Faster! Faster! (Not a picture of the truck in question.) Photo: DPA

German trucker jackknifes first himself then his rig in Sweden

Published: 24 Sep 09 15:42 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090924-22135.html

Swedish police suspect a German truck driver was on drugs and masturbating while he wrecked his rig south of the western city of Borås earlier this week.

The trucker, apparently unable to reach a satisfactory climax, then proceeded to continue to pleasure himself during a police interrogation, the Borås Tidning newspaper reported on Thursday.

"He was masturbating while the police questioned him," police prosecutor Åsa Askenbäck told the newspaper.

"He has admitted that he was not paying full attention at the time of the accident. He was playing with himself instead of focusing on the road."

The truck driver was en route from Gothenburg to Borås at around 4 am on Tuesday morning. The truck and trailer flipped over when he rammed his vehicle into the central division on route 40 south of Borås.

The upturned vehicle blocked all traffic towards Gothenburg and one lane was closed in the direction of Borås.

The man remained in the vehicle with his hands apparently still clasped around his own gear stick and was subsequently arrested for reckless driving and driving while under the influence of drugs.

The suspicions against the man have now been extended to sexual molestation.

The German trucker, who is in his thirties, has admitted all of the charges directed against him.

Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå/The Local

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#1
16:46 September 24, 2009 by Clapoti
Wow... just wow :P
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#2
16:47 September 24, 2009 by William Thirteen
i blame those infamous 'swedish magazines'...
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#3
16:54 September 24, 2009 by Chelle63
Multi tasking doesn?t always work?
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#4
17:05 September 24, 2009 by optimista
Not the first time I heard of this. One chap was doing that to himself, apparently to stay awake at the wheel...
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#5
19:34 September 24, 2009 by The-ex-pat
What a w#nker!
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#6
19:42 September 24, 2009 by NoBullJim
Lighten up, can't a guy have a little bit of fun?
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#7
06:55 September 25, 2009 by HerrDinksbumps
Wasn't keeping his eye on the ball I guess?..
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#8
08:58 September 25, 2009 by marie-claire
Similar story from last year:
...police thought he might have a weapon because they saw him doing something with his hands in his lap, the Herald said.

Instead, they fo…
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#9
09:11 September 25, 2009 by Kay
partially clothed with his genitals in a jar
He was in a pickle all right.
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#10
09:16 September 25, 2009 by design
a mans got to do what a mans got to do
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#11
13:16 September 25, 2009 by Gen
BTW the TT given as a source for this article is a Swedish news agency -- not Toytown.

http://www.tt.se/utl/eng.asp

Maybe those sources could be automatically linked sometime to avoid confusion?
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#12
13:23 September 25, 2009 by billyjean
So what do they mean "trucker jackknifes first himself then his rig"? The rig was the only thing that could be jackknifed.
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#13
18:44 September 25, 2009 by thfinch
brummis go for miles...
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#14
00:07 September 27, 2009 by Snoozegirl
That guy needs and automatic transmission ;-)
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#15
00:17 September 27, 2009 by Lavender Rain
"He was masturbating while the police questioned him," police prosecutor Åsa Askenbäck told the newspaper.
So instead of the routine police order to "get your hands up" they said "keep your hands down"?
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#16
00:43 September 27, 2009 by NoBullJim
Switzerland obviously needs more "rest stops" or " stops"
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#17
08:36 September 27, 2009 by Kay
While some people would need to brush up their geography.
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#18
08:49 September 27, 2009 by NoBullJim
[quote name='The Local' date='24.Sep.2009, 3:42pm' timestamp='1253799720' post='1775633']Swedish police suspect a German truck driver was on drugs and masturbating while he wrecked his rig south of the western city of Borås earlier this week.
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#19
11:24 September 27, 2009 by Kay
Fair enough. Plausible excuse = you're forgiven.
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#20
12:03 September 27, 2009 by parnell
Switzerland obviously needs more "rest stops" or " stops"
Sweden is not a town in Switzerland.
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13:06 September 27, 2009 by NoBullJim
Sweden is not a town in Switzerland.
Right, I addressed it in post 19 after I was pireced by Kay
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13:23 September 27, 2009 by Lavender Rain
It's this sentence in the article that left me a little perplexed. It's really a dangling drop off statement that could have been left out of this article or better developed. This invasion of TT by poorly written articles by The Local is baffling.
The suspicions against the man have now been extended to sexual molestation.
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#23
13:28 September 27, 2009 by parnell
Kay = new Keydeck
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#24
13:33 September 27, 2009 by NoBullJim
I will watch my six from now on. Just have to limit my alcohol induced posting...
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#25
13:21 September 28, 2009 by Theo van Halsteren
The Dutch specialized newspaper on transport and logistics, Nieuwsblad Transport, covers this story as well. They however talk about a trucker with the Dutch nationality. They even mention the company this person is employed by.

The employer confirms something has happened, but first wants to talk to the trucker involved.

Who has the right story here?

Please also read: http://www.nieuwsbladtransport.nl/nieuws/id27339-Ongeluk_door_masturberende_trucker.html
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13:31 September 28, 2009 by Steven192
Similar story from last year:
...police thought he might have a weapon because they saw him doing something with his hands in his lap, the Herald said.

Instead, they fou…
Missed a bit
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#27
18:37 September 30, 2009 by Aneudy
Uhm......LOL...it really exites him to be on the road!
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#28
15:17 October 1, 2009 by SpiritedAway
haha! What else can be said?
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#29
17:38 October 1, 2009 by solala
What shocked me the most was this part: ""He was masturbating while the police questioned him," police prosecutor Åsa Askenbäck told the newspaper." How impatient can you be?(Poor police officer...)And the sexual molestation charges because he imposed his sexual activity onto unwilling other parties.
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