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Sky News
14-05-2025
- Sky News
Flying duck caught on speed camera could be repeat offender
A duck has been caught on a radar image breaking the speed limit in central Switzerland - and it could be a repeat offender. Police said the mallard had been clocked in the town of Koniz, near Bern, reaching 52km/h (32mph) in a zone with a limit of 30km/h (18.6mph). Officers said they came across the speeding duck while assessing images from 13 April. An image of a duck caught on the same date reaching the same speed in the same place in 2018 was released by police. Officers believe the similar-looking duck could be the same one as last month's culprit. Speed cameras are checked every year and captured images are sealed, according to the authorities. Police considered whether the latest radar image might be a fake, but hoped the public would be able to enjoy the "curious coincidences" of the two incidents.
Malay Mail
14-05-2025
- Malay Mail
Fast and featherious: Duck busted for breaking speed limit (again) in Switzerland
GENEVA, May 14 — A radar image of a speed offender caught in central Switzerland last month revealed that the culprit was not only a duck, but likely a repeat offender, local authorities said. Police in the town of Koniz, near the capital Bern, were astounded when they went through radar images snapped on April 13 to discover that a mallard was among those caught in the speed trap, the municipality said on its Facebook page at the weekend. The duck was caught going 52km an hour in a 30-km zone, the post said. The story, first reported by the Berner Zeitung newspaper on Monday, got even stranger. It turned out that a similar-looking duck was captured flying in the same spot at exactly the same speed, on exactly the same date seven years earlier, the Facebook post said. The municipality said it had considered whether the whole thing might not be a belated April Fool's joke or a 'fake' picture. But the police inspectorate said it was impossible to doctor images or manipulate the radar system. The computers are calibrated and tested each year by Switzerland's Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS), and the photos taken are sealed, the municipality explained. — AFP
