Overview

• Eyewitnesses reported three vehicles racing closely and recklessly through Limburg’s city center and onto Bundesstraße 8 on Friday evening.
• Police patrols subsequently located and stopped the cars, checked the drivers and launched a formal probe on suspicion of an illegal street race.
• Officials have found no evidence of injuries or endangerment to other road users during the incident.
• German federal law, strengthened after several fatal crashes, allows for fines, license suspension and imprisonment for organized racing on public roads.
• The Limburg case is the latest in a series of high-speed street races in Germany that has prompted deployment of specialized police units to curb dangerous driving.