Just heard this on the radio while jogging. Not sure why it hit me so hard.
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Got me thinking about lots of heavy stuff. Used to regard soldiers with disdain - they seemed to have it so easy here, while I was running on empty struggling to integrate in a really odd corner of a country in which I had never been enamoured. Sometimes acted out this aggression (and raging jealousy) by provoking cars with obvious u.s. plates to friendly little speed tests. Pretty twisted, but life seemed pretty surreal at the time. Occasional conversations I've since had with army officers has given me the impression the military regards a lot of these kids as disposable ... which seems really weird given ...well, whatever, I'm on thin ice here. Cut me some slack, it's my bday and I'm pensive.
I can't imagine how the family is supposed to process this. Happy New Year, folkz.
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Holy cow, the driver of the car that caused the accident is so burnt, they arent sure yet if it was the female car owner or her boyfriend.
http://de.news.yahoo.com/ddp/20071230/twl-...-90a2141_1.html
Holy cow, the driver of the car that caused the accident is so burnt, they arent sure yet if it was the female car owner or her boyfriend.
http://de.news.yahoo.com/ddp/20071230/twl-...-90a2141_1.html
Tragic.
Man, that Geisterfahrer (wrong way up a highway lane) thing sure seems to happen a lot here.
In the US, the cloverleafs are spread out enough to make things clear ... and even in the unlikely even some oldster starts to wander up an off-ramp, he hits a bunch of screaming red 'Wrong Way' signs. Here, on/off-ramp combinations to/from the A-roads often terminate at the same spot, and if you miss that little blue background arrow, you're only a meter or two away from potential disaster.
Man, that Geisterfahrer (wrong way up a highway lane) thing sure seems to happen a lot here.
In the US, the cloverleafs are spread out enough to make things clear ... and even in the unlikely even some oldster starts to wander up an off-ramp, he hits a bunch of screaming red 'Wrong Way' signs. Here, on/off-ramp combinations to/from the A-roads often terminate at the same spot, and if you miss that little blue background arrow, you're only a meter or two away from potential disaster.
QUOTE (MollyB @ Dec 30 2007, 6:11 pm) 
Occasional conversations I've since had with army officers has given me the impression the military regards a lot of these kids as disposable
Terrible story - for all involved...as to the quote above, can you elaborate? That´s a stereotype that´s just not true!
QUOTE (MollyB @ Dec 30 2007, 6:11 pm)
Got me thinking about lots of heavy stuff. Used to regard soldiers with disdain - they seemed to have it so easy here, while I was running on empty struggling to integrate in a really odd corner of a country in which I had never been enamoured. Sometimes acted out this aggression (and raging jealousy) by provoking cars with obvious u.s. plates to friendly little speed tests. Pretty twisted, but life seemed pretty surreal at the time. Occasional conversations I've since had with army officers has given me the impression the military regards a lot of these kids as disposable ... which seems really weird given ...well, whatever, I'm on thin ice here. Cut me some slack, it's my bday and I'm pensive.
Well gee...poor little ole you. Having to integrate in a peaceful Western European country...dealing with unhelpful landladies... struggling with the grammar...the street signs...and no A/C. And those soldiers having it so easy...well except for the whole "GETTING DEPLOYED AND WAKING UP EVERY DAY NOT KNOWING IF YOU'LL EVEN SEE THE SUN SET OR EVER SEE YOUR LOVED ONES AGAIN" thing. Yeah, what a struggle YOU have had. I really feel for you.
Why is it I read or hear so much about 'Geistfahrer(in)' or 'Falschfahrer(in)' on German motorways ? Is it really so easy to
make a mistake to join and head up the Autobahn in the wrong direction ?
Link to the source http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/artikel/591/150222/
Topics merged by admin
For Geisterfahrer please see related topic: Ghost drivers and how to prevent such accidents
make a mistake to join and head up the Autobahn in the wrong direction ?
Link to the source http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/artikel/591/150222/
Topics merged by admin
For Geisterfahrer please see related topic: Ghost drivers and how to prevent such accidents
QUOTE (aspiadas @ Dec 31 2007, 11:24 am)
Why is it I read or hear so much about 'Geistfahrer(in)' or 'Falschfahrer(in)' on German motorways ? Is it really so easy to
make a mistake to join and head up the Autobahn in the wrong direction ?
make a mistake to join and head up the Autobahn in the wrong direction ?
Having driven in Germany for 30 years or so & in UK for about 10, I can say that I don't think it appears to be any "easier" to set off down the wrong side of a German Autobahn than it is elsewhere.
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