Tuesday, December 12, 2006

The Little Trucker That Could...

...Only Go Forward

Feds bust truck trainee who balks at back up

By Staff and wire reports
Monday, December 11, 2006 - Updated: 01:42 AM EST

A truck-driving student is in custody in Boston after raising suspicions when he wasn’t interested in learning how to back up his rig.
WLVI-TV (Ch. 56) reported last night that the would-be trucker is a 28-year-old Muslim from India and had overstayed his visa. An investigation is under way to see whether there is any connection between his unusual behavior and a terrorism plot. Federal authorities were alerted by instructors at the Nationwide Tractor Trailer Driving School in Smithfield, R.I., WLVI reported.
The student was described as a resident of New York, with driver’s licenses from New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
“Every indicator was there,” R.I. State Police Major Steve O’Donnell told WLVI. “Any one of these things alone is fine, but four or five together . . . ”


I hope there's more to this story than a reluctant backer-upper. In Commercial Drivers License classes, I saw more than one trainee balk at backing.

Thanks to LGF for the link.

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