BERLIN — A motorist was clocked driving at more than 320 kph (199 mph) on the Autobahn west of Berlin, a record high at more than 124 mph above the speed limit, German police said. <\/p>\n
The speedster, who was not identified, was caught while racing along the A2 highway near Burg on July 28.<\/p>\n
The driver was handed a fine of 900 euros ($1,043), stripped of two points from his driver\u2019s license and banned from driving for three months, the Magdeburg police office said Tuesday. <\/p>\n
A roadside radar stand, known as an \u201cEnforcement Trailer,\u201d caught the motorist in a routine check. A reading from its display showed \u201cthe highest record speed\u201d of 321 kph, police said.<\/p>\n
Germany’s famed Autobahn motorways have captured fascination and interest<\/a> around the world for their lack of speeding limits. German authorities and driving clubs have argued<\/a> over the years about whether the policy should continue. <\/p>\n Limitless speeds aren\u2019t universal on the Autobahn, though, as parts of the motorway are subject to speed limits. The section of the motorway where the record-breaking driver was caught has a limit of 120 kph (74.5 mph).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERLIN — A motorist was clocked driving at more than 320 kph (199 mph) on the Autobahn west…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[117665,3907,2000,299,4179,1824,14903,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-326604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-117665","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-general-news","13":"tag-germany","14":"tag-oddities","15":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114990478945507033","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}