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The Mont Blanc tunnel was closed for an hour this morning after a driver was 'flashed' travelling at 165km/h. He lost control of his car and hit the armco barrier blocking the tunnel. The accident occured near the exit with France...
Police are* investigating reports that the Italian driver was reading his Chamonix PowderAlarm SMS on his mobile phone at the time of the accident. He will appear before a judge at Bonneville this afternoon.
[*are not! Ed]
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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What's the speed limit in that death tube?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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the question is whether he'll be appearing before the judge in a plastic bag? 165km/h!! Nutter!
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David Goldsmith, 90 kph I think.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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No sympathy - lock him up !
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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PG, I thought 80 but it's under a 100 I'm sure.
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| PG, I thought 80 but it's under a 100 I'm sure. |
I'm surprised to find out that it is 90kp/h which is the same speed as on highways.
Before anyone takes it too seriously I made the SMS bit up - but knowing the Italians love of mobile phones I can think of no better excuse to give the judge this afternoon.
I found this on PisteHors.com:
"In the first week of operation 600 hundred drivers have been fined for speeding in the Mt Blanc Tunnel. The fastest driver was an Italian driving at 150 kp/h, he was fined 900 €. The speed limit in the tunnel is 70kp/h with strict enforcement by radar."
doesn't mean it is true through.
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I shall definitely take your weather forecasts with a large pinch of salt from now on 
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Que? According to the Tunnel Web Site the limit is a maximum of 70 km/h and there is a minimum limit of 50 km/h also. Minimum distance between vehicles is 150m and you can be on-the-spot fined for infringement of any of those limits... so they are pretty serious about it.
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Sounds about right J2Dave, mont blanc tunnel is incredibly slow. 70km is about 40 mph i think. Plus they only allow so 10 cars or so in at a time. Perhaps they will make it stricter with mid-tunnel stop barriers! What a nutter.
...But thinking about it: perhaps it was actually at the exit on the french side - i.e actually outside of the tunnel. It must have been for him to get sms messages? . It is very steep and bendy there and hard enough without reading a phone message.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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davidof was only kidding about the SMS! Still, wouldn't be surprised....
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