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Chitty car banned by police chiefs.


Summary: One of the cars used in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

magical car helps track down criminals. [Children’s Lit.: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]

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 has been banned from a street parade The Street Parade is the most attended technoparade in Europe. It takes place in Zurich, Switzerland. Comparable to Berlin's Love Parade, the Street Parade is as of 2004 one of the largest techno parties in the world and the largest annual event in Zurich.  by straight-faced police because it has no MoT.

One of the cars used in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang film has been banned from a street parade by straight-faced police because it has no MoT.

The car was to have featured in a street procession in Norwich this weekend ahead of a run of shows in the city.

But a spokesman for Norwich Theatre Royal said: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was set to give the celebrations a flying start as one of the attractions of the annual event but we have been forced to withdraw the car at the 11th hour.

"It just proved too difficult to obtain an MoT, get the necessary permissions and insure the car despite several weeks of effort."

He then joked: "It would have been easier if Chitty Chit´ty

a. 1. Full of chits or sprouts.
2. Childish; like a babe.
 really did fly as a pilot's licence only takes a minimum of 45 hours to obtain."

Harry Mitchell Harry E. Mitchell (born July 18, 1940) is the current congressman representing Arizona's At-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mitchell is a retired teacher, former mayor and councilman of Tempe, Arizona, former member of the Arizona State Senate,  from Norfolk Police, said: "All vehicles that take part in the Lord Mayor's Procession have to be fully roadworthy road·wor·thy  
adj. road·wor·thi·er, road·wor·thi·est
Fit to be driven on the open road: a roadworthy truck.
 with valid documentation.

"The Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car does not have a valid MoT certificate and therefore breaches regulations."

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