{"id":327431,"date":"2025-08-08T08:41:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/327431\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:41:19","slug":"a-motorist-was-slapped-with-a-1000-fine-for-driving-at-a-record-199-mph-on-germanys-autobahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/327431\/","title":{"rendered":"A motorist was slapped with a $1,000 fine for driving at a \u2018record\u2019 199 mph on Germany\u2019s Autobahn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                Tweet<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share\" href=\"mailto:?subject=CNN%20content%20share&amp;body=Check%20out%20this%20article%3A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F08%2F08%2Feurope%2Fgermany-record-speed-fine-autobahn-hnk-intl\" data-type=\"email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"share with email\" title=\"Share with email\"><\/p>\n<p>                Email<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Link<\/p>\n<p>      Berlin<br \/>\n      AP<br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cme2cv2e9001u27ql0mg1hi8p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            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.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cme2cw2cv00063b5z9923h6ww@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The speedster, who was not identified, was caught while racing along the A2 highway near Burg on July 28.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cme2cw2cw00073b5z08ue49kf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\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.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cme2cw2cw00083b5zihwcuyut@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\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.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cme2cw2cw00093b5z8cdzx6jr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Germany\u2019s famed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/autobahn-germany-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autobahn motorways<\/a> have captured fascination and interest around the world for their lack of speeding limits. German <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/23\/opinions\/germany-autobahn-speed-climate-crisis-hockenos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authorities and driving clubs have argued<\/a> over the years about whether the policy should continue.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cme2cw2cw000a3b5zg7r0eg5f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\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).\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Tweet Email Link Berlin AP \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A motorist was clocked driving at more than 320 kph (199&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-327431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114992256370706051","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327431","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=327431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}