11 Sep, 2025 @ 08:15
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Motorcyclist in Spain’s Palma clocked at 124km/h in 50 zone

A MOTORCYCLIST in Palma (Mallorca) is facing criminal charges after being clocked doing 124km/h in a 50km/h zone.

The reckless rider was caught on August 29 at 3.42pm by a speed trap on Camí de Can Pastilla, a busy stretch near Palma’s coast, where local police had set up a static radar checkpoint.

According to Palma’s Local Police, the high-powered motorbike triggered the radar at a speed that qualifies as a serious criminal offence under Spain’s Penal Code.

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The offence carries tough penalties, including:

  • Up to 6 months in prison
  • Fines of up to 12 months’ salary
  • Up to 90 days of community service
  • A driving ban of up to 4 years

Authorities have already begun proceedings to track down and identify the biker and will be referring the case to the courts.

Palma Police issued a reminder to the public: “Speed limits exist to save lives. No thrill is worth the risk.”

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Dilip Kuner

Dilip Kuner is a NCTJ-trained journalist whose first job was on the Folkestone Herald as a trainee in 1988.
He worked up the ladder to be chief reporter and sub editor on the Hastings Observer and later news editor on the Bridlington Free Press.
At the time of the first Gulf War he started working for the Sunday Mirror, covering news stories as diverse as Mick Jagger’s wedding to Jerry Hall (a scoop gleaned at the bar at Heathrow Airport) to massive rent rises at the ‘feudal village’ of Princess Diana’s childhood home of Althorp Park.
In 1994 he decided to move to Spain with his girlfriend (now wife) and brought up three children here.
He initially worked in restaurants with his father, before rejoining the media world in 2013, working in the local press before becoming a copywriter for international firms including Accenture, as well as within a well-known local marketing agency.
He joined the Olive Press as a self-employed journalist during the pandemic lock-down, becoming news editor a few months later.
Since then he has overseen the news desk and production of all six print editions of the Olive Press and had stories published in UK national newspapers and appeared on Sky News.

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