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Snow-trapped German drivers saved (BBC News)

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Old 11th January 2010, 10:00
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Snow-trapped German drivers saved (BBC News)

Some 160 drivers who had been trapped by 2m (78in) snow drifts in northeast Germany run their car engines to keep warm until they were rescued by police.

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Old 11th January 2010, 20:28
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Having spent the night on the M25 on two previous occasions due to snow becoming sheet ice in minutes, I know exactly how they feel.

In the UK we go into long spells of national introspection due to our inability to cope with 8 inches of snow, but as that article suggests it ain't just us that have problems
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