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Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 23 May 2011, 18:54
by DarrenL
Re: Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 23 May 2011, 21:23
by simondix
I think these news stories get ramped up a bit! I bet he had the hump afterwards.
Re: Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 23 May 2011, 21:31
by DaveB
Oh no.. here we go
I saw it on the news this evening. That limo is rather long and not very high off the deck

Only a small detail but a very embarrassing one to get wrong. I'd not like to be the bloke responsible
ATB
DaveB

Re: Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 24 May 2011, 00:56
by airboatr

. Oh dammuit.
I'm sure he took a tossing from that.
Re: Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 24 May 2011, 01:25
by airboatr
Re: Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 24 May 2011, 04:45
by Chris Trott
I'm surprised they didn't just push it off with the second limo.
BTW, there's at least 6 "Beasts", of which at least 2 or 3 usually are in the convoy, so no telling which one he was actually in.
I almost think there was a suspension malfunction on that one anyway because if you look at the front wheels, they're fully collapsed on the suspension. I don't think they're supposed to be that far down at any time.
Re: Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 24 May 2011, 06:52
by Garry Russell
I blame the CIA for not giving the suspension clearance

Re: Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 24 May 2011, 07:45
by airboatr

.. Garry you naughty boy.
I liked the SS guys going round back to have a look
"Yep ....she's stuck alright"
heehaw!
Trott do I really have to explain how auto leveling systems work?
Re: Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 24 May 2011, 08:39
by simondix
I would have thought the CIA, being well educated, would have tried the run before. They obviously do not have a grounding in vehicle dimensions! Or in this case the opposite, they do.
Re: Obama's security can handle anything except a road bump
Posted: 24 May 2011, 08:55
by clavel9
I remember when Reagan visited West Germany they had to take the running boards off the side of the limo as it wouldn't go through a narrow archway. (I think it was either at Deidesheim or Hambach Castle. It's a long time ago!)