Scoot Away

There is so much wrong with this story.

The main problem is that it is a Mail story.

You can tell it is a Mail story by the crappy adverts, the thinly disguised excuses to have lots of stories about scantily clad women down the right-hand column and the comments section full of ignorant people who think that Gary Lineker is a Marxist.

But sometimes, on rare occasions, I will have a quick look at the motoring section in there just in case there is something worth commenting on.

This particular story claims that "A driver has described being left stunned after spotting an e-scooter zipping past his car on the motorway"  The stunned driver still managed to provide some photographs since "his friend managed to snap a quick picture"

He also managed to sell his story to The Mail.

Here is one of a choice of at least two quick pictures:

Was his friend sat on his lap as he was driving?  He doesn't state just how good a friend he is but that looks just as dangerous as riding a scooter along the M42 hard shoulder.

He added, "I have an e-scooter that I use regularly, but I'd never dream of being that stupid"

I wonder where he rides it given that it is illegal to use private e-scooters on public roads or pavements.

Anyway, here is a Muppet called Scooter:

Not to be confused with a muppet riding a scooter or a muppet selling a story about a muppet riding a scooter or a muppet publishing a story about a muppet riding a scooter.

Or maybe a muppet creating a blog post about a muppet publishing a story about a muppet riding a scooter.

A Lorry Carrying Bleach Shed Its Load at a Notorious Accident Blackspot Today...

Turning it immediately into a notorious accident whitespot.

The BBC have an item on unusual things spilled onto Britain's roads.

I'm not sure they should have included the deaths of 1500 chickens in a light-hearted article but never mind.

I thought this picture looked a bit horrific when you look at where the cab of the tanker is:

I guess the emergency services must have done that though given that, in this article, they state that "nobody was seriously injured."

There were a couple of spillages this month that could have made the list.

The first involved the M4 being shut by handwipes and diesel.  Maybe they used the forner to mop up the latter.

The second was a milk spill on the M42.

Still, you know what they say...

"No point in crying over spilt milk."