Ferrari Mailing List: (OT) - "Police track reckless driver on YouTube"

[Dennis Liu (BigHeadDennis]

Just keep this in mind the next time you post a video of your exploits on
the web....  :-)

Vty,

--Dennis


Police track reckless driver on YouTube 
Posted 11/30/2006 8:16 AM ET  

By Doug Mellgren, The Associated Press

OSLO - Police took up pursuit in cyberspace after a young Norwegian posted
on the Internet video of his wild car driving. Following an electronic trail
that he left online, police caught him and slapped him with real-life fine
$1,300.
The Norwegian, identified only as a man in his early 20s, posted the video
called "Driving in Norway" on Google's popular video-sharing site YouTube.
The recording showed the car's speedometer hitting up to 150 miles - 240
kilometers - per hour on a public highway near Oslo.

"We're touching 240," a voice could be heard saying. "We know it will do it.
This is a little nice."

The video was removed from the website after it made national news in Norway
last week.

Police said they could prove only that the man had driven an average of 86
miles per hour and based the fine, which the motorist accepted, on that
speed. Norway's speed limit is as high as 62 miles per hour, though lower on
most roads.

"It is disturbing that young people test high speeds on highways like that,
and then, on top of it, use the Net to boast about the misdeed afterward,"
said Morten Hassel of the district police's traffic unit.

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