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Terrified driver crashes after thinking roadside 10ft wooden bear was REAL and about to attack her
Daily Mail ^ | June 23, 2018 | Laura Forsyth

Posted on 06/24/2018 7:24:37 AM PDT by McGruff

A 10ft statue of a bear has been ordered to be removed from a roadside - after a scared woman driver blamed it for causing a crash.

The wooden grizzly bear has guarded Britain's smallest town of Llanwrtyd Wells, population 850, for more than 15 years as a roadside landmark.

But safety chiefs demanded it be taken away from the Mid-Wales town after a woman feared the wooden animal was real - and she careered off the road into a signpost.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Humor; Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: driving; knucklehead; stuned
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To: McGruff

Snowflakes in action ...


21 posted on 06/24/2018 8:18:52 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: McGruff
careered off the road

I prefer "careened" off the road.

"Careered" should be reserved for a rear-ender.

22 posted on 06/24/2018 8:45:51 AM PDT by Does so (Let us make the word Mohammedism -- adding it to other ISMs...)
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To: All

It’s not that hard to drive off a road in Wales, most of them are about as wide as a bike lane.


23 posted on 06/24/2018 9:04:46 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (I came for the cheap milk and cheese but I stayed for the authentic taste of Mexico)
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To: Joe Bfstplk

Reminds me of when Obama got elected.


24 posted on 06/24/2018 9:17:08 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: McGruff
Terrified?

More like just plain damned stupid.

Gotta be a damn democrat.

Gotta be!

25 posted on 06/24/2018 9:39:22 AM PDT by OldSmaj (The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
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To: BipolarBob
Fully 20% of US drivers should not be driving period.

While that may be true, what has it got to do with some moron in Britain?

26 posted on 06/24/2018 9:56:20 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

Just because it hasn’t happened here, doesn’t mean it couldn’t. This was driving incompetence and lack of common sense. I witness this every time I venture out. Mostly texting and driving or some other impairment. We have that in common with Britain.


27 posted on 06/24/2018 10:01:03 AM PDT by BipolarBob (All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.)
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To: BipolarBob

Just because anthropomorphic global warming isn’t true doesn’t mean it couldn’t be. If you never go out you substantially cut your risks of accidents. So what there are fools everywhere, always have been always will be. We just have much higher population than in the past so it just seems like there are more fools, just the same percentage as always.


28 posted on 06/24/2018 10:07:25 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: McGruff

Admittedly, panicking over a fake bear sounds ridiculous, but around here a few years ago, some moron put up a life-size statue of a deer right at the edge of the road.

As you approached it from one direction, you could see the just the head as you came around a slight curve. At night, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine that a deer was about to jump right out in front of you. Deer will do that without warning.

I don’t know if any accidents happened as a result, but the deer statue disappeared soon after it was deployed.


29 posted on 06/24/2018 10:12:51 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 trillion dollars.)
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To: Mastador1

Someone should beat the “safety official” with the bear statue. What idiots. if there are any pieces left over, beat the idiot woman.


30 posted on 06/24/2018 10:13:49 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: McGruff

You know, this wouldn’t have been a problem in Saudi Arabia. Just saying.


31 posted on 06/24/2018 10:42:38 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: All
She might get terrified of giant birds in Ft Stockton :^)

Even if it is a cute roadrunner -


32 posted on 06/24/2018 11:17:16 AM PDT by az_gila
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To: McGruff

“’Apparently she had been on holiday in Canada, or was from Canada so was used to seeing bears in Canada.”

With all the timber in Canada, I’m sure she’s never seen a wooden bear statue there. Nor does anyone up there have a chainsaw to carve one out.

Also...was she even driving on the correct side of the road?


33 posted on 06/24/2018 11:17:45 AM PDT by moovova
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To: McGruff


34 posted on 06/24/2018 11:24:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: McGruff

She was very likely one of the ones who drives 2 mph under the speed limit in the passing lane.


35 posted on 06/24/2018 11:28:09 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
She was very likely one of the ones who drives 2 mph under the speed limit in the passing lane.


What passing lane? (^:

https://goo.gl/maps/ekw2EUaizLs

36 posted on 06/24/2018 11:49:28 AM PDT by az_gila
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To: McGruff

“we will take away things from you because of what one stupid person does.”

Hillary Clinton, accurate paraphrase


37 posted on 06/24/2018 11:51:22 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Does so

Polite british would say “she left the road.”


38 posted on 06/24/2018 11:52:55 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Paladin2

Curious and found this.

The Gas Station B 17 of Art Lacey, Near Portland Oregon is Getting Restored to Fly Again... It’s Going to Take About 7 Year

https://en.paperblog.com/the-gas-station-b-17-of-art-lacey-near-portland-oregon-is-getting-restored-to-fly-again-it-s-going-to-take-about-7-years-1163912/


39 posted on 06/24/2018 2:20:17 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Apparently it had low hours....


40 posted on 06/24/2018 2:47:55 PM PDT by Paladin2
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