£180,000 speding fine . . .

[stockhausen]

A Swiss millionaire has been handed down a record speeding fine of $290,000 (£180,000) by a court. The man was reportedly caught driving a red Ferrari Testarossa at 137km/h (85mph) through a village.
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"The accused ignored elementary traffic rules with a powerful vehicle out of a pure desire for speed" the court said in its judgement. (BBC online)

Excellent - serves the pillock right

 

[Alex UK]

Seems a bit excessive for 85 in a 50.

 

[Jez]

Nicest Testarossa i have ever seen

 

[Gaygle]

85 in a 50 and he got a £180k fine?

 

[Firestar_3x]

Nicest Testarossa i have ever seen

Wow aged well!

 

[PhillyDee]

Im guessing it is proportional to his income

Which is the right way of doing it imo.

 

[petriodet]

i think point is to teach him a lesson,£80 wouldn't exectly discourage him.

 

[russ0r]

85 in a 50 and he got a £180k fine?

Methinks they're making an example of him.

The Swiss are pretty bad for this though I gather.

 

[Phate]

Seems a bit excessive for 85 in a 50.

He's a millionaire, can clearly afford it, so why would they care if its excessive or not?

 

[Hotwired]

Muahaha fine based on your wealth.

More fines should be based like that, that way you can't just treat fines as some inconvenient fee to do what you want.

 

[Luseac]

It's obviously income/wealth based. They wouldn't go handing out these sort of fines to your average joe.

 

[Cosimo]

85 in a 50 and he got a £180k fine?

It was based on his assessed wealth and previous offences. I'd get away with a fifty quid fine.

 

[shauncr91]

"The man was reportedly caught driving a red Ferrari Testarossa"
"Pic of a 599"

Would it be that hard to get a correct picture?

 

[reiyushin]

Lol @ pic!

Keep the speeding on the track lads

 

[mark66]

Im guessing it is proportional to his income

Which is the right way of doing it imo.

+1

 

[[TW]Fox]

Im guessing it is proportional to his income

Which is the right way of doing it imo.

Good idea. Lets just run our entire economy like that - want a new car? £100,000 to some people, £10 if you are unemployed.

 

[Muffin`]

"The man was reportedly caught driving a red Ferrari Testarossa"
"Pic of a 599"

Would it be that hard to get a correct picture?

Can you find one?

 

[IAmATeaf]

Im guessing it is proportional to his income

Which is the right way of doing it imo.

Can't see your view point myself, I get caught speeding and as the courts have decided that I can afford it get slapped with a huge fine, person on income support does the same and they get away with handing in an old blackjack and a fruit salad as that's all they can afford!

 

[IAmATeaf]

Can you find one?

Loads here http://images.google.co.uk/images?h...&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=0&oq=ferrari+tes

 

[Dr Who]

Good idea. Lets just run our entire economy like that - want a new car? £100,000 to some people, £10 if you are unemployed.

Dumbest quote of the year award?

How can a fine be comparable to making a purchase?

One is a punishment