Duck caught speeding in Switzerland

August 4, 2018 • 3:00 pm

Spot the pun in this story (click on screenshot to see the original, which is reproduced below in its entirety):

The story:

A speed camera in western Switzerland has snapped a duck twice within a period of three days, Swiss police said on Friday.

The camera in Köniz, a municipality southwest of the city of Bern, picked up the first offense as a duck shot through the air 22 kilometers per hour (13.5 miles per hour) over the speed limit for vehicles.

“The duck was traveling in a low-altitude flight at 52 kilometers per hour in a 30-kilometer zone,” local police said in a statement accompanying a picture of the airborne speed fiend.

Three days later, the same camera snapped a duck flying at a similar speed.

But police said they could not determine whether it was a repeat offender or whether they were dealing with a flock of felons.

The duck or ducks were lucky to escape a hefty bill. Exceeding the speed limit by 22 kilometers per hour in a built-up area in Switzerland can result in an official police complaint, a fine and a minimum one-month driving ban.

The alpine country calculates fines based on the offender’s wealth. In 2010, it billed a Swiss driver some $290,000 for clocking 137 kilometers per hour in an 80-kilometer zone.

And a duck joke to complement the above:

A duck walks into a drugstore and buys some Chapstick.  He walks up to the register and the clerks says “Will that be cash or charge?”

The duck replies ” Just put it on my bill.”

 

h/t: Tom

9 thoughts on “Duck caught speeding in Switzerland

  1. Thanks to the city’s quack police squad, they’ve captured the offender – one Mr. Drake – while he was taking a gander at the local watering hole.
    When reached for comment, the Police Captain merely stated “This fowl business will not stand!”

  2. Who snapped the pic of that poor duck? It was an act of sheer bustardry. A duck should have a little privacy, with no pekin, eider thought. But that’s the price you pay for doing Berne-outs in Switzerland.
    Forgive the wordplay, but I can’t help dabbling.

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