By Wang Zhenghua SHANGHAI - A senior traffic police officer in Hangzhou, Zhejiangprovince, said he was "appalled" by an incident on Saturday inwhich a fleet of luxury sports cars exceeded the speed limit by upto two times in the city. The city's traffic police said it had stopped eight out of 34Ferraris caught racing on Saturday on a highway linking Hangzhou,Xin'anjiang and Jingdezhen. The vehicles were heading from Shanghai for Zhejiang province toparticipate in a drag-racing event. "I was appalled by this group of people risking their own and otherpeople's lives on the highway," said Fang Jianru, a senior officerfrom the traffic police's highway division. "It's very dangerous to speed on that section which has manycurves, tunnels and bridges," he said, adding that it was the firsttime he had seen such a large number of cars simultaneouslyspeeding since he joined the force seven years ago. After a series of high-profile traffic incidents involving thechildren of wealthy and powerful parents, drivers of expensive carshave been singled out by the media as an example of China's wealthgap. In one of the most notorious examples, college student Hu Bin racedhis Mitsubishi sports car at between 84 km and 101 km per hour indowntown Hangzhou in 2009, killing a man on a crosswalk. As a result, 20-year-old Hu was jailed for three years and thevictim's family received 1.13 million yuan ($206,972) incompensation. Saturday's incident, which did not cause any casualties, also hitthe headlines in the local media due to the value of the vehiclesinvolved - between 2 and 4 million yuan. Police said that the incident took place at around 2pm on Saturday.Eight of the vehicles were stopped by police at a tollgate on thehighway. According to speed trap records, these cars were traveling atspeeds ranging from 154 to 198 kph. "They passed me like a gust of wind," said a local man whowitnessed the scene. "These are very powerful vehicles but their owners forgot that theywere not on a professional racetrack," he added. Police also said that the owner of a red Ferrari identified as Tangset a new speeding record on the highway by traveling at a speed of213 kph on a section with a 100 kph limit. Tang told the police that he was lagging behind the other cars, andwas racing to catch up with them. Six other drivers, also sought for speeding, evaded the police byleaving the highway at the nearest exit. Police handed three owners 200 yuan fines each while confiscatingthe driving licenses of five others. One driver, who did not havehis license, had his car taken from him instead. Follow @asiaonemotoring. I am an expert from papercarrier-bag.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Personalized Paper Bag , Paper Carrier Bag Manufacturer, Folding Gift Boxes,and more.
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