In an effort to capture speeding drivers in the act, German law enforcement officials have recently deployed several traffic cameras along roadways around the city of Bonn.
What they didn’t anticipate, though, was taking a picture of anything other than a human being operating the vehicle.
One photograph in particular stood out to officers of the Bonn Police Department as they were going through the photographs that were returned by those cameras. It showed a white automobile going around 7 miles per hour faster than the speed limit, and by the looks of it, the driver of the car was a really gorgeous dog.
And as if that weren’t remarkable enough, he seemed to be accomplishing everything while keeping his eyes closed the whole time.
The photograph was an example of an optical illusion because the dog was positioned in such a way that it completely obscured the face of the person who was in control of the vehicle at the time. That fact made the image more than just a curiosity, though — it actually spared the dog’s human a penalty.
The traffic infringement would have resulted in a fine of around $55 under normal circumstances; however, the police are unable to take any further action since the individual guilty could not be located.
A spokeswoman for the police department said to the local media that “the driver in this case is very fortunate.”
As a result of the driver getting away with what basically amounts to simply a warning since the dog was so obedient, we can only hope that they will ease off on the throttle pedal a little bit moving ahead.