TJ Phaserman 2 Posted April 24, 2008 BERLIN (AFP) - A "disturbed" 50-year-old German with no driving licence was restrained by police with pepper spray after leading them on a bizarre night-time motorway chase, officials said Wednesday. The man first attracted attention by unloading plants and bags from his vehicle -- with the car stereo at full volume -- outside a psychiatric clinic at 4:30 am (0230 GMT) in the southwestern city of Offenburg, police said. When the nightwatchman called the police, the chase began. As he sped off he ran over a policewoman's foot before whizzing off at "breakneck speed" towards the autobahn, where he headed north at speeds of up to 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour with several police cars in hot pursuit. In the end a traffic jam near Darmstadt, south of Frankfurt, was the man's undoing, forcing him to slow down his Volkswagen Golf in the early hours of Wednesday. Six police cars then surrounded the vehicle, smashed the windscreen and restrained him with pepper spray. Police said he had not been drinking alcohol but was "obviously a highly psychologically disturbed man" and had been returned to the Offenburg clinic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kor37 9 Posted April 24, 2008 A Volkswagon Golf can do 125 mph?... :blink: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted April 24, 2008 That was my first thought too. It is like that time we learned that Scottish scientists cloned a sheep. Who ever thought there could be Scottish scientists? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ussvwbeetle 0 Posted April 24, 2008 Those crazy Germans. The man knows a good car too! :blink: A Golf doing 125, that is awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TJ Phaserman 2 Posted April 24, 2008 (edited) Those crazy Germans. The man knows a good car too! :blink: A Golf doing 125, that is awesome! only way i see that happening is if you added toyo tires, a turbo engine with a intercooler, an upgraded intake system with 4 to 5 inch exhaust pipe, and making the car itself lighter. Edited April 24, 2008 by tj_hawk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
