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Does Judge Buy Lame Speeding Excuse?

By John Mesirow

Just when you thought you'd heard them all... Check out this excuse for speeding, as reported in The Local:

A woman from southern Sweden has lost her bid to have a speeding fine overturned on the grounds that she was suffering from diarrhea at the time of the offence.

The 49-year-old woman from Trelleborg explained to the local district court that she was experiencing stomach problems when she was pulled over for driving 86 kilometres per hour in a 70 km/h zone.

Only 86 in a 70 zone? How bad could it have been? Said the court:

A situation can only be classed as an emergency if somebody's life is in danger or if a driver hits the gas in an attempt to prevent a serious crime.

As the woman's desire to get home to her toilet did not fit into either category, the court ordered her to pay the speeding fine.

Newman!

Full post as published by Legal Juice on November 02, 2008 (boomark / email).