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Why do you need a steering wheel?

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Most of us would consider a car without a steering wheel kind of incomplete. But some guys in Denmark obviously thought that going 100km/h (about 60 mph) on a two lane road is the best situation to remove the steering wheel.

They also of course realized that without putting a video on the web nobody would realize their special skills. But they did not tink that Danish police uses the web as well. The driver lost his license and is investigated for endangering lives as he and his cars license plate were included in the video.

Links (sorry I only found German links to date but the second contains the video):

http://www.netzeitung.de/vermischtes/719271.html

http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2007/08/23/lenkrad-schrauber/daenemark-anzeige,geo=2371456.html

Submitted on 08/23/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Netzeitung (and others) 23 Aug 2007

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I'm not sure what inspired this stunt, but it is certainly stupid! This fellow was lucky that the stretch of road he chose was perfectly straight, flat, and pothole free or it would have had a MUCH different ending. Even if only for a few seconds, having no steering wheel is NOT a good idea, especialy when travelling fast. Well, Denmark (and the rest of Scandanavia) tend to have VERY harsh driving laws and hopefully he'll be off the road for a while!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Wow, talk about an asinine stunt! If he had happened to hit a rock or other object in the road they could have ended up in serious trouble. Thanks for sending this in!


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