A young woman was tragically killed in Berlin's Charlottenburg district on Wednesday after a car hit her while making a getaway from an attempted robbery.
Thieves stole a digger in central Germany on Tuesday evening to commit an unusual crime - apparently striking back against speed checks on public roads.
Police in Meschede, western Germany, were astonished when a car overtook them on the wrong side of a state road, only to discover that the dangerous driver was 76 years old.
German and European police have been stationed by the sides of roads since 6am on Thursday in the first Europe-wide “Blitz-marathon” aimed at catching speeders.
Thousands of German police officers will hit the country's roads on Thursday for a mass speed-check. Before setting off, their biggest union called for higher fines for speeders – to bring them in line with the EU.
The current German ban on devices which warn drivers about speed cameras as they approach – giving them a chance to re-enter the speed limit before being caught, could soon be lifted.