spotted excessively speeding, the motorist had ponyed up

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“I can’t go slower, I have a pony.” » This is approximately what a motorist surprised in a car told the gendarmes. very excessive speeding. The story, communicated on its social networks by the Val-d'Oise gendarmerie, dates back to Friday December 6, 2024.

As they carry out a speed check on the Rd 301THE soldiers of the brigade from Domont (Val-d'Oise) spotted a Mercedes which rushes at very high speed towards theaxis limited to 90 km/h. The mobile radar confirms what they already knew. The motorist is driving well above the authorized speed, having been flashed at 149 km/h !

License withdrawn, car confiscated

Despite this, he was quickly intercepted by police motorcyclists who made him leave the road in order to carry out an inspection. Rather than keeping a low profile, the driver tries to explain himself to the members of the police who “were entitled to the most improbable excuse”, underlines the gendarmerie, specifying that he told them: “My daughter is going to be late for the pony!” »

She actually missed her class, the motorist having been withdrawn his license immediately while his car was impoundedat his expense, for seven days. A procedure for excessive speeding has also been opened. The man therefore faces a fine of 1,500 euros and a license suspension of up to 3 years. If he repeats the offense, he also risks a sentence of 3 months in prison.

Since the end of August, numerous speed control operations have been announced and carried out by the gendarmes during which the soldiers have “too often observed excessive speeds on the departmental roads, particularly in Vexin, but also the consumption of alcohol and narcotics while driving,” regretted the head of the gendarmes, Colonel Denis Mottier, in September. “Our controls are not intended to trap users, but to ensure that they arrive at their destination,” continued the latter while four people were killed on departmental roads located in the gendarmerie zone over the last three months in Val-d'Oise.

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