Swiss speed camera snaps flying duck - believed to be repeat offender
A speed camera has captured a duck speeding in central Switzerland not once, but perhaps twice, several years apart.
Police were going through radar images snapped on April 13 when they came across the culprit, caught flying at almost double the limit in the town of Köniz, near Bern, the AFP reported.
According to a Facebook post, the bird was clocked going 52km/h in a 30km/h zone.
But police were further surprised when a suspiciously similar looking duck was captured speeding in the same spot, with the same speed, on the exact same date seven years earlier.
The Gemeinde Köniz Facebook post where the picture was posted questioned whether this was a belated "April Fool's" joke or a fake picture, however, it asserted it was impossible that somebody had manipulated the radar images.
"The computers are yearly inspected and checked by METAS, and the photos are sealed," the post said.
The initial incident in 2018 made international headlines, but the duck has yet to be charged.
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