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== Traffic breaks by vehicles other than automobiles == Some traffic breaks have been initiated by vehicles other than automobiles. For example, a motorboat driver initiated a traffic break in the [[Rivière des Prairies]] to keep marine traffic away from police operations following a [[List of helicopter prison escapes|helicopter prison escape]] from the [[Saint-Jérôme]] Detention Facility in 2013.<ref>''CBC News Montreal,'' 6 pm newscast, originally broadcast on March 21, 2013.</ref> In fiction, [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] initiated a traffic break by rapidly shifting between tracks to keep his competitors from winning a hypothetical stunt competition.<ref>{{Citation |last=5MadMovieMakers|title=Thomas Train Stunts |date=2017-12-04|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me5ifeBFaFo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/me5ifeBFaFo | archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-04-30}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Furthermore, in the book ''The No Cussing Club'' by McKay Hatch, two characters conceive of a scenario whereby a hovercraft in Scandinavia can initiate a traffic break during a police narcotics operation.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The No Cussing Club |last=Hatch |first=McKay |publisher=Brigham Distributing |year=2009 |isbn=978-0945713081 |pages=62–64}}</ref>
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