"Are you kidding? Do you want to fine me? And for what reason?. Can't you see that if I don't wear a seat belt it's because I have a big belly, so I have the same rights as pregnant women." It goes without saying that the overweight gentleman got the fine anyway. He's just the latest in a very long list of drivers who every day invent any excuse to avoid fines once they're caught red-handed.

«I'm running to the hospital»

There is no doubt that the most popular excuses are the fantastical ones for being caught speeding. And so here is the most popular: "I'm rushing to the hospital, my wife is sick, I couldn't go slowly, she can't see that I'm very worried". Even more expert are those who delve into medical explanations: "My wife called me, her blood sugar is three hundred, I'm rushing home and then we have to go to the hospital". And there are even those who have to rush to wash because "I couldn't hold it in, forgive me but I shit myself".

"I have to go to the bathroom"

Several fines instead concern cars parked in front of driveways, often towed away with a tow truck. And the excuses to avoid them are endless. "I had to leave my car on the crosswalk because I had to go to the bathroom. Don't you believe it? Come to the bar with me and the bartender will confirm it for you" and again "I had a drop in blood pressure, I had to stop quickly to go to the bar and get a glass of water".

All the details in the article by Giorgia Daga on L'Unione Sarda on newsstands and in the digital edition

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