https://germanyiswunderbar.com/german-travel-news/will-i-get-a-knollchen-for-driving-too-fast/ German Travel & Tourism Guide Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:28:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://germanyiswunderbar.com/german-travel-news/will-i-get-a-knollchen-for-driving-too-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:28:27 +0000 http://germanyiswunderbar.com/?p=5150#comment-1032 My partner picked up an on-the-spot speeding fine a few years ago not far from Leipzig. The youngish cops looked pleased to have stopped our Hamburg registered hire car and to have captured West Germans flouting the rules in the former East. They appeared even more delighted on realising they had caught real English tourists being naughty. My partner’s usually fluent german deserted her as we scrabbled around for documents and made incoherent apologies. The police were polite throughout and as we completed our payment wished us a pleasant stay and, after speaking german throughout our exchanges sent us on our way with, in heavily accented English, ‘have anice day’. German humour – it’s the best!

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