Moscow needs a new hero: police tow away Batmobile

Russian police impound Batmobile for traffic violations

VIDEO SHOWS: POLICE TOWING AWAY CAR DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE BATMOBILE / COMMENT BY POLICE / VEHICLE ON POLICE CAR PARK RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT.

SHOWS: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2020) (RUSSIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY HANDOUT - DO NOT OBSCURE LOGO) 1.

VARIOUS OF ROAD SERVICE TOWING AWAY VEHICLE THAT LOOKS LIKE BATMOBILE 2.

(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY REPRESENTATIVE, VLADIMIR VASENIN, SAYING: "On February 22, a police traffic patrol on Kutuzovsky Prospect stopped a vehicle being driven by a 32-year-old Muscovite.

It turned out that the vehicle was not produced in a factory, but had been privately assembled in a garage.

In addition, it was not officially registered and had no type of approval certificate and therefore had not been approved for usage on public roads.

A number of official documents have been issued for the owner and an administrative offense case has been initiated.

The unidentified vehicle has been has been impounded by the police." 3.

VARIOUS OF VEHICLE IN POLICE IMPOUND STORY: Russia said its traffic police had pulled over a man driving a life-like replica of the Batmobile through Moscow and impounded the vehicle for flouting the traffic code.

Officers stopped the vehicle in western Moscow on Feb.

22 and are pressing civil charges against the 32-year-old driver, the Moscow branch of the Interior Ministry said late on Tuesday.

The replica of the vehicle popularised in the Batman films had not been registered with authorities, had not been certified as roadworthy and was too wide for Moscow's roads, it said.

The Batmobile could be seen wrapped in tape and black plastic being towed away in footage released by the police.

The police statement did not identify the driver, but Russian media said the vehicle looked like a replica of the Batmobile from Batman v Superman that was put up for sale in Moscow at 55 million roubles ($840,000).

($1 = 65.3110 roubles) (Production: Anton Derbenev)