Florida driver blames Putin and threat of nuclear war for speeding

‘I’m freaking out here, okay. I got people in Ukraine’

A Florida driver who was pulled over for speeding tried to blame his offending on the threat of Vladimir Putin launching a “nuclear thermal war”.

Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies pulled the motorist over in Palm Coast, just north of Daytona Beach, on 24 February after he allegedly broke the speed limit while turning a corner in a residential area.

In a video uploaded to Twitter, the driver can be heard offering different excuses that he had just bought the car, and saw a car coming and “wanted to get out before them” while being questioned by the deputy.

Unimpressed, the officer says: “I literally saw you run the stop sign, make a left turn, and hop on the gas.”

“There was no reason for that at all.

WATCH: Florida man pulled over for speeding blames Vladimir Putin.

“I just found out that Putin just said he’s gonna launch nuclear thermal war against the world and I was trying to get back to my house to find out what’s going on.” pic.twitter.com/Mes5clWsVU

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 2, 2022

“To tell you the truth, I just found out that Putin has said he is going to launch nuclear thermal war against the world and I was trying to get back to my house to find out what was going on.

“I’m freaking out here, okay. I got people in Ukraine.”

The officer can be heard laughing, and proceeds to take the man’s insurance and registration details.