Truck stowaway 'lucky to be alive' after travelling nearly 400km on metal racks beneath B-double
Truck stowaway 'lucky to be alive' after travelling nearly 400km on metal racks beneath B-double
A 43-year-old man who tried to save money on a 40-kilometre taxi ride has instead ended up 390km away after climbing onto metal racks beneath a B-double trailer that didn't stop where he thought it would.
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Obviously this is scary and unsafe but what a bloody legend though.
That ain't shit, if you've heard the phrase "riding the rods" it's a reference to belting yourself to a moving train cars brake rods to sleep for the night.
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/riding-rods-while-freighthopping-trains-photos-video-73572
I know there are more extreme things but if you're gonna say that someone riding 400 ks on a truck bed because of shenanigans is not shit, I'm gonna insist that you personally have done something more extreme.
It's hyperbole bud.