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Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:36 pm
by Erik
I'm not sure if this translates well, but I guess we'll find out
Extenuating circumstances
In 1928 there was a car accident with severe material damages on a Swedish national highway between Örkelljunga and Åsljunga.
It was a Örkelljunga native which ran into a merchant from Skånas Fagerhult.
At the subsequent trial at Klippan it was ruled that the person from Örkelljunga, who was the cause of the accident, were given extenuating circumstances because he had been drinking vodka and thus had difficulty managing the car.
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Quotes from Drivers education, Sweden 1920:
Those who causes the motorist most trouble, however, are playing children and nervous woman. The former are while playing both blind and deaf. To signal to them does not as a rule help much, and often they come rushing forward so close to the wagon that any signal becomes irrelevant. Where there is expected to be playing children such as schools, playgrounds etc, one should only drive forward with utmost care, because any maneuver except stopping the trolley will seldom be useful. Women are often as difficult as children, because at the sound of the horn they often loose all common sense. It is not uncommon that they, after passing three quarter of the street, without warning turn to head back to the pavement they just left. Yes, even two, three times running back and forth in front of the car. Stop and let them get back up on the pavement again! For all other purposes, act as you would when meeting trams.
Re: Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:42 pm
by Bob K
If I point my wife to this post, there will be hell to pay.
Understand she drives a turbocharged AWD Volvo, with a 6 speed manual trans. In Chicago, rush hour traffic.
Re: Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:52 pm
by Erik
The joke isn't the put down to women, it's the archaic view of women displayed. That's the part I'm not sure translates well, it's originally written in 1920's style swedish. It's not written as a put down, it's written as if it's factual statements.
In the first quote it's the courts view that drinking vodka was extenuating circumstances for causing an accident.
Re: Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:59 pm
by Bob K
Oy! My wife is half Swedish. Gevalt, enough.
Re: Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:17 am
by 308Mike
Bob K wrote:If I point my wife to this post, there will be hell to pay.
Why, she doesn't take it personally, does she?
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Re: Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:37 am
by dfwmtx
The woman's response to that picture might be "He was never able to FIND the garage to mess it up."
Re: Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:17 am
by SoupOrMan
Bob K wrote:If I point my wife to this post, there will be hell to pay.
Understand she drives a turbocharged AWD Volvo, with a 6 speed manual trans. In Chicago, rush hour traffic.
Gotta love traffic that goes from 100 to 0 in ten feet. I don't care if it was the Edens inbound or either direction on the Ike, there was no good way through the tollways during rush hour unless you already plotted at least ten other routes through residential streets.
Re: Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:34 am
by Bob K
Soup,
You got it.
We live in Wrigleyville, her office is in Rosemont, off River Road.
Friend/Wife has developed routes that would confuse a rallye driver.
Re: Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:49 am
by HTRN
Bob K wrote:If I point my wife to this post, there will be hell to pay.
I dare you to put this on your refridgerator!
HTRN
Re: Was it really better in the past?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:43 am
by esa5444
HTRN, I am going to put it on my 'fridge. How da ya like that?