Police officer charged for chasing speeding Ferrari
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Police officer charged for chasing speeding Ferrari
Posted on 03.1.2007 11:06 by Simona Alina
In April 2006 on the E6 road in southern Sweden a police officer was chasing a speeding Ferrari 360 Modena down the wrong side of a motorway at 300 km/h. So what’s with that you will say? Nothing new, we hear before about a Ferrari speeding on the highway and a police officer trying to catch it. Well you are right, but I am sure you dind’t expect that the police officer was charged for that and will have to go in court pretty soon. Why? For careless driving.
The owner of the Ferrari, Bo-Göran Sederlin was driving to a meeting of car enthusiasts, when it met another Ferrari on the motorway. Another car starting to chase the other two Ferraris, but Bo-Göran Sederlin didn’t know it was a police car because it wasn’t marked.
The police set up road blocks to try to catch the car, but when Sederlin reached the block he did a u-turn and drove the wrong way down the motorway.
"I thought he was trying to ram us. I swerved to avoid him, and he smashed into my right side. It was crazy," Sederlin told Aftonbladet. The car, worth one million kronor, smashed into a crash barrier and was written off.
Now both Sederlin and the policeman are being charged with careless driving. Prosecutors say they want to see how far police officers are allowed to go to stop dangerous driving.
In April 2006 on the E6 road in southern Sweden a police officer was chasing a speeding Ferrari 360 Modena down the wrong side of a motorway at 300 km/h. So what’s with that you will say? Nothing new, we hear before about a Ferrari speeding on the highway and a police officer trying to catch it. Well you are right, but I am sure you dind’t expect that the police officer was charged for that and will have to go in court pretty soon. Why? For careless driving.
The owner of the Ferrari, Bo-Göran Sederlin was driving to a meeting of car enthusiasts, when it met another Ferrari on the motorway. Another car starting to chase the other two Ferraris, but Bo-Göran Sederlin didn’t know it was a police car because it wasn’t marked.
The police set up road blocks to try to catch the car, but when Sederlin reached the block he did a u-turn and drove the wrong way down the motorway.
"I thought he was trying to ram us. I swerved to avoid him, and he smashed into my right side. It was crazy," Sederlin told Aftonbladet. The car, worth one million kronor, smashed into a crash barrier and was written off.
Now both Sederlin and the policeman are being charged with careless driving. Prosecutors say they want to see how far police officers are allowed to go to stop dangerous driving.
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I hate it when people run from the police. I think the police should go all the way. If you run, you have something to hide. Never once did I have the urge to try and run from a cop. I realize this case might have been an unmarked car so maybe the drive knew or didn't know it was the police, but in general it is simple. Don't run from the cops. If you crack up and die that is your own fault.
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That's where you are dead wrong, because you are only thinking about the guy that is running and his responsibilities - I agree with you on that score. What about a woman crossing the road with a baby stroller 2 blocks ahead of this guy? Should she or her baby die or be seriously injured because the guy was over the speed limit (a speeding ticket, in effect)? I don't think it is a fair trade off. You can always catch the person later (all you need is the license plate, in most cases), but you can't make other people that may get hurt or killed whole again, ever.
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