{"id":14160,"date":"2026-04-06T01:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/racing-drivers-stopped-in-southern-athens\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:11:30","slug":"racing-drivers-stopped-in-southern-athens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/racing-drivers-stopped-in-southern-athens\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing drivers stopped in southern Athens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300225\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/humantraffickerscaught-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/humantraffickerscaught.jpg\" alt=\"Racing drivers stopped in southern Athens\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/humantraffickerscaught.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Two motorists were arrested in southern Athens over the weekend for allegedly racing each other, hitting speeds of over 150 kilometers an hour and manoeuvring dangerously, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>A police statement said traffic police patrolling the Vouliagmeni area for racers pursued the speeding cars \u201cfollowing all security measures to avert any risk of accident,\u201d and brought them to a halt on the corner of Athinas and Niovis streets.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the suspects were racing early Saturday on roads where the speed limit was up to 70 kph.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The drivers, aged 32 and 19, face reckless driving charges.<\/p>\n<p>Police have stepped up a nationwide crackdown on dangerous driving in recent months, while the government has drastically tightened penalties for breaches of the highway code.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1300225\/racing-drivers-stopped-in-southern-athens\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two motorists were arrested in southern Athens over the weekend for allegedly racing each other, hitting speeds of over 150 kilometers an hour and manoeuvring dangerously, authorities said. 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