In 2017, Germany increased the penalty for barking too loudly. Two years later, it resulted in life imprisonment for two drivers.
Since 2021, the Danish police and courts have been chasing crazy drivers with large fines, prison sentences and confiscation of cars.
But already in 2017, the Germans actually tightened their grip on the country's citizens with choir cards. Ever since then, illegal racing and betting, as it is called, could trigger up to 10 years in prison.
But in 2019, it got worse for two drivers from Berlin, after the short races against each other and at speeds of up to 170 km/h hit a 69-year-old man in a Jeep.
This is written by Autobild .
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The 69-year-old died on the spot in his car. In court, what happened was described as something that had absolutely nothing to do with negligence.
However, the case against the two men later had to be changed. But another court came to the same result – namely life. Among other things. because the Jeep in which the 69-year-old man was sitting was thrown 'several meters into the air'.
As the restrictions on the ban on illegal street racing were first introduced after the tragic incident, the two men could not be sentenced according to these sections.
Instead, the two men, who, when the verdict was handed down in March 2019, were respectively 27 and 30 years old, ended up being sentenced to life for manslaughter in traffic.
The year before, i.e. in March 2018, however, two drivers from Cologne were sentenced according to the stricter fines. A 19-year-old cyclist was hit at 95 km/h and later died from his injuries.
At home, the police continue the hunt for crazy drivers. And although the strictures in the law have now worked for 3 years, law enforcement continues to impound cars. Last year it even emerged that Christiansborg is considering tightening the legislation. Read more about it here .
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