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Frankfurt – Car-mad Germany may be known for its speed limit-less Autobahns, but a Czech businessman’s suspected 414km\/h drag down a stretch of motorway has run into trouble with local law enforcement.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor’s office in Stendal in the northern state of Saxony-Anhalt said it had launched a probe into a potential illegal race over the incident.<\/p>\n
The wealthy sports car owner from the Czech Republic posted videos of the drive in a Bugatti Chiron on YouTube, bringing attention to the incident.<\/p>\n
“We thank God for the safety and good circumstances”, Radim Passer wrote in the video description on his channel.<\/p>\n
Some of the videos display a virtual speedometer which reaches 414km\/h on a stretch of motorway between Berlin and Magdeburg, to the west of the capital.<\/p>\n
While the recordings were made in the middle of last year, the videos were only recently posted online but have since been viewed millions of times.<\/p>\n
In response to comments that said the drive was irresponsible and dangerous, Passer said he had had “good visibility” and highlighted his Bugatti’s braking power.<\/p>\n
Highway police initiated an investigation after the feat was reported widely across different media.<\/p>\n
The results were handed over to the prosecutor’s office, which began a legal assessment of the incident.<\/p>\n
According to the criminal code, a solo drive can still be classed as a prohibited race if the driver “advances at an inappropriate speed and in a manner that grossly violates the traffic code and is reckless.”<\/p>\n
Germany’s Transport Minister Volker Wissing condemned the driver’s attitude, noting that while there is no speed limit, the car should always be “under control”.<\/p>\n
Others have used the incident to make the case for introducing a legal limit, including the premier of Lower Saxony state, Stephan Weil, who told Spiegel magazine there were “many good reasons” to cap speed on motorways, including the environment and safety. <\/p>\n
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