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Deborah Cole in Berlin

MYSTERIOUS: Speeding driver clocked doing 199mph on german autobahn | Mind Blowing Facts

A blurred image of cars passing lorries on a German motorway
Germany’s motorways are the stuff of legend given the absence of a general speed limit, but significant parts of the network do have a cap. Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

German police have clocked a Porsche driver doing 199mph (320km/h) on the autobahn, nearly three times the speed limit for that stretch of motorway.

Even in a car-mad country gripped by the need for speed, the report from the A2 near Burg in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt made national headlines. Police said the motorist, whose name and age were not released, faced a €900 (£785) fine and a three-month suspension of his licence among other penalties.

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