Reply With QuoteDrivers fault for not planning ahead or for a worst case scenario (i.e., getting license revoked).
Washington, D.C. police forces German Vice Chancellor to walk after false parking
White House parking mix up leaves Rösler on foot
German Vice Chancellor Philipp Rösler was forced to walk through Washington D.C. on Tuesday after his driver had his license confiscated by traffic police – for parking in front of the White House.
Rösler – also Germany’s economy minister - was in a meeting with Gene Sperling, President Barack Obama’s assistant on economic policy, leaving the drivers of his and the German ambassador’s car to find somewhere to park.
Perhaps overwhelmed by the importance of their mission, the drivers nonchalantly parked up in front of the White House – and were promptly approached by traffic police, who took their driving licenses away.
When Rösler and Ambassador Peter Ammon left the meeting with Sperling the cars and their drivers were nowhere to be seen, leaving them and their assistants to walk to their next meeting.
But two things... 1. Diplomatic immunity? The driver may not have had it, but a foreign government member guest of state certainly does. 2. Revocation of a driver's licence - over false parking?! Motorist unfriendly savages!!
Drivers fault for not planning ahead or for a worst case scenario (i.e., getting license revoked).
Hey at least they didn't park on the lawn.
Maybe they were German nationals, too. We don't go so far to revoke a licence over false parking.Originally Posted by HollywoodMarine
Drivers fault for not planning ahead or for a worst case scenario (i.e., getting license revoked).
Barbarians.
Must have took them forever to cross streets on foot. Bet they were late. Very ungerman that is.
You're calling the White House tenant a "Barbarian"!? Obama's isn't going to like that.
They hand out drivers licenses like candy in the US so it's not such a big thing to lose it.
Why do you hate freedom America?
Allah'Ackbar!
"Zer are noh eczeptions!"
So did the police call them "german boys" and "this is not the autobahn boy"?
Also a good casus belli.
Probably because he is of vietnamese origin
Probably needed the excerise, anyways.
Make em walk. It looks like a good anti blitzkrieg tactic.
German tourists... Maybe their kampenwagen wasn't in the lawn, but probably they were camping there and were roasting their currywursts.
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