A Swedish man has been handed a £650,000 speeding fine - believed to be the world's largest ever - while driving Switzerland.
Traffic police pulled the 37-year-old driver over on the A12 highway between Bern and Lausanne, when he was seen travelling at two and half times the speed limit in his £140,000 Mercedes-Benz SLS.
The speed limit on Switzerland's motorways is 74.5mph (120km/h). The Mercedes-Benz SLS supercar in which the Swedish driver was caught is capable of a 197mph maximum speed.
Prosecutors claim that he was caught driving at 186mph, the fastest anyone has ever been clocked for speeding in Switzerland.
He avoided being snapped by numerous speed traps as he was travelling at speeds in excess of 125mph, which is too fast for the cameras to function correctly.
The driver, who has not been named, claimed that the car had recently been fitted with a new speedometer, which was faulty.
Swiss speeding fines are calculated using a formula taking earnings into account leaving the man facing the highest possible penalty of 300 days worth of £2,166 daily fines - £650,000 in total.
Traffic police on the scene claimed that he needed over half a kilometre of road to stop the car.
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Big Kev wrote: The driver, who has not been named, claimed that the car had recently been fitted with a new speedometer, which was faulty.
he thought he was only doing 167 mph
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A faulty speedo could not even come close to making you think you were doing less than 120mph atleast, your senses would have to be saying "Hold on a minute buddy this seems pretty quick"
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speedo trick huh..
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The fine based on pay-scale is, I think, a good thing. I'm sure the rich will still find a way to lower it, but should still sting them a bit. As it should in my opinion
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The only problem with that system is that it will only cost Dole Bludgers a pack of Winnie Blues to go speeding around our roads
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...which is about the price of their carmatticooper wrote:The only problem with that system is that it will only cost Dole Bludgers a pack of Winnie Blues to go speeding around our roads
nah, I'd think there's a set minimum
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Fines don't really work... poor folk don't have the money anyway, so a fine isn't going to affect them when they're already in a sheitload of debt with no cashflow.
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