A motorist, who tried to avoid a puddle on the Lakavegur mountain road by driving into a quagmire, ended up stuck in the mud and had to pay a hefty fine for breaking the law. The Lakavegur road is located within the Vatnajökull Nature Reserve, South Iceland.
“The police was patrolling the area yesterday and caught the culprit red handed. The driver confessed and was written a fine, that has already been paid,” policeman Þorsteinn Kristinsson said in an interview with the Icelandic Broadcasting Service yesterday.
Off road driving is prohibited in Iceland, although the injunction is continually being ignored by motorists, leaving some areas marred beyond repair. The fine for illegal off road driving can amount to 500.000 krónur (3.221 euros/4.314 US dollars).
A motorist, who tried to avoid a puddle on the Lakavegur mountain road by driving into a quagmire, ended up stuck in the mud and had to pay a hefty fine for breaking the law. The Lakavegur road is located within the Vatnajökull Nature Reserve, South Iceland.
“The police was patrolling the area yesterday and caught the culprit red handed. The driver confessed and was written a fine, that has already been paid,” policeman Þorsteinn Kristinsson said in an interview with the Icelandic Broadcasting Service yesterday.
Off road driving is prohibited in Iceland, although the injunction is continually being ignored by motorists, leaving some areas marred beyond repair. The fine for illegal off road driving can amount to 500.000 krónur (3.221 euros/4.314 US dollars).
