A Ford Focus driver wound up with a nearly $1,000 ticket after being clocked at 437 mph by a faulty speed camera

• An Italian motorist in a Ford Focus was caught going 437 mph by a malfunctioning speed camera. 
• The glitchy speed reading came with a near-$1,000 fine, along with 10 points on the person's license. 
• Local police didn't check the absurd speed figure before issuing charges, according to reports.
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A motorist in Italy was slapped with a hefty fine after a malfunctioning speed camera caught them driving 437 mph, Italian car website Autoappassionati reports, via Motor1. 

According to the original article, the speed limit on the stretch of road where the incident occurred in the commune of Offagna is roughly 43 mph, meaning the driver was apparently caught doing just over 10 times the legal limit — or, you know, the speed of an airplane. Local police failed to check the numbers before issuing a penalty, the report said, meaning the driver was facing a penalty of nearly $1,000 and 10 points to their driver's license.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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