79-Year-Old Tells Court She Couldn’t Sleep, So Went For A 140 MPH Ride In Her Porsche

For car enthusiasts like ourselves, there aren’t many better solutions to a

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by Brad Anderson

July 25, 2017 at 19:27

For car enthusiasts like ourselves, there aren’t many better solutions to a reckless night’s sleep than going for a drive when the roads are empty and life feels simple and stress free.

However, the 79-year-old owner of a Porsche Boxster GTS took things to new extremes in Namur, Belgium last year after being snapped driving at 147 mph (236 km/h) by a speed camera at around midnight.

While appearing in court this month, local media outlet Gazet Van Antwerpen says the 79-year-old confessed to her crime (it’s hard to refute a speeding camera…) and admitted that she simply went for a drive to clear her mind.

“No, I was driving myself. I could not sleep that night and so I decided to take a ride to clear my head,” she told the judge.

Despite the woman having no previous criminal record, she was hit with a hefty 4,000 euro ($4,663) fine and banned from driving for three months.