$1 million speeding ticket

[Malak]

A man driving just a little too fast in Switzerland got themselves the fine of a lifetime.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/13/swedish-man-may-pay-largest-speeding-fine-ever/

 

[Painman]

He can suck it. Public roadways aren't personal playgrounds. He ought to have his license revoked for reckless endangerment as well.

$1 mil could have gone a long way towards his own private track for such shenanigans where the only life he threatened was his own.

 

[StageLeft]

180 on a public road? Fvck you. And if the speedometer was broken (it wasn't), then his sense of speed sucks even worse and he should be sent to a Gulag. I actually like the tiered ticket system. It makes sense to me where, when using money to alter behavior, those with more of it should pay more. A mcdonalds worker feels real pain from a $200 ticket but a rich man feels nothing.

 

[Scouzer]

I wish we'd get salary relative traffic citations in Canada.

 

[Bignate603]

There's no excuse for 180 on a public roads, period. The man deserves the fine and honestly should probably lose his license. He obviously can't drive responsibly.

 

[marvdmartian]

Too bad it wasn't a Toyota.......he might have been able to get away with "the accelerator was stuck!!" :sneaky:

 

[BUTCH1]

Sense of entitlement going on here, "hey I paid 150K for this, I deserve to see what it can do", too bad so sad asshole, take that shit to the track so Joe six-pack won't get creamed by your arrogance. I also wish we would enact tougher laws around here for dangerous driving habits I see people do all the friggin time..

 

[thescreensavers]

What happens if someone has no salary and gets a ticket?

Using the salary to base your ticket system

 

[StageLeft]

What happens if someone has no salary and gets a ticket?

Using the salary to base your ticket system

Minimum still in effect.

 

[Kaido]

What happens if someone has no salary and gets a ticket?

Using the salary to base your ticket system

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ06RKGcPBI#t=9m29s

 

[AMCRambler]

One thing that's kind of lame about speeding tickets is that those speed limits are enacted for cars with average performance. Do you honestly think a Bugatti Veyron doing 60 in 40 can't stop quicker than a Toyota Corolla doing 50 in that same 40 mph zone? The Veyron is going to out stop the Corolla by a wide margin. Seems to me that there ought to be some accounting for the equipment on a vehicle. You paid more and you got a vehicle that can stop quicker, add 10mph to the posted speed limit. 180 I don't think I could condone.

 

[sandorski]

One thing that's kind of lame about speeding tickets is that those speed limits are enacted for cars with average performance. Do you honestly think a Bugatti Veyron doing 60 in 40 can't stop quicker than a Toyota Corolla doing 50 in that same 40 mph zone? The Veyron is going to out stop the Corolla by a wide margin. Seems to me that there ought to be some accounting for the equipment on a vehicle. You paid more and you got a vehicle that can stop quicker, add 10mph to the posted speed limit. 180 I don't think I could condone.

No

 

[Painman]

One thing that's kind of lame about speeding tickets is that those speed limits are enacted for cars with average performance. Do you honestly think a Bugatti Veyron doing 60 in 40 can't stop quicker than a Toyota Corolla doing 50 in that same 40 mph zone? The Veyron is going to out stop the Corolla by a wide margin. Seems to me that there ought to be some accounting for the equipment on a vehicle. You paid more and you got a vehicle that can stop quicker, add 10mph to the posted speed limit. 180 I don't think I could condone.

If the driver of that Bugatti is a feckin' moron, it's still an accident waiting to happen. You need to account for reaction time and driving skill. That's the lowest common denominator.

 

[Bignate603]

One thing that's kind of lame about speeding tickets is that those speed limits are enacted for cars with average performance. Do you honestly think a Bugatti Veyron doing 60 in 40 can't stop quicker than a Toyota Corolla doing 50 in that same 40 mph zone? The Veyron is going to out stop the Corolla by a wide margin. Seems to me that there ought to be some accounting for the equipment on a vehicle. You paid more and you got a vehicle that can stop quicker, add 10mph to the posted speed limit. 180 I don't think I could condone.

Spending more doesn't lower reaction time or make you more aware of what's going on around you.

 

[StageLeft]

One thing that's kind of lame about speeding tickets is that those speed limits are enacted for cars with average performance. Do you honestly think a Bugatti Veyron doing 60 in 40 can't stop quicker than a Toyota Corolla doing 50 in that same 40 mph zone? The Veyron is going to out stop the Corolla by a wide margin. Seems to me that there ought to be some accounting for the equipment on a vehicle. You paid more and you got a vehicle that can stop quicker, add 10mph to the posted speed limit. 180 I don't think I could condone.

There of course should be consideration. An M3 should not be compelled to the same speeds as an F350 cargo van, but how to tier the laws for different vehicles is very hard to implement, hence the undeniably imperfect laws as they exist now.

 

[Anubis]

His excuse: The speedometer was faulty.

lolololol

 

[thegimp03]

Wow, 180 mph and $1m fine. Pretty irresponsible. It's one thing to be going that fast on parts of the Autobahn, but on a road in Switzerland...

On a side note, anybody seen a SLS AMG in person? I saw a black one driving down highway 1 near Carmel, CA last weekend. It was sick, so new it didn't even have a license plate. However, driving 2 cars in front of it was an even better car...a black Carrera GT.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Definitely an appropriate fine for that level of recklessness. But did anyone read this in the second paragraph:

Back in 2002, Nokia executive Anssi Vanjoki had to pay a fine of $103,600 for going 47 mph in a 31 mph zone.

That is bullshit. Certainly that's speeding, but a $100,000+ fine is complete overkill. I certainly wouldn't go that fast on busy city streets, but there are a number of roads where I live which are posted as 50 km/h zones (30 mph), and if you aren't driving at 70 km/h (45 mph), people will blow past you.