In a press release on its website, Brandenburg Police said that officers from its special surveillance group came across the Polish-registered lorry and its 55-year-old driver at the Herzsprung rest area on the A24.
It turned out the driver had been behind the wheel for over 13 hours without a recorded break.
As for the driver’s vehicle, its brakes and exhaust system were both broken. The police add that a lorry inspector had classified the vehicle as “absolutely roadworthy”. Given the truck had a milage of over 1,140,000 km, it perhaps isn’t a surprise.
The driver was prohibited from continuing his journey in the truck and was fined €3,000.