She made the taxi driver pull over so she could check and was delighted to find the cat curled up inside unharmed.

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Another witness, who was across the street at the time of the collision, came up to me and told me that he had seen the driver pull over, get out his vehicle, and change the license plates.

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In one case people were willing to discuss, residents told The Wall Street Journal that Pakistani soldiers opened fire on a car driving through South Waziristan last fall that didn't pull over as a military vehicle approached from behind, killing the driver.

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Lorry driver Jeremy Aiken told me he was lucky as he could pull down the back of his cab and get a few hours of sleep, unlike others.

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The device remains on, so if the driver receives a new dispatch, it will beep and he can pull over and read the message.

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Mr Obama is likening the Republican Party to a driver who, having crashed into a ditch, waits for someone else to pull the car out and then asks for the keys back.

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