[ratpack] Re: speeding ticket.
- From: Aleta Boyce <alboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:21:29 -0600
LOL - I'm wondering why it took him a half mile to stop.....
Great article, Paul, thanks!
On Aug 12, 2010, at 8:11 AM, PAUL W WATSON wrote:
I found this on the news this morning.
I don't think I ever have to worry about this kind of fine for
speeding, since part of it is based on income.
I'm sure that his speedo on his new $240,000 Mercedes was broken
like he claims, ya right.
The moral don't be rich, speed and have expensive cars in Europe.
Paul
"One Swedish motorist could be facing a gargantuan speeding fine —
up to $962,000 — after he was caught driving 180 mph along a Swiss
motorway.
Police seized the Swede's driver's license and 570-horsepower black
Mercedes-Benz after he was released from police custody, The Local,
a website that covers Swedish news, reported. He could face a
penalty of up to 1 million Swiss francs — or $962,000 — depending on
his income level, The Local reported.
In Switzerland speeding fines are based on the severity of the
offense and the offender's income level.
Police said the 37-year-old motorist was driving so fast in this
$240,000 sports car that it took him nearly half a mile to stop.
Swiss officials did not know if it was a record, but that it "looks
very close to one," federal roads office spokesman Thomas Rohrbach
told AFP.
We have no record of anyone being caught traveling faster in the
country," a police spokesman told Britain's Daily Telegraph on Friday.
The driver's explanation to officers: "I think the speedo on the
car, which is new, is faulty."
"A speed camera on the A12 highway between Bern and Lausanne
captured the transgression.
Police said he had eluded being zapped by numerous radars en route
simply because he was going too fast and they were unable to clock
speeds beyond 125 mph. A newer camera perched along the motorway was
able to snap his offense.
It's not the first time someone has had to pay such a hefty fine in
Europe for speeding. And even lower speeds can generate big fines.
In January, a Swiss court slapped a $290,000 speeding ticket on a
millionaire Ferrari driver who drove 60 mph (nearly twice the 30 mph
limit) through a small village.
The head of Finnish communications giant Nokia was ordered to may a
$103,000 fine for his speeding ticket in 2002. Officers pulled over
Anssi Vanjoki on his cherry red Harley Davidson in Helsinki after he
was clocked driving 47 mph in a 31-mph zone.
In Finland, traffic fines are also proportionate to an offender's
crime and income level."
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