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November 16, 2012 3:49 PM

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Man stopped for speeding had fully loaded mobile office in car, say German police

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

A vehicle with its interior wired up like a mobile office stopped on the autobahn.

Is it a car or the Starship Enterprise? State police near Saarbruecken, Germany stopped this vehicle which was wired up like a mobile office, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012.

/ AP Photo/Saarland State Police in Germany

(CBS/AP) BERLIN - German police said they pulled over a driver for speeding earlier this week and discovered that he had wired his Ford station wagon with an entire mobile office - laptop, printer, router and more.

We could praise German engineering, but then again, it was an American-made car.

Saarland state police said Friday that the 35-year-old man was driving 130 kph (80 mph) in a 100 kph (62 mph) zone while passing a truck on Monday.

After chasing down the driver, they approached the vehicle and discovered the following "accessories": a wooden frame built on the passenger seat with a laptop on a docking station tilted for easy driver access; a printer; a router; a wireless internet stick; a WLAN antenna; and an inverter to power it all.

Fully loaded indeed.

A navigation system and cellphone mounted to the windshield completed the array.

Somehow, the driver got away with only a speeding ticket of euro120 ($153), because there was no evidence he used the office while driving.

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by enlightenu November 19, 2012 2:41 PM EST: He's lucky he lives in Germany. If he was pulled over in the US no doubt he would have been repeatedly tased and shot.; Reply to this comment


by notredamegirl77 November 18, 2012 9:10 PM EST: Man we have some dumb people in America!! You think this mess is okay to do? Tell that to a family who lost a love one while some fool like this was driving and texting!!! You people are retards and one of your family members will die because one of these people!! Then some idiot will come on here and say it is no big deal!!! This is why Americans are seen as idiots and animals!!; Reply to this comment

by Valhalla0907 November 18, 2012 1:53 PM EST

It's really not much more than we require our police to drive around with, leave the man alone! He's supporting himself with the resources available, more power to him!

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by notredamegirl77 November 18, 2012 9:05 PM EST: Give me a break retard!!! He can kill someone because he is not paying attention to the road and speeding!!!! Only a stupid fool would write a comment like yours!!! You are a big time idiot!!! What if someone here did that and killed someone from your family!! You wouldn't feel the way you do stupid!!! I hate people like you!!!


by tsigili November 16, 2012 7:07 PM EST: Obviously NOT concentrating on his driving.; Reply to this comment


by ManOfSteel-Velvet November 16, 2012 5:22 PM EST: Talking about taking texting while driving to the next level.

The only way to match this is to bring mobile gaming and movie watching while driving to the next level by having a car fully loaded with entertainment systems: XBOX, PS3, fully loaded entertainment system.

Ex. 1) Customize steering wheel with touch screen and with programmable control buttons that change depending on what game or movie currently played.

2) Having the windshield acts a huge display screen for movie or game.

Now the driver can play game or watch movie while driving. LOL!; Reply to this comment

by pbcityvet November 16, 2012 4:58 PM EST

If you look around at all the police cars on the road nowadays you will see the same thing.

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by Uneed2BWeened November 16, 2012 5:30 PM EST: Exactly what I was thinking. So write him a ticket for speeding and let him continue. He sounds like a very productive person.


by bobnjersey November 16, 2012 7:36 PM EST: [If you look around at all the police cars on the road nowadays you will see the same thing.]
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no doubt.

mix that w/ speeding ... and talking on radios while they're driving.

all he seems to be missing is a siren and some flashing lights.

maybe they can give the guy a job.

by hypnotoad72 November 16, 2012 4:53 PM EST

Assembled in America.

Which model of Ford station wagon was it? Many Ford vehicles have transmissions, engines, plastics, multimedia circuit boards, controller computers, etc, etc, etc, made in other countries and merely glued together in America.

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by dylan_89 November 16, 2012 6:20 PM EST: yes but they are still assembled in America and the design for the vehicle as a whole came from an American company in America so ultimately its and american vehicle

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