Erratic Truck Driving Hanging Hams Pose Motorway Menace
Police in Germany were initially sceptical when a truck driver told them he couldn't drive straight because his load of hanging hams had started swinging. But he was telling the truth.
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A truck driver caught veering across motorway lanes in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia told police he couldn't help driving erratically -- because the 18 tonnes of hanging hams in the back of his lorry had started swinging rhythmically.
"It's unbelievable but true, and he definitely hadn't been drinking," a spokeswoman for the police in the western city of Münster told SPIEGEL ONLINE Friday.
Police stopped the 37-year-old driver after motorists had reported the truck driving slalom on the autobahn. He was allowed to drive on once his hams had settled.
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