Read My Lips - the blog

OK Buddy, where's the fire?

Now here is something truly amazing:

A Belgian motorist was left stunned after authorities sent him a speeding ticket for travelling in his Mini at three times the speed of sound. [emphasis supplied]

I guess what they always use to say about not being able to outrun the radio is not true any longer. Well, wait just a minute ...

However, police later admitted that a faulty radar had been responsible for the Mini's incredible feat.

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Police also said they had made a mistake in still sending out the ticket, given that it was impossible - even for a doughty little Mini - for a car to have travelled so fast.

The prosecutors office laughed when they were called in to follow up the unpaid fine.

"We called the local police to find out what height the plane caught speeding along the Boulevard Lambermont was flying at."

Oh well, I guess everyone got a good laugh at that one. I sure do hope the motorist didn't get a citation for "failure to appear" when he blew off what was evidently a fictitious charge. If not, I suppose, it is "all's well that ends well."

The valuable kudos to be awarded in connection with this report go to Mr. Pigvig at Silflay Hraka.

Posted by notGeorge at April 12, 2004 05:39 PM