300km/h speedster faces $1.1 million fine

[Bill Gaheer]

300km/h speedster faces $1.1 million fine ALLAN HALL
August 12, 2010

.A man caught speeding in the latest Mercedes-Benz supercar has been slugged with the world's largest speeding fine.

A Swedish motorist is facing the world's biggest speeding fine of pounds 650,000 after being caught driving at almost 300km/h on a Swiss motorway.

The 37-year-old man was driving at two-and-a-half times the speed limit in his $500,000 Mercedes-Benz Gullwing and police said he was travelling so fast it took him some distance to stop.

In Switzerland speeding fines are worked out using a formula based on the income of the motorist and the speed.

According to prosecutors, he is now facing the highest possible penalty of 300 days of fines at 2166 pounds a day, a total of 650,000 pounds ($1.1 million).

''We have no record of anyone being caught travelling faster in the country,'' said a police spokesman.
He was caught by a speed camera on the A12 highway between Bern and Lausanne on Friday.

He escaped being caught by numerous radar traps en-route simply because he was going too fast and they were incapable of clocking speeds beyond 200km/h.

A new generation of radar machines finally caught him travelling at close to 300km/h.

''I think the speedo on the car, which is new, is faulty,'' he told police by way of an explanation.

The police arrested him shortly afterwards and released him after questioning.

Benoit Dumas, a police officer in the region where the car was stopped, said: ''He needed over half-a-kilometre of road to come to a halt.''

[Axe]

Classic!

[Rainbow7]

Totally worth it.

[Ward P]

Based on your income? Surely if you could afford a new gullwing merc, you could afford a "creative" accountant who could swear that your income was infact negative, and you had a huge loss last year. So infact you would actually incur a payment for going at that speed!
and for that sort of speed.... so you should.

remind me to bypass Switzerland next time I'm passing that way!

[Landmine]

Can't see what the fuss is about?

[Stuntrider666]

Why did he stop

[bazman]

A Swedish motorist is facing the world's biggest speeding fine after being caught driving at almost 300km/h on a Swiss motorway.

''I think the speedo on the car, which is new, is faulty,'' he told police by way of an explanation.

he shoulda juz bought an early gen1 busa.....coulda/woulda cracked the "elusive" 300 barrier!!!

Love the excuse, I'm gonna try that one next time I'm silly enough to stop!

[bigjay]

wonder what would of happened if he killed himself or someone else driving like that??? One day people will wake up

[Landmine]

wonder what would of happened if he killed himself or someone else driving like that??? One day people will wake up

Stop wondering. I know he or the other people would be dead.

[highwaybruiser]

Makes you wonder what the conditions were like at the time, i.e, time of day, visibility, amount of traffic on the road (if any), etc., and whether he got it on video!

[Macbusa]

wonder what would of happened if he killed himself or someone else driving like that??? One day people will wake up

Stop wondering. I know he or the other people would be dead.

hahaha.. as much as thats funny, it does have some true in it

[bigjay]

wonder what would of happened if he killed himself or someone else driving like that??? One day people will wake up

Stop wondering. I know he or the other people would be dead.

my wonder is at peoples reactions. Not of the outcome................

[FalcoPerigri]

Why did he stop

So he could answer his mobile phone when the police called and he thought they said he had WON a million dollars!
Apparently the wind noise at 300kmh isn't good for talking on phones!

[Landmine]

Why did he stop

So he could answer his mobile phone when the police called and he thought they said he had WON a million dollars!
Apparently the wind noise at 300kmh isn't good for talking on phones!

This sounds possible. Basically a law abiding citizen without blue tooth pulled over to answer his mobile.

[heavensdoor]

Please remind me what forum this is Vespa? Thought it was Hayabusa?

my wonder is at peoples reactions. Not of the outcome................
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