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YLE English reports on a camera trap which photographed a speeding model car on a highway.
Police in the southeastern city of Hamina [in Finland] are searching for the owner of a remote-controlled model car which was caught travelling at 70km/h in a 60km/h zone.
The approximately 50-centimetre-long [~20-inch] mini-car was captured by a new high-resolution camera on Highway 26 near the village of Töytäri.
Chief inspector Dennis Pasterstein of the Police Traffic Safety Centre told Yle that the car in question should not be considered a toy.
"This is a model car for a more serious enthusiast with a much more powerful engine. Ordinary toys do not travel at such a speed," Pasterstein said, adding that this is a unique case for the safety centre.
It was clocked at 70.3 km/h (43.6 mph) in a 60 km/h (37.3 mph) zone. What was your top speed with a remote-controlled vehicle?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday October 23 2020, @12:43PM (2 children)
Big whoop. I can break 35 on my skateboard given a couple residential blocks worth of hill. Probably some other stuff if I do but that's another matter entirely.
Tangent: Bones Super Reds are fucking incredible skateboard bearings compared to what I used thirty years ago. They're kinda fucking dangerous for my ass to be using.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 23 2020, @05:20PM (1 child)
You should have seen what we were running on in the 70s when skateboarding popularity really boomed. You sure didn't want any pebbles in your way.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday October 24 2020, @11:14AM
First trick every skater learns, the pebble-induced faceplant.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.