German police nab motorist playing flute

tin tin · Post by **tin tin** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:34 pm

[Quoted from cnn.com/offbeat]

GERMAN POLICE NAB MOTORIST PLAYING FLUTE
Thursday, September 11, 2003 Posted: 1:23 AM EDT (0523 GMT)

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- German police caught a man playing the flute with both hands as he sped through traffic at 130 kph (80 mph) on a busy highway, police said on Wednesday.
"He was leaning back in the seat and steering the car with his knees and feet," said Johann Bohnert, a spokesman for police in the town of Traunstein near the Austrian border.
"He looked like he'd had practice."
He now faces a fine of 50 euros ($56).
The 52-year-old from Salzburg in Austria, birthplace of Mozart, the composer whose works include the opera "The Magic Flute," told police he was not actually blowing the instrument.
"He said he was just practicing fingerings," said Bohnert.

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