The madness of driving on a frozen lake

Editorial Department • Published 14 Jan 2010 08:53 2 Comments

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A still from the video uploaded on the internet of cars being driven on Lough Scolban.

FOOLISH and dangerous, these are the hair-raising images of cars being driven across a frozen lake in Belleek.

The three videos uncovered by the Impartial Reporter on the internet show how a group of men repeatedly put their lives at risk on Lough Scolban.

Without considering their safety, they continued their foolish antics again and again - uploading the evidence to the internet for the world to see.

In the first video, a Citroen is driven across the deep lough while several men behind the camera laugh, cheer and swear.

One shouts: "That Ben boy is a mad b****d"". While another shouts: "Hey Ben, don't be going out there. Come back."

Then a few seconds later as the car steers to the right, the thick ice can he heard cracking under its weight and it begins to sink. At this point the men start shouting and swearing in disbelief but nobody goes to see if the driver is OK or not - despite the car sinking that much that just the top of it and the boot are visible. The video then ends.

Another video shows the group successfully driving across the frozen lough in a white car at speed.

In their final video, also uploaded to YouTube by user '4444Benjamin', the men attempt to drive yet another car over the frozen waters but it stalls in the middle of the lake and the driver has to run back to shore. In this video, just the top of the Citroen used in the previous stunt can be seen.

The description of this particular video includes the following disclaimer: "Don't go complaining to us or u will get a mouthful of dung in ur ear!"

This article appeared in Impartial Reporter 14 Jan 10

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james
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Jan 15, 02:37
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These idiots were pushing old banger cars out onto the frozen lake. It's not hard to push a car in first gear and let it drive itself.

IT'S A HOAX!

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Pamela Carlin
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Jan 22, 13:26
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I do not care if it is a hoax or not!! The fact is that these people are pure idiots with a pea brain between them! Are they going to pay for the damage they have caused to the environment or pay for the cars to be removed (if they can)? No, the public purse will be used to clear this up. Not that the government/council have nothing else to spend our money on. Are they going to feel bad if someone does a "copy cat" act which ends in disaster? I probably think not. There should be warnings on the side of waterways stating "If you go out on icy lakes then you should not expect others to put their lives in danger just to save your sorry ****!!"

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