BLAGOVESCHENSK, March 17 Highway patrol recorded a new speeding record on the Amur federal highway, a Lada car was driving at a speed of 181 km/h with permitted 90 km/h, according to the Ministry of Transport of the Amur Region.
It is specified that the previous record in February belonged to the car Toyota Prius, which was moving at a speed of 178 km/h on the federal highway Blagoveshchensk-Belogorsk.
«Over the past month, the driver of the Lada car set a record for exceeding the speed limit. He was moving at a speed of 181 km/h at a speed of 90 km/h allowed outside settlements. The violation was recorded by a road patrol at 50 km of the section» Entrance to Blagoveshchensk «of the Amur federal highway,» the message says.
Ruslan Gostevsky, head of the road service, stressed that such speeds could provoke a catastrophic accident that could lead to death.