The Daily Telegraph

Driver surprised by ‘432mph’ speeding fine

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A Belgian motorist received a letter saying he had been fined for speeding in a Vauxhall Astra at 432mph.

The motorist send the letter back to the Belgian transport authoritie­s, who acknowledg­ed it was a computer glitch. In fact he had been doing 37mph – but that was still over the 31mph limit.

One figure that did accelerate was shares of his Facebook status.

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