Horse Caught on Red Light Camera

You ever have the feeling that you could out run Ben Johnson during his steroid fueled hey-day?

I know I do, even at my advanced age. It usually happens after I’ve been locked up in the house all day or I see a squirrel in the distance. The desire is there, although I’m not sure the speed is after all these years.

I always wonder what my peak speed is now? Is it a humanesque 20mph or a cheetahesque 60mph? I’ll never know, but a horse in Germany gave it a shot.You see, she was caught on a red light camera in the city of Meppen.

Sadly, red light camera’s don’t care about speed, they only care about ~~money~~ traffic infractions.

Turns out she escaped from her dog house and dashed off down a busy road as the Austrian Times tells us.

A police spokesman said: “The horse was galloping at full speed for several kilometres before it could be stopped, caught and led back home.

“The picture was taken by a camera set to take pictures of speeding motorists and people going over the red light. It was actually a car driver that triggered the picture and the horse ended up being snapped in the same picture.

“The driver has asked if he could avoid paying the fine – he claimed he was trying to get out of the way of a runaway horse. At least we know that part is true.”

The horse was returned to its paddock unharmed. A broken fence was repaired to prevent a repeat.

I wonder whether putting a rock in front of the fence would keep old Nelly from escaping again. I know that’s how my old man would try to fix it.