Thread: Driver faces £656k (1milUSD) speeding fine

A Swedish driver who was caught driving at 290km/h (186mph) in Switzerland could be given a world-record speeding fine of SFr1,080m ($1m; £656,000), prosecutors say.

The 37-year-old, who has not been named, was clocked driving his £150,000 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG sports car at 170km/h over the 120 km/h speed limit. Traffic police pulled him over on the A12 highway between Bern and Lausanne, when he was seen travelling at two-and-a-half-times the speed limit.



Under Swiss law, the level of fine is determined by the wealth of the driver and the speed recorded. It is said that he avoided earlier speed camera because he was travelling too fast for them to work properly. The driver is thought to be blaming a faulty recently installed speedometer.

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Driver faces £656k speeding fine - *News - MSN Cars UK

Nice fines... That guy must be rich.

The driver is thought to be blaming a faulty recently installed speedometer.

lol

Sorry officer, I didn't know that I was going 180+mph because my speedometer's broken.

haha gotta love the swiss!

Ok, so he's really flying... why didn't he just keep legging it? At that speed, he'd have ditched the chasing cop car in no time!

He's gonna take a double hit on the insurance. That might actually be worse. I used to work in auto insurance.

At least they could give him a prize for the record... ;)

I wonder what that exact formula is. If I was broke and had no job would I pay nothing? It should scale both ways!

Originally Posted by oldysama

I wonder what that exact formula is. If I was broke and had no job would I pay nothing? It should scale both ways!

and how do you get a car that make 290 km/h ???