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Default OT the headline writers simply gert worse every year

On 05/03/2013 12:55, Graham. wrote:
On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:11:08 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
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A motorist with a fear of *bridges* called police in a panic while
travelling along one of the country’s busiest motorways after realising
he was about to travel *under* the River Thames, it emerged today.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-Crossing.html


Perhaps she was OK with tunnels but the mere sight of the QE2 was
enough to set her off.

Daily Mail says:

Driver with terrifying fear of TUNNELS rescued by police after his
sat-nav took him to the Dartford Crossing by mistake

By Simon Tomlinson

A driver who is terrified of bridges and tunnels called 999 after his
sat-nav wrongly directed him to the Dartford Crossing and he realised he
couldn't turn back.


Gephyrophobia is a fear of bridges and is often combined with a fear of
tunnels, normally associated to agoraphobia or claustrophobia.

Read mo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2MfdXkbaR

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