TBE woRLD'S woRST niUVERThe world record for the most traffic offences in the shortest period of time is held by a man from Frisco, in Texas, who achieved this feat in the first twenty minutes
of car ownership. Having hitch-hiked to the nearby city of McKinney on 15 October 1966, he bought a 1953 Ford and drove out of the used car showroom at 3.50pm. At 3.54 he collided with a 1952 Chevrolet driven by a local woman, Mrs Wilma Smith Bailey, at the corner of McKinney and Heard Street. One minute later he collided again 90 feet south of Virginia Street and Tennessee Street with another Chevrolet, driven by Miss Sally Whitsel of Farmersville. Feeling more confident now in his new vehicle, he next drove round the courthouse one-way system in the wrong direction. Forty-six feet later he hit a 1963 Ford. It was still only 3.58. He continued in this vein until 4.15pm, when he was in deep conversation with Patrolman Richard Buchanan, having just hit a Ford Mustang in Louisiana Street. In the space of just 20 minutes he had acquired 10 traffic tickets, caused six accidents, hit four cars without stopping and driven on the wrong side of the road four times. When questioned, this determined motorist, who had not driven for lO years, said: "They don't drive like they
used to".
T"hGrolowria ' the trave11erscheques! out the travellers cheques!";
(From The Retum o f Heror · c Failures by Stephen Pile)
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