Driver issued $7,800 ticket for going over 400 mph
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A Belgian driver was shocked to learn recently that his compact economy car had a top speed of over 400 mph.
That was according to a speed camera citation mailed to him that said his Opel Astra, (which is sold in the United States as the Chevy Cruze), was clocked doing 654 kilometers per hour in a 50 kph zone.
The ticket came with a fine for 6,579 euros (approx. $7,800), but he didn’t have to pay it. According to DriveTribe, he brought the matter to the police and they admitted the malfunction and let him off the hook.
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Unfortunately for him, the police somehow determined that he was actually driving at 60 kph and wrote him a new ticket for 10 kph over the limit, which costs around 50 euros.
For the record, even the fastest Astras sold in Belgium have a top speed of 150 mph or so, while the world's fastest production car is the $2 million Koenegsegg Agera RS that hit 278 mph on a Nevada highway last year.
(A closed Nevada highway, that is.)
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