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Baron von Richthofen
08-01-2010, 11:40 AM
Speeding motorist fined $290,000
http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/odd/6654654/speeding-motorist-fined-290-000/
:eyepop:OUCH!

erick
08-01-2010, 11:44 AM
No ouch for him - petty cash.

Geoff45
08-01-2010, 11:46 AM
Seems a bit excessive for 100km/hr. The article also says he did up to 137km/hr on country roads. Only 137 km/hr in a Ferrari??!!. What a waste!

tlgerdes
08-01-2010, 11:58 AM
Yeah, but Geoff, remember country roads in those parts are only about 3 metres wide at best:scared:

multiweb
08-01-2010, 12:05 PM
Nah... they creamed him coz he can pay. That's all there is to it. The country roads in Switzerland look like the hume highway here unless you go high in the mountains and everybody's doing 140kph average on them. He wasn't really speeding. Just got caught in a red shinny car.

Ric
08-01-2010, 12:24 PM
Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear doesn't like Switzerland either.

He reckons that if you have a sports car you are an instant target for revenue raising.

erick
08-01-2010, 12:26 PM
I believe it is the law in some European countries - fines are proportional to wealth/income.

Ric
08-01-2010, 12:31 PM
Cool, technically I should be let off with a warning every time. :thumbsup:

I'm always broke. :lol:

multiweb
08-01-2010, 12:31 PM
Taxes are. It's called "Impot sur les grandes fortunes". Just based on Wealth. Don't have to work.

multiweb
08-01-2010, 12:33 PM
Only the STIG can "get away" with it. ;)

TrevorW
08-01-2010, 12:36 PM
Isn't it daft that we make these car's that can do over 200kph but don't supply the roads for people to use them on

Whats the point ????

el_draco
08-01-2010, 12:39 PM
I would have made him watch a 40 tonne truck run over his "little man" extension, preferrably while he was still inside his toy. What price the lives he risks extinguishing in his quest for an ego?

richardda1st
08-01-2010, 01:03 PM
As it should be.:lol:

AG Hybrid
08-01-2010, 02:24 PM
And Jeremy Clarkson thinks Testarossa's are rubbish too.