A motorist tried, firstly, to block part of the E18 highway between Drammen and Lier in Norway, and secondly, to run away from the police at 211 km/h
A 20-year-old Norwegian driver is without a driving license and a car after he blocked the section of the E18 highway that connects the cities of Drammen and Lier on 9 June 2023.
This is written by Norwegian TV2 .
The police believe that the road was blocked in connection with some illegal street race. And although the Norwegian law enforcement does not have the same rules for crazy driving as here at home, the car was still confiscated.
It was then that the 20-year-old realized that the police were behind him, that he sped up, so that the law enforcement had to do 211 km/h to keep up.
The man has already been sentenced to 60 days in prison for driving a car in that way, and now an appeals court has decided that he must also do without the car.
The Norwegian legislation allows the state to confiscate the choir uniforms of "those who repeatedly commit serious, dangerous traffic violations and who thereby pose a constant danger to others and themselves".
Here at home, the law is somewhat stricter. Since March 2021, the police have been able to seize choir uniforms that are used for crazy rides. These include all speeds above 200 km/h. Just like all fighting and racing races – which are colloquially called street races – the same penalty is imposed on the spot.
The penalty is basically that the state confiscates the car, withdraws the driver's license and signs off with a large fine in addition to an unconditional prison sentence. A consequence that has already affected several thousand motorists.
Still, it's a bonus every time there's an auction of crazy drivers' now former cars. Among other things, there was a lot of interest in the Audi, in which a 61-year-old celebrity briefly went crazy in December 2023, was sold at auction. And yet not. Read more about it here .
Even if Norway doesn't have an actual rule against crazy cars. Has another country already been inspired by the Danish method. Austria has introduced similar rules. The first driver lost his car already on the same day that the rules were implemented.
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