259 car pileup in Germany
 

How the f*** did this happen?!?! :shocked:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8159290.stm

Re: 259 car pileup in Germany
 

People paying very little attention to the road and the conditions apparently

Re: 259 car pileup in Germany
 

And there was me thinking autobahns were safer than our motorways :dozey:

Re: 259 car pileup in Germany
 

Excessive speed & stupidity. :shocked:

Re: 259 car pileup in Germany
 

I'm glad i'm not phoning my insurance company to explain this one, with them asking for details of other vehicles involved!

Re: 259 car pileup in Germany
 

If you watch the video, it 'may' be a bit of poetic licence.

There are large gaps between groups of vehicles that have hit each other. A more accurate headline might be '259 vehicles involved in accidents over an X kilometre stretch of autobahn'. It's not as if 258 vehicles have run into the back of the car in front...

Doesn't trip off the tongue though does it!