Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credits: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB / NTB via AFP 3:21 p.m., March 18, 2024
Having arrived in Norway about a month ago, a Frenchman received a 21-day prison sentence after no less than 25 speeding offenses in 19 days.
His worst offense was committed on February 20 at 113 km/h in a zone limited to 70 km/h, according to the judgment, a copy of which AFP obtained on Monday.
Go to prison without going through square one: a Frenchman, who arrived in Norway about a month ago, received a sentence of 21 days in prison after no less than 25 speeding violations in 19 days.
Having come to the Scandinavian country in search of a job a little over a month ago according to the local press, the 23-year-old young man was stopped for excessive speed 25 times from February 6 to 25.
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The worst offense was committed while driving a Kia on February 20 at 113 km/h in a zone limited to 70 km/h, according to the judgment, a copy of which AFP obtained on Monday.
YAG "represents a danger in traffic", ruled the Oslo court.
According to the newspaper
Aftenposten
, most of the offenses were detected by fixed automatic speed cameras of which the offender was unaware.
This rushed man received a three-day reduction in his sentence, from 24 to 21 days in prison, because of his full confession.
But he will also have to do without his driving license for a year.