Thursday 17th August 2006

Speed camera snaps F1 car

Dike dash triggers cash cow

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Nabbed!

A speed camera captured the high-speed dash of F1 driver Robert Doornbos' Red Bull Racing car across Holland's Afsluitdijk this weekend.

As we reported yesterday, Doornbos drove the length of the straight, 20 mile dike which protects Amsterdam from the sea's incursions.

But a speed camera nabbed him -- and it can't have been a Gatso because we've heard how they don't work above 170mph, and Doornbos' top speed was 201mph. We haven't heard yet whether he'll get a NIP in the post.

• Related story: F1 car only just thrashes M5

[zoidberg]

Didn't realise it was April 1st. Looks like a nifty bit of photoshoppery to me

[dinkel]

Dunno if that's da pic but they did snap him

". . . which protects Amsterdam from the sea's incursions."

Amsterdam is about an hours drive from the Afsluitdijk . . . the thingy protects a bit more

www.robertdoornbos.com/?go=news&id=400

There ya go!



Thanks to Planet.nl

Edited by dinkel on Thursday 17th August 11:28

[klassiekerrally]

Whot! No licenCe plate!

Edited by klassiekerrally on Thursday 17th August 16:56

[koen0373]

So who gets the speeding ticket? The RB2 has no license plate, so Doornbos can always say it was Coulthard or Klien with his helmet on. :-)

[mybrainhurts]

A note to our Dutch friends....

LicenCe...

We use English round these 'ere parts, not Americanese....

[dinkel]

koen0373 said:

. . . licence plate, s . . .

Does the rocket have one?

[r988]

mybrainhurts said:

A note to our Dutch friends....

LicenCe...

We use English round these 'ere parts, not Americanese....

Do you really expect to talk sense to people who wear wooden shoes?

[jasandjules]

r988 said:

Do you really expect to talk sense to people who wear wooden shoes?

Perfectly sensible. If the dams break, wood floats.... They will all float home.

[dinkel]

About 2% of the Dutch wear wooden shoes every now and then . . .

[900T-R]

dinkel said:

About 2% of the Dutch wear wooden shoes every now and then . . .

That many?

[dinkel]

Every now and then . . .

[koen0373]

dinkel said:

koen0373 said:

. . . licence plate, s . . .

Does the rocket have one?

Yup it does. It's road legal.

[Dakkon]

The pic does look like its been photoshopped a little

[dinkel]

Koen, where do you live

[Bodo]

dinkel said:

About 2% of the Dutch wear wooden shoes every now and then . . .

The rest tows caravans.







sorry

[jon h]

Dakkon said:

The pic does look like its been photoshopped a little

For sure. The eye level is too low... It appears to have been taken from a conventional human eye level, not from the high level at which a Gatso is situated, unless they are all on shot poles in Holland...

Jon H

[boolay]

326, I assume that's the kph, therefore 203.75 mph

Edited by boolay on Thursday 17th August 13:27

[koen0373]

Dakkon said:

The pic does look like its been photoshopped a little

AFAIK he only did one run. And it was in the opposite direction. Besides we drive on the RIGHT as in good and not left side of the road.

[Dr S]

900T-R said:

dinkel said:

About 2% of the Dutch wear wooden shoes every now and then . . .

That many?

Explains why they have such problems driving properly on German autobahns if they actually do wear these wooden thingies...

[paulsmansfield]

Definately fake, he's driving on the left hand side of the road and the same way as the traffic on the opposite side. The video shows him going in the opposite direction of the traffic and on the right hand side of the road.