Can't drive my Beast for a while! - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

Fedde · 22nd June 2002, 16:10

Oh, God! How am I going to survive this summer!?!?

Today is a special day here in Sweden. It's the day after the
big celebration of mid summer and the streets are virtually
empty in the morning because 90% of the population has been
up all night celebrating.

I took it rather easy last night and just had a beer or two with
some friends and this morning when I woke up I noticed I didn't
have what I wanted for breakfast. So I took the Beast and
drove to a local store and as the sun was shining, the day was
hot and there was NOBODY out in the streets I was driving the
car a bit faster than usual.

At one spot a very slow driver in a Volvo was behaving very
strangely as he was breaking to make a turn, but wasn't
signaling properly. When I noticed he was turning right, I
accelerated to pass him and RIGHT THEN I was clocked by a
police officer with a laser device. The particular section is a
50 km/h section that a few years ago was a nice 70 km/h
section so most traffic normally flows at around 65 km/h there
anyway. When passing the car I came up to 82 km/h which is
32 km/h above the limit and here in Sweden that means they
can take your license straight away.

They gave me a speeding ticket for 2000 swedish crowns (about
200 U$D) and took my license. Next week I will be informed
about how long time I will be without it, but it looks like at least
two months!

Today is not a good day!!!

Best regards,

Fedde

TCM · 22nd June 2002, 17:44

Ouch, sorry to hear that Fedde

. Of all the bad luck, you have to pas when a police officer is out. Shame he could not give you a break on the violation to a lesser fine. Hope you do not lose it for too long and that you will be back in your M5 in no time.

MAVERICK · 22nd June 2002, 18:19

Ridiculous!!!

Why do they have such severe penalties for speeding in Sweden? 32kph above the limit is nothing!

M5_Touring · 22nd June 2002, 18:39

Holy ****!
What an *******!
In Germany 32kph above the limit means 3 Pts. in our Flensburg record and 100€ fine and in addition to that 1 month of illegal driving w/o license :-).
I don't know what exact rules Sweden has, but try to find a lawyer and ask him if there is any chance fighting the ticket.
That is typical for police, isn't it. No traffic, no danger, but laser/radar traps.
Man that sucks!

Cya

Christoph

tfung · 22nd June 2002, 20:20

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Originally posted by MAVERICK
Ridiculous!!!

Why do they have such severe penalties for speeding in Sweden? 32kph above the limit is nothing!

m.. well.. that is nearly 70% above the speed limit though....

but it does suck for them to take away your license.... hopefully it'll just be a few weeks and won't be too long

Hutzal · 22nd June 2002, 20:49

well, look at the bright side, now you can wear that "Licence Revoked" Avatar that Gustav made!

KRM · 22nd June 2002, 22:10

that's very harsh of them to take your license away. I remember reading that Gustav had his taken away sometime ago as well. Hope you'll get it back very soon!

Steve Morling · 23rd June 2002, 01:52

That's extraordinarily harsh. The suspension seems out of proportion to the fine. For a one-time event too.
Many sympathies.

X5Boston · 23rd June 2002, 04:52

Wow that is awful.

Did I mention I hate Volvo drivers too? Menaces on the roads here too. Safe? How much damage can you get when you drive 2KPH everywhere?

B-Pac · 23rd June 2002, 06:00

Boy, I thought Virginia cops were harsh, that's terrible!
Ditto to you X5Boston, Volvo drivers are the worst........ I think they have some idea they're driving with a forcefield around them or something.