Anti-social driving is taken seriously in urban areas across the UK. When London’s Metropolitan Police ran a targeted enforcement operation in some of the capital’s wealthiest districts over the weekend, plenty of high-end machinery came under scrutiny. Even so, officers found a few surprises. One was the driver of a rare Ferrari Monza SP2 who allegedly lacked the proper license and insurance, despite the very serious metal they were piloting.
The Monza, an example of which recently sold for around $5 million (£3.7 million), had reportedly been in the UK for a single day when police stopped it. The driver had been at the wheel for less than half an hour, according to the Metropolitan Police, and allegedly held only a provisional licence with no insurance. The open-top speedster was the headline catch in a wider crackdown across Hyde Park, Kensington, and Chelsea between August 7 and 9.
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