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New Fri 15 Apr 16 13:15 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - VxFan
Footage has been released showing a drunk lorry driver reversing along a busy motorway forcing cars to dodge his Eddie Stobart truck.
CCTV charts the faltering and dangerous progress of Czech man Frantisek Formanek as he wove across the M6 Toll in Staffordshire just before 11.25pm on March 1.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/14/shocking-footage-shows-drunk-lorry-driver-reversing-into-oncomin/

If you can't wait for the adverts to finish on The Telegraph before it plays, it's also on youtube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=udEBcEe2krg


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New Fri 15 Apr 16 13:19 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - WillDeBeest
Can't be ar$€d to watch it but how do we know he's drunk?
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New Fri 15 Apr 16 13:26 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - VxFan
The clue is in the news report

"Formanek was arrested at the scene and later found to be more than twice the legal limit for alcohol in his breath."
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New Fri 15 Apr 16 13:28 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - Alanovich
Cue AC getting out of bed and arguing that twice the legal limit isn't really drunk, any fule kno, it just heightens the senses and probably makes you a better driver. Etc. Raaaas.

;-)
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New Fri 15 Apr 16 14:10 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - Manatee
I wouldn't go that far, but I would say his main problem is being unable to reverse a lorry. How did he get the job?
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New Fri 15 Apr 16 16:12 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - Slidingpillar
I wouldn't go that far, but I would say his main problem is being unable to reverse a lorry. How did he get the job?

I wondered that. Certainly with car trailers, the longer ones are easier to reverse.
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New Fri 15 Apr 16 16:24 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - Old Navy
Longer trailers react slower to steering inputs, this makes them easier to reverse. The driver above is making the mistake of too much steering, due to being drunk.
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New Fri 15 Apr 16 16:45 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - Pat
>>due to being drunk<<

....and panicking like mad!

It's my guess he'd spent the toll money on Vodka and realised he was in trouble:)

He's in more trouble now and so he should be!

Pat
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New Fri 15 Apr 16 22:03 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - Bill Payer
If he drinks a lot then you wouldn't expect him to be massively affected at 2x the limit, so I wonder what he was trying to achieve by reversing?
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New Fri 15 Apr 16 14:10 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - Armel Coussine
Really Alanović, if you are going to paraphrase my posts you might at least read them properly...


RAAAAARSE to you too comrade.
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New Sat 16 Apr 16 13:00 
 Drunk lorry driver reverses along the M6 toll road - Dutchie
Eddy Stobart lorry was it?

Is it a good company to work for or did the pressure get to him.
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