...when your car is capable of 300+ km/h! (Mine was not quite)
Taken on an early morning drive on the A8 close to Stuttgart:
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>> that his car’s speedometer may have been faulty.
Yeah, it got stuck on the right side of the dial.
How progressive of them.
Somebody needs a lesson in geography.
This story should be of concern to us all, as it represents “experimental law”, that could come back to bite us all.
A guiding principle of the law is equality before the law. Most of us are familiar with how nasty the law can be if it is oppressive to one group of people, because of who they are. In past there have been many groups who have been persecuted this way—and the end result is always bad.
But governments that used to persecute the poor are now having the idea of persecuting the wealthy. And since there are not that many wealthy people, if it works, they will turn on the middle classes.
How would you feel if a minimum wage worker got a $10 speeding ticket, but because you have a good job, you have to pay $500, even though you both were going the same speed?
And no reason that this is just limited to speeding, or cars. How would you like to be punished more, just because government thinks “you can afford to pay more”?
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG costs close to $200,000. (U.S.) and supposedly is electronically limited to 197 mph top speed, so the car wasn't running totally flat-out at 180. Frankly, anyone who can afford a car that cost $200,000. can probably afford attorneys to fight the million-dollar fine, which is preposterous, even for a rich guy driving at insane speeds on a public highway. However, jail time might be more appropriate for anyone this reckless.
I need to book a trip to Lusanne and Bern, Sweden quick! How much for a round-trip ticket? Anyone? Anyone?
Obama to introduce similar federal speeding laws soon.
David Letterman’s tickets might just bail out NY.
He must have thought he was in Germany on the Autobahn.
This man’s excuse that the speedometer was faulty reminded me of when I was in traffic court (as a witness, the OP doesn’t do speeding) and one of the cases before the judge was of a man caught going over 100 mph on The Beltway. His excuse: “My speedometer wasn’t working.”
After the judge stopped laughing and collected himself, he said, “You don’t know the difference between 100 mph and 55 mph?”
...when your car is capable of 300+ km/h! (Mine was not quite)
Taken on an early morning drive on the A8 close to Stuttgart:
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