World's biggest traffic fine? Chinese driver whose overloaded truck collapsed a bridge gets a bill for $25 MILLION ( F1 x2 k5 l r" X( w公仔箱論壇By Sara Malm 0 }1 G. {0 P4 ^; H |, R - G7 x/ I. G( ^% n( T: ^0 G% `A Chinese driver whose truck was so heavy the bridge he drove on collapsed has been sent the nearly £16m bill for the repair work.5.39.217.760 M0 L8 |* u9 A3 \- ]3 @
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The driver, named by Chinese media only as Mr Zhang, was driving a truck filled with sand which was so overloaded that the concrete bridge collapsed when he took his lorry across it. ) F6 g. t0 }0 K8 |公仔箱論壇 2 [# o) W: F* K8 V. M" H9 }公仔箱論壇The local government near Beijing has put the blame solely on Mr Zhang and have sent him the bill to pay for the repairs.5.39.217.76, ^1 l: F. K. W! N9 ]0 l
5.39.217.76; y4 ^2 F/ [& ^0 c% A & n9 @7 H4 q7 d5.39.217.76The driver, named in Chinese media as Mr Zhang, had overloaded his truck which caused the bridge to collapse - and now he has to pay for it ' Y' I5 M5 i" c5.39.217.76 5.39.217.765 f" N& t) ?3 [
The heavy bridge will cost £15.74million to repair and the local government is expecting the driver to pay it all.# U2 ]) \# H' Q6 Q7 D' C
: i6 i3 U5 ]3 L3 ~They say it was his fault that he had put too much sand in his truck last summer and that he must now pay the price for his actions. 1 ^- ?) P5 M' X0 Z L! a! G, w5.39.217.76* d& i: Y8 v0 d: _ k% E
The China Car Times wrote: ‘On July 19th of last year, a 34-year-old trucker who has only been named Mr Zhang by Chinese media sources was trucking sand across the outskirts of Beijing,; C; [" ]* |# o+ y4 ?
4 F% F" |; r- n1 s* y: l‘His 110 ton truck caused a bridge to collapse. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。0 O7 C. _" A' M4 ?/ U1 [! ?5 K7 P+ M
# m& K% \4 {0 I( j& r1 r7 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘After a yearlong police investigation the courts have come to the decision that the blame is solely on Mr Zhang's shoulders due to his overloading ways, Mr Zhang's defence so far seems to be that he was just doing what he was told by the trucking company.5 K; d, Y' E* F+ {6 ]" `
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‘It's unclear how, or even if, Mr Zhang is able to pay his 156 million RMB but we suspect that the bailiffs will have a hard time collecting.' ; O& o' P$ b' p S( l; i& ?% M5.39.217.76 ( ~! g: r# Y8 f4 W! B5.39.217.76 H2 ?0 h: x2 T4 h公仔箱論壇The bridge, located near Beijing, is completely destroyed and Mr Zhang will have to pay for it to be repaired - a whopping £15.74m作者: weidishih 時間: 2012-7-30 03:16 AM
