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Posted: 2017-01-25T09:58:00Z | Updated: 2017-01-25T09:58:00Z Speeding Driver Gives Police The Most Ridiculous Excuse | HuffPost

Speeding Driver Gives Police The Most Ridiculous Excuse

This is certainly a new one.

Don’t blame it on the sunshine, don’t blame it on the moonlight, don’t blame it on the good times blame it on the wind.

When police officers in Western Australia stopped a speeding Holden Rodeo pickup truck in Bootenal on Monday, the unidentified driver claimed to be exceeding the legal limit because “the wind was pushing me.”

Three Springs Police posted a photograph of the driver’s booking sheet on Twitter:

The motorist was  fined $200 AUS (around $150 U.S.) for driving 10 mph over the 68 mph limit. 

Fellow tweeters were quick to poke fun at the bizarre explanation:

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