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4/9     Radar clocks Mini Cooper at mach 3: http://csua.org/u/6ud
        \_ Equiped with Mini-Twin Rocket Pack(c) and Dual Enhanced Thruster
           System(c) while pointed straight downwards after being dropped from
           orbit by ESA launch vehicle last June.
        \_ I wonder how much an outfit like Mini might pay for that sort of
                                            \_ BMW
           thing.
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A Belgian motorist was left stunned after authorities sent him a speeding ticket for travelling in his Mini at three times the speed of sound. The ticket claimed the man had been caught driving at 3380 kph 2,100 mph - or Mach 3 speed - in a Brussels suburb, a Belgian newspaper reported. However, police later admitted that a faulty radar had been responsible for the Minis incredible feat. The police have since apologised to the man and promised to fix the radar. The incident took place in December, but only came to light when Belgian prosecutors were asked to follow up the unpaid fine. We called the local police to find out what height the plane caught speeding along the Boulevard Lambermont was flying at, a member of the Brussels public prosecutors office joked to Belgiums La Derniere Heure newspaper. Police also said they had made a mistake in still sending out the ticket, given that it was impossible - even for a doughty little Mini - for a car to have travelled so fast.