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Woman takes dog for walk…while driving along a freeway

July 29th, 2010 dailywail No comments

The woman driver thought she'd go for a drive...and walk her dog at the same time

IN CHINA animal cruelty is a national pastime.

But even the locals were shocked when this woman driver took her dog for a walk…on a major freeway.

Fellow drivers – including one man on a rickshaw – could barely believe their eyes when they spotted the pooch being taken for his morning walkies in the slow lane.

The black Nissan crawled along at just a few miles per hour while the animal doggedly padded along the highway in Sanya, central China.

“There are some lazy people around but to be so lazy you walk your dog by car really takes it to a new level,” one passer told the Austrian Times.

Frustrated trash collectors dump entire city’s rubbish in the middle of a street in row over working conditions

January 23rd, 2010 dailywail No comments

The binmen just dumped all the trash in the street at the end of their shift (Pic: Europics.at)

MEET the most rubbish binmen in the world.

This previously clean and well kept road became a stinking tip overnight when trash collectors simply dumped their loads in the street when their shift ended.

Residents in Zhengzhou, central China, woke up to find tons of stinking rubbish all over the roadside causing chaos for morning commuters.

More than 50 refuse collectors and 28 trucks spent a whole day clearing away the trash before the street was back to normal again.

One official said: “The binmen have a work dispute and had been delayed on their round by fog.”

He told the Austrian Times: “So the minute their shift ended they emptied the trucks where they were and went home.”

Driving home for Christmas…more like the Road to Hell!

December 22nd, 2009 dailywail No comments

 

The Road to Hell: If you are driving home for Christmas, best avoid this one...  Pic: Europics.at

The Road to Hell: If you are driving home for Christmas, best avoid this one... Pic: Europics.at

DRIVING Home for Christmas is a popular song with truckers at this time of year. 

But Road to Hell, another Chris Rea hit, would have been a bit more apt for unlucky motorists on this stretch of highway.

This incredible picture shows what happened when rain fell on a full truck of dangerous chemicals - causing the road itself to burst into flames.

One driver who saw the chaos unfold in Hangzhiou, eastern China, said: “There were flames everywhere. It was like a mini-apocalpyse.”

So Zhang, 26, was transporting calcium carbide, which is widely used in steel production.

It is a harmless compound when dry but burns spectacularly when it mixes with water.

The truck had been watertight before theives – who fled once they realised chemicals were onboard – badly damaged the waterproof covers.

A police spokesman added: “Everything was OK until it started to rain.

 “The water got through the damaged covers and then into the bags which went off like bombs.

“The driver was lucky to get out alive.”