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| Iceland Monitor
| Fri 16 Jun 2017
| 12.45 GMT
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13.10
"It's normal in Europe"
The bus was driving 56 km/h faster than is legal. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Eggert
The Icelandic police stopped a bus driving on the nr.1 ring road south of Reykjavik just before midnight last night. The bus was driving 146 km/h. The maximum speed limit in Iceland is 90 km/h.
The bus driver was foreign, according to the Reykjavik Metropolitan Police. His explanation was that the speed would be considered normal in Europe.
