German motorcyclist banned for 31 months for speeding 15 times in six weeks
September 21, 2024 09:19
- This summer, a German motorcyclist was fined €17,000 ($19,000) after racking up 15 speeding violations in a six-week period.
- The rider from Rüsselsheim was also given a 31-month driving ban and 22 points on his licence.
- Since speed traps only capture the front of the vehicle, the rider mistakenly believes the police cannot track him.
A German motorcyclist was fined a whopping €17,000 ($19,000) for speeding this summer because he mistakenly believed he wouldn’t be caught.
The unnamed rider from Rüsselsheim was caught on speed traps 15 times in six weeks between June and July, sometimes twice a day. Cameras recorded him going up to 131 km/h (81 mph) in a 50 km/h (31 mph) zone and breaking the 30 km/h (19 kph) limit at 61 km/h (38 mph).
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He even taunted the police by posing as he was speeding through the trap, knowing that front-facing cameras, which can help identify car drivers, are less effective on motorcycles without front license plates. But local officials made it their mission to hunt down the speeder and sent police teams to search for him throughout the city.
It wasn’t long before they located the rider they believed to be wanted and carefully compared him and his bike to the numerous images collected by the speed trap. Their ruse finally worked and the rider was visibly shocked, telling the police he never thought they would find him.
But from that point on, what might have been a joke to the “young” rider suddenly became serious. So far, 11 of his 15 violations have been dealt with, with a fine of €17,000, a 31-month driving ban and 22 penalty points on his licence.
German News Sites Heisenzhe Explaining that just eight penalty points are enough to revoke a licence, and that to regain it a rider must prove they are in good enough health to qualify for a licence, we suspect he will have a hard time convincing any licensing officials of this in the coming years.
While a $19,000 fine is by no means chump change, it is small change compared to the $128,000 fine a BMW driver was recently fined for following another car too closely in Switzerland, where drivers are penalized based on financial status.
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