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CTV News
14-05-2025
- CTV News
Swiss speed camera captures duck flying at 52 km/h
A photo posted by the Swiss Municipality of Köniz on Facebook shows a duck in an image captured by speed camera. Geneva, Switzerland — 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 52 kilometres (32 miles) 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 ame 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.
RNZ News
13-05-2025
- RNZ News
Swiss speed camera captures duck flying at 52km/hr in 30km zone
A speed camera has caught a duck going 52km an hour in a 30km zone in Switzerland. Photo: Facebook / Gemeinde Köniz 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 Konzig, near the capital Bern, were astounded when they went through radar images snapped on 13 April 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 52 kilometres (32 miles) an hour in a 30km 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
The Guardian
13-05-2025
- The Guardian
Flying duck caught in Swiss speed trap believed to be repeat offender
A radar image of a speed offender caught in central Switzerland last month has revealed that the culprit was not only a duck but probably a repeat offender, local authorities have said. Police in the town of Köniz, near the capital, Bern, were astounded when they went through radar images snapped on 13 April 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/h (32mph) in a 30-km/h 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, and the photos taken are sealed, the municipality said.
