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Man stopped for speeding in wheelchair

A German man was stopped by police after he was clocked doing 40mph down a high street in a tuned-up electric wheelchair.

Guenther Eichmann, 54, told cops in Geseke, Germany, that he was a former engineer and had modified the wheelchair's electric engine so it could go faster.

He was stopped doing twice the speed limit. His vehicle was confiscated and he was slapped with a £300 fine.


http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2625299.html


40 mph in a wheelchair would be kind of scary to me. Certainly invigorating!

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Posted By: 2piececrank On: 12-05-2007 @ 11:57:26     Reply | Top | Edit

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Some of those electric wheel chairs are insane. There was an older guy that lived on my street growing up and he would go zipping past the cars that were driving down the road (25mph).
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Posted By: cmerc On: 12-05-2007 @ 13:54:40     Reply | Top | Edit

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musta had an 8 pole electric motor, 'cause no 6 pole could do that.
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Posted By: goldenphoenix On: 12-05-2007 @ 15:31:27     Reply | Top | Edit

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You would think of something like that wouldnt you cmerc!!!
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Posted By: 95ttoplt1 On: 12-05-2007 @ 15:40:06     Reply | Top | Edit

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what did the Germans fine him in British Pounds??
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Posted By: cmerc On: 12-06-2007 @ 08:20:13     Reply | Top | Edit

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Posted By: 97WS6A4 On: 12-06-2007 @ 09:34:15     Reply | Top | Edit

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The irony is the street racing accident that landed him in a wheelchair...lol j/k
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