Speeding abroad

[oldcolner]

Be wary

£650k fine
A Swedish motorist caught driving at 290km/h (180mph) in Switzerland could be given a world-record speeding fine of SFr1.08m ($1m; £656,000), prosecutors say.
The 37-year-old, who has not been named, was clocked driving his Mercedes sports car at 170km/h over the limit.
Under Swiss law, the level of fine is determined by the wealth of the driver and the speed recorded.
In January, a Swiss driver was fined $290,000 - the current world record.
Local police spokesman Benoit Dumas said of the latest case that "nothing can justify a speed of 290km/h".
"It is not controllable. It must have taken 500m to stop," he said.
The Swede's car - a Mercedes SLS AMG - has been impounded and in principle he could be forced to pay a daily fine of SFr3,600 for 300 days

A Welsh tourist has been allowed to return home from Dubai after settling £36,000 in speeding fines.
Farah Hashi, 25, had his passport seized by a hire car firm after setting off dozens of speed cameras in a rented £160,000 Lamborghini.
The firm said it would not give him his documents until he paid the fines.
But police officers have helped Mr Hashi come to an agreement with the firm meaning he will now pay £26,000.


A baker has been fined €3,000 (£2,700) for speeding on the same Austrian road 42 times in a row.
Heimo Wallner was caught by the same device every day he returned from work at three in the morning.
He told Austrian media he could not see signs for the 30km/h (18.5mph) limit on that stretch of road in the dark - and drove at the standard 50km/h (31mph).
It took more than a month for the first penalty to arrive - by which time he had clocked up dozens more.

[Supersub6]

Blimey OC I don't know about speeding, it looks as though the Merceded was low flying! I'll bet that the Welsh tourist was also guilty of flooring it quite a lot in the Lamborghini and thinking that he would get away with it.
The Austrian baker need to go and get some glasses if he can't see signs, however, my guess is that he just thought that he would get away with it ----he didn't and has had to fork out a lot of bread because of it.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

What exactly is the point of buying a Porsche?

[ClaretinBudapest]

If these extortionate fines are being justified by the appropriate country`s governments then they would ban the driver for life except in the case of the baker who should have been given a fine the next day.In the modern digital age it is absolutely possible for a driver to be fined within 24 hours for speeding.
It is nothing to do with making the roads safer but everything to do with stealth tax.