This young Swiss driver has escaped jail after being filmed speeding at over 150 miles per hour on a main road while passing around a bottle of Jagermeister.

Four young men in the car were arrested earlier this year after the clip was posted on social media at the end of December 2020 and the police spent over a month tracking them down.

The group drove on a Swiss motorway at speeds of up to 247 kilometres per hour (153 mph) while passing around a bottle of Jagermeister.

At one point in the video, the driver is seen holding a cigarette in one hand and the bottle of booze in the other while singing along to loud music.

The video soon reached the police and it did not take long for them to launch an investigation.

The Zurich Police Department managed to identify the youngsters, four Swiss citizens aged 20 to 23, with the help of Traffic Control Specialists and they were arrested at their homes on 26th January.

The car they were driving in the video, a Volkswagen Golf R, was also confiscated.

The driver, who lives in the canton of Aargau, was investigated for multiple violations of the traffic rules. The three passengers, who live in the canton of Zurich, were later released.

Following the trial, the driver, name not reported, has escaped prison and received a two-year suspended sentence with a fine of CHF 1,500 (GBP 1,220). He also has to pay additional costs of CHF 3,650 (GBP 2,970).

However, Swiss Green Party MP Regula Rytz has slammed the decision, claiming that it will not deter others from taking part in similar stunts.

She said: “A suspended sentence and a heavy fine are not likely to have a deterrent effect.”

She added: “The watering down of the Via Sicura (traffic measures designed to reduce road accidents) will mean that life-threatening and criminal behaviour on the streets will increasingly be punished as a minor offence.”