Raser stopped at illegal car racing in Bremen - police drags off!

Raser stopped at illegal car racing in Bremen - police drags off!

What happened in Bremen will surely be remembered for a long time. On the evening of July 8, 2025, more precisely at 10:05 p.m., two men aged 20 and 38 fought an illegal car racing on the Karl-Carstens Bridge in Bremen-A -haben. According to the police, they crossed the speed limit of 50 km/h with sea -aired 130 km/h. The incident was observed by the Bremen police, who noticed the vehicles on the Habenhauser Landstrasse and immediately intervened. One driver who was traveling with a Mercedes took off from the other, one Skoda driver. Regardless of this breakneck, there was also another road user who adhered to the traffic rules and could slow down the two speeders.

The responsible police then stopped the drivers and prohibited them from continuing. Both vehicles have been towed and the drivers now have to answer for suspected an illegal motor vehicle race. According to [NDR] (https://www.ndr.de/niederensache/oldenburg_ostfriesland/illegales-autoren-in-bremen-polize-stoppt-zwei-autobern ,aktuelloldenburg-304.html), the police were severely damaged in this case because a third vehicle was involved in the race. However, the driver of this vehicle has fled.

the legal consequences

illegal car racing in Germany is anything but a cavalier offense. According to the [ADAC] (https://www.adac.de/verwecht/verkehrsblimungs-Deutschland/illegale-autoren/), such races not only focus on terms of money and prison, but also serious legal consequences for those involved. An illegal car race is a competition in which several participants specifically accelerate their vehicle. These include races on longer distances or even escape rides in front of the police. Even traveling speeders alone can make themselves punishable if they drive roughly traffic -contrary and ruthlessly.

The punishments are sensitive: from fines to a prison sentence of up to ten years, an accident with serious consequences should occur. It is no wonder that the state can also confiscate the vehicles of the perpetrators, as in the current case, where the Mercedes and Skoda drivers are now also confronted with the financial consequences of their ruthless behavior.

a deterrent example

The tragic case of the so-called Ku’damm-Raser in 2016 shows how serious the legal consequences can be. Here a racer was sentenced to life imprisonment, while the other has to serve 13 years. Such cases represent a deterrent example and illustrate that the police rigorously intervene in illegal races and pursue the perpetrators, as it became clear here by the police operations in Bremen.

The events on the Karl-Carstens bridge should be thought-both drivers and all other road users. There are rules that should protect us and ruthless driving is not one of them. The judiciary will deal with this case and initiate the necessary steps to put on such badges of a stop.

For the two drivers, summer will certainly be different than they hoped for it. An illegal ride in the fast lane can quickly lead to the collapse of your own plans.