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Fine of up to 782000 Euro for SLS AMG driver for speeding with 290KM/H in Switzerland

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  • #2
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    DubDani wrote: »
    He claims the speedo did not work, and that he didn't know how quick he was going.

    :D:D:D

    excuse fail!


  • #3
    Prabhu Deva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭Prabhu Deva


    tsk tsk tsk...


    should have waited till he got to Germany


  • #4
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Sounds like he can afford it
    The nation's system for imposing speeding fines directly relates to the offender's income.


  • #5
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    If the fine's £600k then his income's probably large enough for it not to bother him too much.


  • #6
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Prabhu Deva wrote: »
    tsk tsk tsk...


    should have waited till he got to Germany

    Germany in a built up area it would have been:
    680, - EUR, 4 points, 3 months driving ban

    And in a non builtup area:
    600, - EUR, 4 points, 3 months driving ban

    Bit of a difference :)


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  • #7
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    keithclancy wrote: »
    Germany in a built up area it would have been:
    680, - EUR, 4 points, 3 months driving ban

    And in a non builtup area:
    600, - EUR, 4 points, 3 months driving ban

    Bit of a difference :)

    or nothing on the unrestricted autobahns, I'm sure thats what he meant


  • #8
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    or nothing on the unrestricted autobahns, I'm sure thats what he meant

    Obviously, but its only fair to compare the same offence. i.e. breaking a speed limit.

    I mean he could have just waited till he got to a track :)


  • #9
    drifting
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭drifting


    This is nothing compared to the guy who's son was caught speeding in Holland in a Bugatti Veyron and had his Bugatti Veyron impounded indefinitely.


  • #10
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    drifting wrote: »
    This is nothing compared to the guy who's son was caught speeding in Holland in a Bugatti Veyron and had his Bugatti Veyron impounded indefinitely.

    Read that alright...

    Even more of a kicker is that the Veyron in the Netherlands with BPM costs 1.8 million euros. Roughly 750,000 euros of that is registration tax.

    Edit:

    This is the car :)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V8AW3D4lLg


  • #11
    Caliden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,982 ✭✭✭Caliden


    Wasn't there a chap before who got a similar fine?
    I believe it's based off your previous year's income and the guy that got fined had recently declared bankruptcy :D


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  • #12
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Caliden wrote: »
    Wasn't there a chap before who got a similar fine?
    I believe it's based off your previous year's income and the guy that got fined had recently declared bankruptcy :D

    The Nokia boss:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1759791.stm

    Although he wasn't bankrupt :)


  • #13
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    I loled. Wouldn't be bothered over him thought. They take part of his income if I am correct. so if they got allmoust 1mil of his income, I can imagine how bog was his cake :).

    On the ather side, he chose quite cheap car to do this stunt. I can bet he will be going for 300 next time!

    I heard aswell that speed cameras failed to get the real speed he was doing :)


  • #14
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,727 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Ahhhh-choooo :D


  • #15
    drifting
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭drifting


    It seems that the 242mph speeding ticket theory is nonsense. That was merely the speed that Arthur Chirkinian claimed the car reached. He said he slowed down when he saw the cops, and the actually speeding ticket was for a much lower speed, 127mph or 180mph depending on which website you read.


  • #16
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Ahhhh-choooo :D
    This is a car that tops 90 km (242 mph).

    Good quality journalism there...


  • #17
    limklad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭limklad


    I am for having the The Swiss/German/Dutch system should be applied here. Automatic ban with car impounded indefinitely.


  • #18
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    I have no pity for him and hope it bankrupts him. What was he trying to proove? He was putting peoples lives in danger...If he wants kill himself well then thats fine but its not fair to put other peoples lives in danger with his reckless speed. If he wants to race..then take his car to a track and we'll see how good he really is.


  • #19
    cyclopath2001
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,359 ✭✭✭cyclopath2001


    Caliden wrote: »
    Wasn't there a chap before who got a similar fine?
    I think it's possible in Finland, a Nokia executive if my memory serves me right.

    It's interesting to note that all of these countries that have 'realistic' speed limits and 'good roads' as admired so much by the 'ordinary decent speeders' here on boards (or ODS drivers, for short), also have very real penalties compared to the mild slap on the wrist drivers get here, if they are caught at all given the low level of enforcement here.


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