Using MySpace to brag about your deviance is so 2005… nowadays it’s all about posting it on YouTube:
Police took up pursuit in cyberspace after a young Norwegian posted on the Internet video of his wild car driving. Following an electronic trail that he left online, police caught him and slapped him with real-life fine $1,300.
The Norwegian, identified only as a man in his early 20s, posted the video called “Driving in Norway” on Google Inc.’s popular video-sharing site YouTube. The recording showed the car’s speedometer hitting up to 150 miles - 240 kilometers - per hour on a public highway near Oslo.
“We’re touching 240,” a voice could be heard saying. “We know it will do it. This is a little nice.”
The video was removed from the Web site after it made national news in Norway last week. “It is disturbing that young people test high speeds on highways like that, and then, on top of it, use the Net to boast about the misdeed afterward,” said Morten Hassel of the district police’s traffic unit.
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December 1st, 2006 at 10:40 am
What an idiot.