German police crack down on illegal street car tuning as its season begins

Enthusiasts gathering on Good Friday – renamed ‘Carfreitag’ – face curbs on unauthorised tuning, illegal races and noise and emissions pollution

Police in Germany have pledged a crackdown on illegal racing and the unauthorised modification of cars as members of the so-called tuning scene meet across the country for the start of their annual season.

The Good Friday holiday marking Christ’s death on the cross, called Karfreitag in German – from the Old High German word kara, meaning sorrow – is otherwise known by the extreme car enthusiasts as Carfreitag (car Friday) for its unofficial gathering of the ‘tuners’ and ‘car posers’.

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