A traffic cop in Austria got more than he bargained for after a booby trap covered him head-to-toe in manure as he was trying to catch people speeding. Police said an explosive put in a plastic bucket filled with liquid manure was set to detonate when somebody triggered a fishing line placed nearby. PC Gunther […]
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Yamaha biker does 300 kph
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A motorcyclist will have to do without a licence for months after being caught going 300 kilometres per hour (kph). The 30-year-old was stopped by a traffic policeman after a radar trap positioned on the A1 western motorway near Sattledt revealed his offence yesterday afternoon (Weds). The man, whose 23-year-old girlfriend was his pillion passenger, […]
Italian races at 210 kph in Tyrol
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An Italian driver has been caught doing more than 100 kilometres per hour (kph) above the speed limit.The 22-year-old from northern Italy had to hand over his licence after a radar trap recorded him as he bombed along a 100 kph limit stretch on Tyrols A13 Brenner motorway at 210 kph yesterday evening (Tues). Local […]
BMW almost 120 kph over speed limit
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Police in Burgenland are investigating against a driver from Hungary for doing more than 200 kilometres per hour (kph).Officials in Oberwart said today (Mon) the BMW was caught travelling at 218 kph near Schachendorf by a radar trap on a 100 kph limit main road yesterday. Austrian police have already contacted their colleagues in bordering […]
A German man lost his licence after he was caught speeding by a radar trap three times on the same day.Traffic police followed and stopped the 28-year-old tourist after the third offence in the town centre of Innsbruck, Tyrol, yesterday (Sun). Officials said today the man was going at 120 kilometres per hour (kph) in […]
A Carinthian man suffered serious injuries when he shot himself with a metal bolt as he tried to set up a vole trap in his garden on Sunday.Police in Völkermarkt said yesterday (Mon) the bolt slashed open the 53-year-olds right hand when he tried to install the trap.The man is recovering in Klagenfurts UKH clinic.