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"My
Maserati does one-eighty-five.
I lost my license, now I don't drive."
—
Joe Walsh,
"Life's Been Good"
LONDON (UK) — Authorities won't prosecute
"Harvey" the Bulldog for speeding, reckless
driving or car theft, but if he's ever caught driving again, he'll
have a lot of explaining to do. Yesterday, The
Sun reported that the three-year-old dog was responsible for
sending Johnny Vaughan's £60,000 sports car
(worth about $100,000 US) careening into a parked van. According
to Mr. Vaughan, host of BBC's talk show Johnny Vaughan
Tonight, the portly pooch had been riding with him in his Maserati
3200GT coming home from the veterinarian in southwest London. Mr.
Vaughan describes: "I stopped because Harvey, who was in the
front and had a sore tummy, looked like he needed the toilet.
Johnny Vaughan's car, before the dog got to it. (Photo: The
Sun)
"I got out of the car and
went over to the passenger side. But when Harvey saw me, he leapt over
to the driver’s seat, pushing the gearstick up to "drive".
“Then the little critter jumped into the footwell beneath the
steering wheel and pressed the accelerator down.
“I couldn’t believe it, but the car shot forward, with me chasing
behind—and went straight into the back of a van with a huge crunch.
“I was too shocked to be angry. I couldn’t believe my dog had
crashed my car."
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"I thought the light was green. Whaddaya
expect? I'm colorblind!"
This pooch bumped a Maserati 3200GT into drive and floored it into a
parked van. (Photo: The
Sun)
The damage was around £11,000 ($17,600 US), which the 36-year-old
television star had to pay for himself, since the insurance company did
not have Harvey listed as a driver.
Says Mr. Vaughan, "They just fell about laughing and refused to
pay out."
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