Friday, December 11, 2009

Secret Agent

Speeding, failure to stop at traffic signal, impersonating police, driving while intoxicated, and many more failure/reckless/whatever is handled in Germany. The person was released. In the USA, this would have called for a helicopter news crew, multiple cruisers, tasers, and a hospital stay for the driver.


"Secret agent" busted in late night car chase

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police arrested a man who claimed to be a "secret agent" after a high speed chase in pursuit of a car with a blue flashing light on its roof.

Police in the southern city of Fuerth caught up with the man after he raced past them, ignored signals to pull over, and ran a red light as they gave chase.

Smelling strongly of alcohol, the 44-year-old whispered only that he was "one of them," on a secret mission ...

"After matters were taken care of, the would-be 'Mr. Bond' was again released," police said in a statement on Thursday.
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