Thursday, January 7, 2010

Swiss Motorist Fined More Than $250,000

Speeding tickets are expensive right? Well how about forking over 299,000 Swiss francs ($290,000 USD) for getting caught? That is what one anonymous millionaire had to do at a Swiss court in St. Gallen. The fee was based off of the speeders net worth.

The Swiss police clocked the Ferrari Testarossa at 62mph while going through a village and up to speeds of 85mph on country roads. $290,000 may sound like a lot, but to someone who has a 23.3 million francs fortune; equivalent to $22.5 million USD, it is petty cash.

-Anthony Alaniz
[Source: Reuters]

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