Driving a Porsche 911 in the Netherlands and the cops take you on their radar? What do you do? Our advice, don’t run away, coz here’s what happens when you’re not a very good drive, yet you’re trying to escape the police.

Just recently in Spain, an Audi RS6 was caught speeding at 210 km/h on the A-49. We’ve seen faster, what we haven’t seen up until now is that this driver had more than a good reason for his behavior, as the car was stuffed with bags of hashish, totaling nothing less than 870 kilograms of the drug — which have an estimated street value of $180,000.

The driver had rather optimistically loaded the bags in plain sight, using up pretty much every cubic inch of the space inside. Upon passing a police patrol, the officers have noticed the suspicious baggage and began pursuing the guy — who really stepped on it. In the end the suspect got stuck in traffic, abandoned his car and continued the chase on foot, eventually getting caught.

Stupid!

If you’ll end up for a couple of days in London you’ll see that these guys take cars really serious. Except for the Police. While I stayed 3 days in the city I *failed* at seeing supercars with the Police signs on them. Apparently, things are about to change because Jaguar UK is going to come up with a specil XF Diesel S model especially for the force. Stylish looks and good performances, the car is one fine addition to the motorpool. It runs on a 3-liter diesel engine that sends it naught to 60mph in 5.9 seconds and achieves a 42mpg.The first ever Police-spec XF is currently being evaluated by Police forces across the country, but I havea  feeling it’s going to stick with them …

Not sure if you know, but the Germans may have some of the best highways (can you say “no speed limit”?) in the world, but from my own experience, they also have great traffic control. And I’m not only talking about Police officers, but also about infrastructure and such.

That, however, wasn’t enough for a British driver who decided to make fun while speeding on the autobahn. He installed a Muppet in the passenger seat, which is where exactly the recording camera focused on. The speed cameras in Germany are made to take photos of drivers who sit in the left side of the vehicle, which in that case was a Muppet.

Here’s what they had to say about the funny Brit:

“The number plate is not enough. We need clear evidence of who is driving the vehicle too. But because this is a British vehicle we can never get a decent picture. The driver has obviously worked this out because he has placed a large puppet in the passenger seat.

This may be an example of the famous British sense of humour but it is still dangerous driving. The driver has been caught on camera on several occasions and the puppet is on the passenger seat every time. We suspect he positions the toy deliberately before accelerating past the camera.”

Funny, huh? Would you do it? – via BoingBoing

.. and you thought your tax money was going to waste?

Pic credit – Vic Pardal