|
Now that's a speeding ticket...
Police in Switzerland have seized a Swedish motorist's $290,000 Mercedes after he was caught driving 290 kilometres per hour on a Swiss motorway.That's about 180MPH for the kilometer illiterate... Swiss officials were unable to say if it was a record because they do not keep such nationwide data, but it "looks very close to one," federal roads office spokesman Thomas Rohrbach told AFP. Yep, could be... Police said in a statement that the 37-year-old driver had to be stopped by a neighbouring police force after he shot past a permanent speed trap. Damn, Muldoon! Did you see that! Umm...no. His driving licence and 570-horsepower black SLS AMG were seized after he was released from custody, and depending on his income, he could face a fine of up to one million Swiss francs (about $990,000). According to one report, the man blamed his speeding on a "faulty" speedometer. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it... A local magistrate ordered police to keep the car as security pending a likely court ruling and an eventual sentence. Driving more than 25 kilometres an hour over the 120-kilometre-per-hour speed limit on motorways in Switzerland is regarded as a criminal offence, and fines are based on a driver's income. Seeing how he owns a $290,000 car, I'll bet his income's pretty good... The Swedish motorist's alleged speed goes off the scale and the penalty is at the judge's discretion, up to a maximum of about $1 million for speeding, Rohrbach said. Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-18 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=303617 |