Headline: Overturned lorry driver arrested

Thanks to my colleague Ro for pointing out this BBC News headline:



This suggests that it is the driver that overturned, not the lorry (although the driver probably did overturn with his vehicle).

Alphabet fun with MAN

In the course of my job this week I found out that German truck manufacturer MAN offers 'driver behaviour analysis' in which it rates HGV drivers from A (the best) to G (the worst). Not so interesting, perhaps. But I'm tickled by what the ratings stand for:

A – absolute stars
B – benchmark performers
C – competent and could do better
D – development required
E – economically and environmentally expensive
F – frightening
G – goodbye!

Obviously someone at MAN likes playing with language. And is it GCSEs or A-levels that have a grade of 'N' for 'nearly a pass'?

Dangling modifier: 'lorry drivers in Suffolk'

It must be the season for dangling modifiers (after yesterday's example). Again from copy:

Despite being the location of the largest deep sea container terminal in the UK, with major plans to expand its operations over the next few years, lorry drivers in Suffolk are no better off than in much of the rest of the UK.

So lorry drivers in Suffolk are the location of the UK's largest deep sea container terminal. If they move, does it move with them? Or have they been crushed?