A potato farmer is fighting traffic cops after they claimed to have clocked his tractor speeding - at 76mph.

Thorsten Holck, of Irschenberg, Germany, was baffled when his 24mph farm vehicle received a ticket complete with a speed camera snap supposedly clocking him at twice the speed limit.

He said: "When I got the ticket I thought they'd sent it to the wrong person but I looked at the photo and saw it was my tractor and couldn't believe it. I knew it must have been a mistake. I mean, my tractor is fairly modern and got a good motor, but I can guarantee it's no supercar. Someone somewhere has made a big mistake and I'm sure when they just take a look at my tractor they'll realise pretty quickly it could never break any speed limits."

Experts believe the camera was out of synch and snapped the tractor after the vehicle that had triggered it had already slipped through.

More evidence for the "speed cameras are for raising money rather than safety" theory!


All was going well until the judge asked to see the tractor...

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