Man blames lack of goats for speeding

From correspondents in Ottawa

The 7th of September 2006 12:00
Article from: Agence France-Presse


A SWISS driver blamed Canada's lack of goats as possible roadside obstacles for his speeding through the countryside after police nabbed him, an official said.

The driver was caught travelling 161km/h on Canada's busiest highway between Montreal and Toronto on Sunday.

The posted speed limit is 100km/h.

�An officer stopped the car for speeding along a straight stretch of road and the driver told him he thought it would be alright to go fast because he wasn't likely to hit a goat,� said Constable Joel Doiron.

�I've never been to Switzerland, but I guess there must be a lot of goats there,� he said.

Const. Doiron noted that in his 20 years as a police officer, �nobody's ever used the lack of goats here as an excuse for speeding�.

Police issued the man a $C360 ($430) fine.


The Daily Telegraph 7-9-6

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20368224-5001028,00.html?from=public_rss

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