A pictures taken April 24, 2012 shows a car which accidentally drove into the stairs of the subway station Chaussee-d'Antin La Fayette, in Paris. The driver of the car entered this subway station's entrance as he thought it was the entrance of a car-park, hopefully without making any damage and causality. AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY
Should I drive or take transit?
Should I drive or take transit?
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Re: Should I drive or take transit?
but...but...the GPS said to turn right here...
Re: Should I drive or take transit?
Look at the motorcycle cop standing stylishly waiting on back up...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
Re: Should I drive or take transit?
I've driven up and down things steeper and bumpier than those stairs in a 4WD. As long as you have enough ground clearance I don't see the problem?
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Re: Should I drive or take transit?
Suggestion: during your stay in Paris... *DON'T* rent a 4WD vehicle!
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Re: Should I drive or take transit?
FAIL.
I suspect the entrance ceiling isn't high enough for the vehicle to clear.
I suspect the entrance ceiling isn't high enough for the vehicle to clear.
Re: Should I drive or take transit?
I suspect alcohol.
Re: Should I drive or take transit?
I once drove around France in a British car. How I didn't end up in a similar predicament I don't know.
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Re: Should I drive or take transit?
Meg: Do you know something about machinery?
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: I don't know something about machinery, I know everything about machinery.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: I don't know something about machinery, I know everything about machinery.
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
Re: Should I drive or take transit?
a few years back I was driving to my hotel in Paris with the assistance of a GPS device. It told me to exit a freeway and take a certain ramp - which led to a parking garage that I could not exit without paying a fee. Damn.
So I got back out on the highway and again exited when told by the GPS, taking a different ramp. This one was to the same [fucking] parking garage but a different level. Again, I had to pay to exit the garage. I turned off the GPS and drove a mile or so out of my way (1.6 kilometers, if you please), then turned it back on, whereupon it guided me to my hotel without further incident.
But driving into the Metro station? No.
So I got back out on the highway and again exited when told by the GPS, taking a different ramp. This one was to the same [fucking] parking garage but a different level. Again, I had to pay to exit the garage. I turned off the GPS and drove a mile or so out of my way (1.6 kilometers, if you please), then turned it back on, whereupon it guided me to my hotel without further incident.
But driving into the Metro station? No.