Man Stuffed 13 People Into His Volvo

Why won't they let people Darwin themselves if they're willing? Morons.

While it was stupid of him to even attempt this, I foresee a lot of this sort of thing happening as gas prices rise, especially here in the UK. I bet he's not the first, just the first to get caught.

This car/people ratio was a common sight while I was living in Southeast Asia. I'm positive it is practiced in the majority of the world, as few cultures can afford to live in such "safe" (read expensive and oppressive) environments as the West. Those who can afford to worry about things such as this are usually terribly stressed and unhappy souls.

I'm from Louisiana. We don't employ teachers that think it's silly to endanger children on the highway. Come to think of it, we don't hire bus drivers that stupid either.

Consider that this is a teacher who should know that his disrespect for authority, the law, and common sense will be noted and filed away and possibly someday imitated by his young passengers. I'll be more careful the next time I visit the UK.

If he was only driving at 20mph he was either not going far enough to need to drive in the first place, or was causing a lot of nuisance to other road users.

"In the back there were two women with infants on their laps"

I am only moderately pissed off, but this is largely because I am incapable of reaching across the table and striking this man across the face with a crowbar.

What if someone driving faster had struck them? What if he did impact someone at 20mph? You think those infants are going to come out fine?

And even worse--he drug a Volvo's name into this. Disgusting! A REAL Volvo owner wouldn't do such a thing.

I have an embarrassing memory of 32 people in and on my 1964 station wagon, driving them 2 miles from one party to the next. And I was drunk too. I remember the car wouldn't steer, I drove very slowly. We all made it safely. I still shudder at my youthful stupidity.

We crammed a couple of friends in the trunk of my car.

Like one those Volvos from the late seventies? You see them everywhere. Those things were looong. You could probably stuff seven people in the wayback. Remember though, thirteen people weigh about a long ton. Probably bottomed out the rear suspension on a few bumps.

So uh, any particular reason why the extra six people couldn't have taken a cab? They were in London for goodness's sake.

Not a thing to be proud of.

The two women with their own infants should have been responsible enough to say no.

If someone wants to jam into a car with 12 other people, that's his/her own da-n choice. The fine and extended driving test are a well-deserved slap on the wrist. Did the occupants get fined too? They certainly weren't forced to ride along. And am I the only one who thinks there's something funny about overloading a station wagon that much?

What bugs me the most is that this addiction to safety (much like the fear of germs) is ruining the free world. Yep, you're free to do as you want... just make sure you buckle up, wear a helmet, kneepads, always go the speed limit, take all liquids out of your carry-on, do not tell any tasteless jokes, do not offend anyone, do not jaywalk, do not pass go, do not collect $200...

Also, ".. a REAL volvo driver" ?? ah hahaha.. you are defined by the car you drive, eh? A real Toyota driver wants to know.

I remember Evan Dorkin, the NYC cartoonist telling me that Hassidic Jews were the worst drivers ever.

Evan is Jewish so I hardly think this is anti semitism.

He said that anyone that confident that god was on there side was a bad propsition behind the wheel

With that much weight he'd still be wasting fuel.

And it drives me crazy when people are like, "Oh, I know it's dangerous but I'm a good driver." Even if that's true, you're not the only person on the road! Someone could easily hit you from any side and your unseatbelted kid is going to go flying and die on impact just because you didn't bother to obey the law.