Shakhwan Ameen was on his way home to Norway with his newly purchased Lamborghini Huracan Spider, which he had paid approximately NOK 3 million for in Germany. But the trip home did not go quite as expected. The happy car owner was caught speeding when he was driving 228 kilometers per hour, according to the police. He himself believes he was driving at 140-150 kilometers per hour. The speed limit is 130 on the mentioned stretch. Ameen appeared in court in February this year. Now the judgment from the Danish court Vestre Landsret has arrived. The 33-year-old was deprived of his driving license and received 20 days in prison. In addition, he does not get the car back. It was Danish TV 2 that first mentioned the case. Prison and entry ban According to Ameen, the police have no other evidence than the measurement that was made in the dark. He claims that he has several witnesses who were driving behind him when he was stopped. Shakhwan Ameen drove so fast that he lost his car in Denmark. Photo: private The incident itself occurred on 7 October 2021 on the Hirtshals motorway. It thus falls under the provisions of the Danish Road Traffic Act on negligent driving. In addition to having the car impounded, he was also banned from entering Denmark for six years. – 20 days in prison and an entry ban are no problem. But the state confiscating a car worth two to three million kroner is far too harsh a punishment. It is a lot of money, money I have worked for, says Shakhwan Ameen to news about the verdict. New law in Denmark There is a relatively new law in Denmark which gives the authorities the opportunity to confiscate and sell the cars of illegal drivers. The law entered into force on 31 March 2021. The case belongs to the police in Hjørring, and the car will be sold at auction at some point, Lars Jensen from the police in Hjørring tells Danish TV 2. – That they can take the car from people who do not know about these Danish rules. I think it is quite invasive to take the car, says Ameen. Chief of the Utrykningspolitiet (UP), Knut Smedsrud, however, believes this case is a good example of the law getting it right. – It is designed precisely to be able to react to extreme events. Very few drive at more than 200 kilometers per hour and at twice the legal speed. It is people for whom the law is intended, not the ordinary man in the street, he says. UP chief Knut Smedsrud. Photo: Tordis Gauteplass / news The UP boss is only aware of the case through the media, but believes such extreme cases help to create a preventive effect. It is this effect that he also wants in Norway. – We have an environment that does not care about either prison sentences or whether they are deprived of their driving licence. Wild driving is a deliberate act, and we hope more people will now be warned against this. UP has already advocated for the introduction of the same law in Norway due to a growing trend where young people are caught driving recklessly in this country. Three criteria Basically, there are three different criteria that enable the police to impound the car on the spot. If you drive over 200 km/h, no matter how high the speed limit is. The maximum speed limit in Denmark is 130 km/h. If you drive over twice the speed limit and the speed is over 100 km/h. In other words, you don’t lose the car at 80 km/h in a 40 zone, but it smokes at 120 km/h in a 60 zone. If you have over 2.0 in the blood alcohol level. Denmark has a blood alcohol limit of 0.5, higher than the Norwegian limit of 0.2. Ameen is positive that Norway can have the same rules for savage driving as in Denmark. – I think that’s good, I’m not against this rule. I think it’s fine for people who actually break the law, he says. But in his own case, he says that he still has hope of getting the car back. Ameen understands the case to mean that he has no further appeal options in the Danish legal system, but says that his lawyer is looking at the possibility of appealing the case to the Human Rights Court.
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Shakhwan Ameen was caught speeding in Denmark – does not get his brand new Lamborghini back – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
