Police in southern Denmark report that a Turkish lorry driver caused chaos last week on the motorway near Padborg at the German border in his efforts to evade a roadside police inspection.
When the lorry driver saw the police inspection point, which had been set up in a motorway rest area, he drove onto the hard shoulder and began to reverse against the direction of the traffic. At this point a number of motorists called the police.
The lorry managed to reverse over a kilometre before a motorcycle police officer stopped it and escorted it to the inspection point.
Upon inspection police found that a magnet had been mounted on the vehicle to disable its journey logger and speed restrictor.
The self-employed haulier was made to pay a guarantee of 61,000 kroner before being allowed to drive away the next day. He will eventually appear in court in Sønderborg and is likely to be disqualified from driving.
