Two of my favourite themes cropped up again today:
Emailed in by Paul H, from The Telegraph:
Amateur video shows a runaway tractor, which had escaped from a farming equipment exhibition in Malaga, charging at a car before setting its sights on a pedestrian.
The man, who is wearing a red shirt, just has time to square up to the stampeding vehicle as onlookers shout out in warning. Incredibly, he manages to avoid being caught by the tractor's wheels and, grabbing it around the steering wheel, wrestles it to a halt.
Witnesses then rush to the man's aid and help keep the tractor still while its ignition key is removed.
From The Daily Mail:
A young bull ploughed into the back of a family home - feet from where a 16-year-old girl was stood [sic].
Bexi Hebbourn was seconds away from being hit when the escaped animal careered through the back wall as she took washing to an outhouse. It brought down tonnes of masonry and brickwork at the exact spot the teenager was about to enter...
Neighbours described the moment of impact as like 'an earthquake'. The accident happened on Old Hall Road in Ulverston on a route often used by farm workers to drive cattle to and from the town.
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Man wrestles runaway tractor to a halt; bull attacks house
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Bexi's mum Kay, 49, a self-employed businesswoman, is now looking into what traffic calming measures could be installed on the lane, which is regularly used by farm traffic.
How do you traffic calm tractors? I've always thought tractors ARE traffic calming!
JT, that's a good point if you equate "forcing to slow down" with "calming". Many people get quite "enraged" if they are stuck behind a tractor.
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