Overview
- Police say a 24-year-old from Duisburg drove a 460-hp BMW through Velbert’s Hespertal at more than triple the 50 km/h limit.
- A covert police motorcycle known as a ProVida-Krad used court-certified video gear to log the speed, and the officer then stopped the car and verified the driver’s identity.
- The recorded driving included cutting curves and putting a woman walking her dog at risk, according to the police report.
- The traffic unit had increased patrols in the Hespertal area after many neighbors reported cars that were too loud and too fast.
- Police say he now faces a criminal complaint under §315d StGB for a prohibited motor-vehicle race, which can bring up to two years in prison or a fine, along with likely administrative penalties such as a multi-month license loss, a several-hundred-euro fine, and two points in the Flensburg register.