bluntman
01-08-2010, 11:54 AM
Hope you are a millionaire...or maybe not!
http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/01/08/the-290000-speeding-ticket/
The $290,000 Speeding Ticket
by Noah Kazis on January 8, 2010
The record-setting ticket was given to the driver of a red Ferrari Testarossa. Photo: SeeMonterey via Flickr.It would be a red Ferrari, wouldn't it?
The Swiss courts just handed down the world's most expensive speeding ticket: 299,000 Swiss francs, or just under $290,000. According to the BBC, the motorist was barreling through a small village at 85 miles per hour: 35 mph over the speed limit. Because the Swiss, like many European countries, assess higher speeding penalties to those with a greater ability to pay and because he was a repeat offender, this millionaire had to part with a small fortune. In Switzerland, even the rich have a strong incentive to follow traffic laws.
Stateside, the fines for speeding are bit more lenient. Last August, an off-duty Ohio police officer was caught driving 147 mph down the highway and walked away with a $150 fine and a six-month suspension of his driver's license. For the rich, penalties for traffic crime amount to a pittance. Millionaire CEO Richard Anderson was driving at an estimated 60 mph on the streets of Tribeca when he struck and killed Florence Cioffi in January 2008. Despite refusing a Breathalyzer test and initially leaving the scene of the crash, Anderson was able to plea down to a 16-day jail sentence, 250 hours of community service, and a fine.
The amount? $350.
http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/01/08/the-290000-speeding-ticket/
The $290,000 Speeding Ticket
by Noah Kazis on January 8, 2010
The record-setting ticket was given to the driver of a red Ferrari Testarossa. Photo: SeeMonterey via Flickr.It would be a red Ferrari, wouldn't it?
The Swiss courts just handed down the world's most expensive speeding ticket: 299,000 Swiss francs, or just under $290,000. According to the BBC, the motorist was barreling through a small village at 85 miles per hour: 35 mph over the speed limit. Because the Swiss, like many European countries, assess higher speeding penalties to those with a greater ability to pay and because he was a repeat offender, this millionaire had to part with a small fortune. In Switzerland, even the rich have a strong incentive to follow traffic laws.
Stateside, the fines for speeding are bit more lenient. Last August, an off-duty Ohio police officer was caught driving 147 mph down the highway and walked away with a $150 fine and a six-month suspension of his driver's license. For the rich, penalties for traffic crime amount to a pittance. Millionaire CEO Richard Anderson was driving at an estimated 60 mph on the streets of Tribeca when he struck and killed Florence Cioffi in January 2008. Despite refusing a Breathalyzer test and initially leaving the scene of the crash, Anderson was able to plea down to a 16-day jail sentence, 250 hours of community service, and a fine.
The amount? $350.