Image from the BBC’s “in-depth investigation” into the facts of the story

Abraham Gniwosch of north London should have known better, being a teacher and all… he was recently found guilty of dangerous driving after driving with 12 other people in his five-seat Volvo car. He was banned for a year and ordered to pay 900 pounds ($1800) in costs. He was pulled over by police who noticed the “serious dramatic overloading” (is there any other kind?). All in all two adult males, two adult women, two infants, and seven children were in the car, none wearing seat belts. Gniwosch argued that he was driving sensibly at 20mph, but is driving with seven unsecured children in a car really sensible at all? Plus, we can’t imagine it was difficult for police to notice the overloaded car inching along. The BBC coverage of this story includes a “reconstruction” of the event, which is hilarious because of how seriously they want to “investigate” this story. Who wants to bet someone from the station just thought it would be fun?

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