About a week ago, I essayed about this trend with Turkish wedding groups, which were starting autobahn (interstate) slow-downs here in Germany.....bringing them to a halt while vehicles blocked both lanes, while the groom and bride got out of their vehicle to have pictures taken on the autobahn. It's mostly been seen in northern Germany. Cops? They've hinted in very strong language that it's dangerous and illegal
Well, I was scanning through the news this morning, and this article came up from the Stuttgart region (the southern part of Germany). Yep, another Turkish wedding group.
In this case, the group did actually trigger an accident to occur. It occurred at some point in mid-afternoon yesterday (Friday).
From what the cops say, three cars seem to have avoided or dodged the effort to block the autobahn, but along came driver four, and he ran into the side/back of one of the wedding folks.
Damage? Forty-thousand Euro worth (probably totalled out both cars). Will insurance cover the guilty blocker of this episode? I have my doubts. If you knowingly do some serious driving offense, and the insurance company does a full review of the accident....they could say 'no', and just cover the liability (the other guy), and refuse to cover your car situation....then it becomes fairly painful for the car owner.
All of this leading to some national law, or state laws being drafted? It wouldn't surprise me to see at least one state drafting up serious laws and consequences to follow.
The bigger question.....why and how did this trend start? So far, the news media hasn't gotten around to this question. It's only the Turks, involves only autobahn driving, and it only involves wedding functions. Why someone would want pictures taken of a bride and groom on an autobahn is beyond my understanding.
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