Speeding Driver fined £181,632.39
And you think Qatar was bad ..........
The Swiss legal practice of fining offenders according to their means has proved painful for a millionaire motorist who has been hit with a record £181,632.39 penalty.
Swiss police caught him racing through a village at 63 miles per hour (100 km per hour) in his red Ferrari Testarossa, Swiss media reported.
A court in the northeastern Swiss canton of St Gallen handed down a fine of 299,000 Swiss francs.
“The accused ignored elementary traffic rules with a powerful vehicle out of a pure desire for speed,” the court said in its judgement.
The St Gallen Cantonal Court ordered the man to part with a proportion of his £14.2 million (23.3 million franc) fortune, which included a villa with a garage containing five luxury cars.
Times
He can afford to pay... but a waste of money :(
...listen to the sound of silence....
Great minds think alike.. how!!
I suppose that this is an isolated and a once off case - personal police problem against millionaire
Holly Crap!
Then I guess the Qatari police aren't so cruel after all :P
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Yes they do Brit :)
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i just saw this post 2 min ago...
Great minds think alike :O)
Brit I posted it just a few minutes back :P
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/869961
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