reality is, by the government's own admission, there are 12 million illegal immigrants in this country still. I feel so much better that we have the Homeland Security watching over us.

By their own press releases, the government claims we all eat too much, so with news like fish frys and spaghetti dinners on the reader board, I suspect if there were an urgent message more people would see it.

Ok, I'm outta here. Tuesday is all-you-can-eat fish and chips at the local fish joint!!!!

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