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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:11 am1. Family fear they were within a whisker of tragedy when thieves lost control of a stolen car and ploughed it into their home.
Single-mum Julie Surfleet said she could not believe what was happening when the stolen white Nissan Micra smashed into the front of her home on Swinderby Gardens, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
As the car careered off the road, it flattened a 12-inch thick wooden bollard, a metal fence, trashed Ms Surfleet's car - which was parked on the drive - and ended up embedded in the porch on two wheels.
It then began hissing, prompting fears of an explosion.
It is believed the car had been travelling at speed along Worcester Avenue, across Carnforth Crescent and into Swinderby Gardens.
Skidmarks measuring more than 20 metres mark its path.
Ms Surfleet said: "I heard the bang and saw the car propped up with the front above the front doorway.
"I thought it was going to blow up - it was hissing.
"I dare not let the kids go down stairs in case it exploded."
She immediately dialled 999 and led her 14-year-old son Ben and family friend Bailey Hannah (four) - who she was minding for the night - to safety, as firefighters disconnected the car's battery to make it safe.
Ms Surfleet added: "I dread to think what would have happened if it hadn't of been slowed down by the fence, bollard and car.
"It would have come straight into the house."
The 44-year-old - whose birthday was yesterday - said instead of celebrating she was now counting the cost.
Her car, which was only insured for third party collisions, was written off in the smash.
She said the Rover was the only means she had for taking her mother to and from hospital appointments.
As reported, the smash took place at around 1.30am. Eye-witnesses saw a number of people - believed to be teenagers - fleeing the scene.
2. The World Health Organization, based upon the consensus view of the scientific and medical communities, that health effects (e.g. headaches) are very unlikely to be caused by cellular phones or their base stations[1] [2], and expects to make recommendations about mobile phones in 2009–10[3].
However, some national radiation advisory authorities, including those of Austria,[4] France,[5] Germany,[6] and Sweden[7] recommended to their citizens measures to minimize exposure. Examples of the recommendations are:
Use hands-free to decrease the radiation to the head.
Keep the mobile phone away from the body.
Do not telephone in a car without an external antenna.
3. Mobile phones for blinds - a telecommunication company produces a mobile phone for blinds and now this company tests the mobile phone. this new techology is based on the oral communication between blinds and a software that converts words in commands.
Single-mum Julie Surfleet said she could not believe what was happening when the stolen white Nissan Micra smashed into the front of her home on Swinderby Gardens, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
As the car careered off the road, it flattened a 12-inch thick wooden bollard, a metal fence, trashed Ms Surfleet's car - which was parked on the drive - and ended up embedded in the porch on two wheels.
It then began hissing, prompting fears of an explosion.
It is believed the car had been travelling at speed along Worcester Avenue, across Carnforth Crescent and into Swinderby Gardens.
Skidmarks measuring more than 20 metres mark its path.
Ms Surfleet said: "I heard the bang and saw the car propped up with the front above the front doorway.
"I thought it was going to blow up - it was hissing.
"I dare not let the kids go down stairs in case it exploded."
She immediately dialled 999 and led her 14-year-old son Ben and family friend Bailey Hannah (four) - who she was minding for the night - to safety, as firefighters disconnected the car's battery to make it safe.
Ms Surfleet added: "I dread to think what would have happened if it hadn't of been slowed down by the fence, bollard and car.
"It would have come straight into the house."
The 44-year-old - whose birthday was yesterday - said instead of celebrating she was now counting the cost.
Her car, which was only insured for third party collisions, was written off in the smash.
She said the Rover was the only means she had for taking her mother to and from hospital appointments.
As reported, the smash took place at around 1.30am. Eye-witnesses saw a number of people - believed to be teenagers - fleeing the scene.
2. The World Health Organization, based upon the consensus view of the scientific and medical communities, that health effects (e.g. headaches) are very unlikely to be caused by cellular phones or their base stations[1] [2], and expects to make recommendations about mobile phones in 2009–10[3].
However, some national radiation advisory authorities, including those of Austria,[4] France,[5] Germany,[6] and Sweden[7] recommended to their citizens measures to minimize exposure. Examples of the recommendations are:
Use hands-free to decrease the radiation to the head.
Keep the mobile phone away from the body.
Do not telephone in a car without an external antenna.
3. Mobile phones for blinds - a telecommunication company produces a mobile phone for blinds and now this company tests the mobile phone. this new techology is based on the oral communication between blinds and a software that converts words in commands.