Posted on 06/07/2023 4:28:01 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Welcome to NATO, Finns.
Switzerland, which is hardly a socialist country (no minimum wage!) holds the record with a $1 million speeding ticket. The idea is to deter antisocial conduct by rich people. You can’t do it with a $100 fine.
If it’s a percentage of income does that mean they give you money for speeding if you’re on welfare?
An interesting story, thanks.
“Dodgy speedometer”
...But all this progress will be lost on the 37-year-old Swede who last week was flashed in canton Vaud exceeding the speed limit by some 170km/h.
His Mercedes SLS AMG – the same make as the safety car at Formula One races – was eventually caught by a new generation speed camera on the A12 between Bern and Lausanne having evaded a number of radars incapable of clocking speeds above 200km/h.
“He needed over half a kilometre to come to a halt,” said Benoît Dumas, spokesman for Fribourg police.
After being formally identified and questioned, he was allowed to leave – minus his car. His excuse was that “the speedometer must have been on the blink”.
A local mechanic told Le Matin newspaper he wasn’t surprised the speedometer wasn’t working. “He obviously disconnected it. It’s an old trick! You can then fool the buyer into believing the car’s been delivered by a truck fresh from the factory.”
According to Le Matin, the car was set to be sold in Germany the same day its driver was stopped.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/driver-faces—1-000-000-speeding-fine/23091098
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