Good Excuse For Speeding?

[Animal]

A colleague at work has just found this on-line...

 

 

'Goat-free roads made me speed'

 

Police said goats had not been reported on eastern Ontario's roads

A Swiss man caught speeding on a Canadian highway has blamed his actions on the absence of goats on the roads.

The man was caught driving at 161 km/h (100mph) in a 100 km/h (60mph) zone.

 

A traffic officer's notes said the Swiss driver had said he was taking advantage "of the ability to go faster without risking hitting a goat".

 

Canadian police spokesman Joel Doiron said he had never found a goat on the highways of eastern Ontario in his 20 years of service.

 

"Nobody's ever used the lack of goats here as an excuse for speeding," Mr Doiron told the AFP news agency.

 

"I've never been to Switzerland, but I guess there must be a lot of goats there," he said.

 

The driver was ordered to pay a fine of C$360 ($330; £175) for speeding.

 

 

How about that for an excuse.

[Thorin]

Fantastic excuse... can't see it working though

[Lambo]

 

[Steviekid]

I know of a vet who got done for speeding on his way to a foaling (this is one of the few real emergencies in large animal practice). He probably would have easily gotten out of that one but also got clocked on the way home. He got out of both tickets claiming he had forgotten his gun. True story.

[stupra]

I'm gonna try that one. . On another note, I remember reading about a guy who was carrying an organ of some kind (liver, kidney, I can't remember), which was needed fast, and was caught a bit over the speed limit. He proved an argued his case, but was still fined an got points. Now thats just wrong.