Smoker Stops World's Fastest Train

Posted By Guest on December 30, 2009

Cigarette triggers a shut-down of the world's fastest bullet train
Smoker Stops World's Fastest Train

The world's fastest train hit its first speed bump in the form of a disobedient smoker less than a week after it began running in southern China.

A cigarette triggered an alarm that forced a two-and-a-half hour stoppage, nearly as long as the train takes to cover the 684 mile distance between Guangzhou and the central city of Wuhan.