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#1 Sep 07 2006 at 9:27 AM Rating: Good

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Either Canada needs more Goats to stop the rampant speeding, Smiley: goat

or AEGIS is liking Switzerland more and more.

Speeding driver blames lack of goats

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Swiss driver caught speeding in Canada explained that he had been taking advantage of the ability to drive fast without hitting a goat, police said on Wednesday.

The driver was caught traveling 161 km/hr (100 mph) in a 100 km/hr zone in eastern Ontario Sunday.

"A motorist from Switzerland, used to driving around hills and mountains, takes advantage of the ability to go faster without risking hitting a goat," read the traffic officer's notes of the incident.

Local police said it was the first time they had ever heard of such an excuse.

"I've never been to Switzerland but obviously they must have a problem with that there," said police spokesman Joel Doiron, adding that in his 20 years of service he had never found a goat on the highways of eastern Ontario.

The Swiss driver's imaginative excuse did him little good. Police issued him a C$360 ($330) speeding ticket.

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#2 Sep 07 2006 at 9:38 AM Rating: Decent

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Hmmm, not too many Smiley: goat

on the road here in Austria, and Switzerland is just 'round the corner...

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#3 Sep 07 2006 at 10:21 AM Rating: Excellent

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Either Canada needs more Goats to stop the rampant speeding, Smiley: goat

or AEGIS is liking Switzerland more and more.

Speeding driver blames lack of goats

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Swiss driver caught speeding in Canada explained that he had been taking advantage of the ability to drive fast without hitting a goat, police said on Wednesday.

The driver was caught traveling 161 km/hr (100 mph) in a 100 km/hr zone in eastern Ontario Sunday.

"A motorist from Switzerland, used to driving around hills and mountains, takes advantage of the ability to go faster without risking hitting a goat," read the traffic officer's notes of the incident.

Local police said it was the first time they had ever heard of such an excuse.

"I've never been to Switzerland but obviously they must have a problem with that there," said police spokesman Joel Doiron, adding that in his 20 years of service he had never found a goat on the highways of eastern Ontario.

The Swiss driver's imaginative excuse did him little good. Police issued him a C$360 ($330) speeding ticket.

Funny, from what I remember of Switzerland it wasn't goats on the road that I was worried about. It was all those switchbacks up the mountains and if you go to fast, well, you tumble over and die.

Although, I guess hitting a goat would send you over the edge too?

You just know in the next few days I'm going to hear about a few goats put on the highway, just because of the comment that the police spokesman said.

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#4 Sep 07 2006 at 10:34 AM Rating: Good

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See it's not that the goats in Switzerland actually roam on the highways, it's that whenever those randy motorists see a goat that "is just asking for it", they stop their cars in the road to go fetch the goats. I heard it on CNN once so it must be true.

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#5 Sep 07 2006 at 10:35 AM Rating: Decent

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Slow news day?

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#6 Sep 07 2006 at 10:41 AM Rating: Good

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