Court hearing about illegal car racing in Schongau ends with acquittal
Created: 02/04/2022, 10:00 am
A hearing was held before the District Court.
© Ralf Ruder
The Weilheim district court ended with an acquittal against a young adult.
He could not be proven to have taken part in an illegal car race in Schongau.
Schongau
– The driver from the western district of Weilheim-Schongau noticed two police officers who were standing on the road between Schongau and Peiting at the junction to the Herzogsägmühle and were watching the traffic from their vehicle.
They noticed two vehicles that overtook two other vehicles on the outskirts of Schongau and then drove fast and close together.
As one of the two officials reported, they followed the two vehicles, accelerating to 160 km/h.
Eventually they caught up with the vehicles, overtook them and signaled to stop.
The first vehicle, the defendant's, then stopped.
Second driver remains unidentified
The second vehicle had overtaken and continued in the direction of Peiting.
However, they could not find the license plate number of this vehicle.
The older of the two police officers stated that based on the observation, he had assumed an illegal car race, which prompted him to report the incident.
The defendant described the situation very differently: he went to Schongau to buy pizza for himself and his girlfriend.
On the way back, two vehicles drove in front of him at 30 km/h.
In order to move faster, he overtook the two vehicles on the outskirts of Schongau.
He may have driven faster than 70 km/h
The person driving behind him would have overtaken as well.
Then he continued in the direction of Peiting, where he saw the police officers waiting at the turnoff to the fairytale forest.
The other driver followed him at a short distance.
However, he did not know the driver of the other vehicle and had not raced against him.
The defendant admitted that he may have driven faster than the permitted 70 kilometers per hour.
However, he did not endanger anyone because the oncoming lane was free when overtaking.
He also did not endanger other road users in the further course.
Police car without measurement technology
The police officer driving the police car confirmed that there was no danger.
The defendant said he was not driving 160 kilometers per hour.
He thinks it plausible that the police officers had to accelerate to 160 km/h to catch up with him, since they had to accelerate from a standing start.
And this requires a higher top speed.
According to the police officers, the police vehicle had no camera and no measuring technology that could be used to document and accurately determine the speed of the two vehicles.
According to the judge's assessment, the defendant's participation in an illegal car race cannot be proven.
The trial ended with an acquittal.
Because of driving too fast in the 70 km/h zone, the judge gave the young driver good advice: "Drive as you expect others to do."
ALFRED SCHUBERT
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