Opel Astra Driver Sent Fine After Allegedly Doing 432mph

A computer glitch caused a Belgian driver to be sent a fine with a rather improbable speed listed
Opel Astra Driver Sent Fine After Allegedly Doing 432mph

A Belgian motorist received a nice little surprise through the post recently - a speeding fine which alleged he’d been travelling at 696kph (432mph).

The man apparently clocked the speed in the town of Quiévrain near the French border. For the sake of comparison, that speed is a little slower than the cruising speed of a turboprop airliner, and almost as fast as Speed Demon - the current record holder for the fastest car powered by an internal combustion engine.

Of course, he wasn’t actually driving that fast. After writing to local authorities questioning the absurd claimed speed, it transpired that the figure was the result of an “encoding error.”

That’s not to say he got out of paying a fine, however - the Opel driver was actually doing a more modest 60kmh, which is still over the posted limit…

Source: The Telegraph

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Facus

Ultimate sleeper?

05/08/2018 - 14:50 |
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Anonymous

He’s found the sacred tires.

05/08/2018 - 14:50 |
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Hugh Jazz

Koenigsegg: Hold my beer

05/08/2018 - 14:51 |
374 | 4
jdm-supra-1600(md squad)(Supra squad leader)

In reply to by Hugh Jazz

Hennessy: hold my beer

05/08/2018 - 15:18 |
104 | 12
Anonymous

After this information There is hope For 17 year olds to get Laid in a Astra

05/08/2018 - 14:57 |
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HarryMerritt

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

You mean a corsa mate!

05/10/2018 - 09:00 |
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Anonymous

😐😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

05/08/2018 - 15:01 |
0 | 0
Ian.L

Well it does have the Flash’s emblem on its nose. The speed force is strong with this one.

05/08/2018 - 15:02 |
12 | 0
jaffakitty

when that eurobeat kicks in

05/08/2018 - 15:20 |
0 | 0

But that’s for drifting………

05/08/2018 - 15:30 |
4 | 0
CannedRex24

What you guys haven’t heard of the Vauxhall Astra Chav editon?
You know the one with Black rims, white paint, a free baseball cap and multiple stickers which give it free flowing Aero dynamics and a state of the art fart exhaust that gives 3000hp?

I thought you guys were a respectable car website……..

05/08/2018 - 15:21 |
50 | 2

Well, that is not the Chav Edition…

…it’s the Chav Edition MC Mental Special.

05/09/2018 - 11:35 |
8 | 2

That’s the corsa not the Astra and my embarrassing ass has one😂

05/10/2018 - 09:01 |
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Gabriel 7

The World’s fastest car in 2018 is the…
Opel Astra J!!

05/08/2018 - 15:23 |
72 | 2

LOL

05/09/2018 - 10:52 |
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