The case in summary A 22.5 meter vehicle, consisting of a car, a caravan and a caravan, caused concern among people and employees at the ferry quay in Horten. Employees at the ferry quay contacted the police, but none of the police districts on either side of the fjord prioritized stopping the vehicle. Operations and HR coordinator at Bastø-Fosen, Hans Erik Christoffersen, expressed concern about the safety of driving such a vehicle, especially since it was secured with jack straps. The vehicle was given permission to take the ferry over to Moss. No one knows where the vehicle is now, but it has been reported that one of the vehicles was left on the ferry dock in Moss. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – Imagine meeting it there on E18, for example, I think it’s terribly scary. SURPRISED: Married couple Kari Hammervold Magnussen and Pål Andre Magnussen got a bit of a surprise when they were going to take the Bastø-Fosen ferry. That’s what Kari Hammervold Magnussen says. She and her husband had a bit of a vision when they were going to take the ferry from Horten to Moss last night. – We became aware when one of the employees on the ferry quay spoke loudly and said “This is illegal and you can’t drive like this.” Then the driver got out and started checking the fastenings between the caravan and the caravan. – Then I just thought this is simply incredible to see, says Magnussen. Secured the wagons with jack straps Employees at the ferry quay in Horten measured the damage and contacted the police. The car was not Norwegian registered and the wagons were not registered either. Where the car came from and where it is now remains a mystery. Photo: private – It was 22.5 metres, it’s like a wagon train. The employees were concerned and tried to get hold of the police, but they did not have time to deal with this. That’s what Hans Erik Christoffersen says, who is operations and HR coordinator at Bastø-Fosen. – It is dangerous to drive with this. Christoffersen drives a caravan himself and says that he knows how dangerous it is to drive with a caravan and the importance of weight for safe driving. – When you then see that they have jacked a caravan to the back of the caravan, I understand that this is highly illegal and dangerous to drive with. JACK STRAPS: The driver had used jack straps between the two wagons he was pulling on. Photo: private – Why was the vehicle allowed to join the ferry? – I do not know the details of the decisions made by the crew yesterday, says Christoffersen. He was not at work himself, but learned that the vehicle had taken the ferry over to Moss and that the police were to stop it there. – There were many motorists who had reacted and called the police, so they should have dealt with it. Where is the donation? news has been in contact with the South-East and East police districts. None of them prioritized stopping the donation. – We received a message at 19:00 yesterday from a caller who thought this was not justifiable, but we did not have the capacity or available resources to send anyone, says operations manager in the South-East police district Roger Aaser. Aaser says that they notified the Eastern police district. To news, the East police district says that they were busy in connection with a traffic accident. – So he’s still on wheels? – No, he doesn’t need to, he may have put it away, people can speak up. We learn that if people react to something in traffic, they call the police, says Aaser. – Isn’t it startling that a 22.5 meter vehicle has not been stopped by you? news has put together a series of images from the video to give an impression of how long it was Photo: Tips – We would have liked to have checked this here to clarify whether this was dangerous or possibly illegal and punishable, but we had not capacity for that, other assignments were prioritized. Christoffersen reacts strongly to that. – When they don’t bother to respond to life-threatening situations like that, you lose a bit of respect for it, then. Difficult to assess legality news has received information that someone has waved the driver to the side on the ferry quay in Moss, and a carriage is said to have been left behind. This morning both wagons are said to have been gone. Adviser in Trygg Trafikk and former police officer Tor Egil Syvertsen immediately replies that this is not legal. – This is a violation of the Road Traffic Act and the vehicle regulations. Just the fact that the caravan is not registered is an offense in itself. – If the last wagon is attached with jack straps, it is also illegal and not least dangerous for traffic. Section manager and general manager of Norsk Bobil and Caravan Club, Anita Hokholt Engh, reacts strongly to the fact that the caravans are connected in series behind the car. – I can say right away that it is not allowed. Unless the Swedish Road Administration has approved the unit. There are very special rules here. It has to do with how much the car is allowed to pull and braking power. news has been in contact with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, none of their employees have stopped the donation. When asked about the legality of this, the Norwegian Road Administration replies that it immediately looks illegal, but that it needs to be checked more closely. – This serial connection may appear to be both in the longest and heaviest layer, but it is difficult to say anything concrete about it without having measured and weighed the vehicles, says Sigbjørn Madsen in the Norwegian Road Administration. Nevertheless, Torstein Paulsen, press officer at the Norwegian Road Administration, is skeptical about what he sees in the photo. – Based on the picture, this does not look proper. If we had come across this on the road, it would have been waved in for inspection straight away, so that we have had a closer look at it. Hello! Do you have any thoughts on the matter, or tips for something else I should look into? Send me an e-mail: [email protected] Published 26.07.2024, at 16.02
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