Collaborative Efforts

0 Conversations

Each week I will use this column to highlight an interesting or entertaining collaborative piece that is under construction in h2g2. Researchers are encouraged to check out these articles and contribute. In the spirit of irritating self-advertising, I will offer my own article first.


The Definitive Collection of Urban Legends is already quite large, encompassing five pages and 23 tales of the bizarre.

A sample, Contributed by Maisie

A report has revealed that two traffic patrol officers from North
Berwick were involved in an unusual incident whilst checking for
speeding motorists on the A1 road between Oldhamstocks and
Grantshouse last May. They were using a hand-held radar device to
trap unwary motorists on the Edinburgh to London trunk road. One of
the unnamed officers used the device to check the speed of an
approaching vehicle, and was surprised to find that his target had
registered a speed in excess of 300 miles per hour. The £5000
machine then seized up and could not be re-set by the bemused PC's.

The radar had, in fact, latched on to a NATO Tornado aircraft in the North Sea, which was taking part in a simulated low-flying exercise over the 'Borders' and Southern Scotland. Following a
complaint by Sir William Sutherland, Chief Constable of the Lothian
and Borders Police force, to the RAF liaison office, it was revealed
that the officers had been lucky! The tactical computer on board the
aircraft not only detected and jammed the 'hostile' radar equipment,
but had automatically armed a Maverick air-to-ground missile ready
to neutralize the perceived threat. Luckily, the Dutch pilot was
alerted to the missile status and was able to override the automatic
protection system before the missile launched.

The Police have so far declined to comment, although it is
understood that officers will be advised to point their radar guns
inland in future.


GargleBlaster


20.12.99. Front Page

Back Issue Page


Bookmark on your Personal Space


Conversations About This Entry

There are no Conversations for this Entry

Entry

A472277

Infinite Improbability Drive

Infinite Improbability Drive

Read a random Edited Entry


Disclaimer

h2g2 is created by h2g2's users, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the Not Panicking Ltd. Unlike Edited Entries, Entries have not been checked by an Editor. If you consider any Entry to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please register a complaint. For any other comments, please visit the Feedback page.

Write an Entry

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."

Write an entry
Read more