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Remote-controlled Model Car Spotted at 10km/h Over the Speed Limit

posted by martyb on Friday October 23 2020, @08:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the Zoom!-Zoom! dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 24 2020, @12:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 24 2020, @12:10PM (#1068214)

    FYI there's two types of speed cams in the UK:
    - multi-point measured average using TV cams on motorways
    - photo cams snapping you from behind