Speeding duck: Switzerland traffic cameras catch flying mallard

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Gemeinde Köniz A brown and white duck flying along a street caught on a speed camera in the city of Koeniz, Switzerland on 13 April 2025.

1A duck has been caught speeding on traffic cameras in the town of Koeniz in central Switzerland.

2Local police said the mallard - a wild duck - was snapped on radar images on 13 April clocking in at 52km/h (32 mph) in a 30km zone.

3Adding to the mystery, authorities said the duck was likely a repeat offender and shared an image of a similar looking duck travelling in the same spot, at the same speed and on the same date in 2018.

4There has been speculation about whether the "notorious racer" duck incident was a belated April Fool's joke, but the police inspectorate said it is impossible to manipulate images on the radar system.

5Authorities said traffic cameras are tested each year by Switzerland's Federal Institute of Metrology and the photos taken are sealed.

6In a Facebook post, Koeniz officials wished the public "a lot of fun" in making sense of the "curious coincidences" seven years in the making.

7"We wish you a lot of fun sensing about curious coincidences, criminal machinations of animals and the maximum flight speed of ducks," the post read.

8Some comments have asked what the penalty will be for the "racer duck's" transgressions.

from BBC