Posted on 04/09/2010 3:38:57 PM PDT by JoeProBono
It was an excuse previously unknown to mankind. But that didn't stop a driver fined £120 for using a bus lane claiming he had only done so to avoid a UFO. The motorist told parking officials that he was 'forced' to swerve into the bus lane to avoid a spaceship that was 'hurtling towards him' in Southwark, south London.He told an appeal that he would 'never normally' stray into a bus lane, but that he had to take 'avoidance action' as the vessel approached.
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I hate it when that happens to me. There’s barely time to react.
Thx.
Will check it out.
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