£650,000 speeding fine

[Razor]

No, not me.

This bloke here... (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7939058/Swedish-motorist-facing-worlds-biggest-speeding-fine.html?utm_source=tmg&utm_medium=TD_7939058&utm_campaign=motoring1208pm)

[BIGSTEVE]

hahahahaha "Benoît Dumas, a police officer in the region where the six-litre Mercedes SLS was stopped, said: "He needed over half-a-kilometre of road to come to a halt."

Dumas hahaha, sorry, i'll go hide in the corner :/

[CheGuevara]

Wow what a knob. The offence alone proves you don't need to be smart to be rich, but then he comes out with "I think the speedometer is faulty" :rolleyes:

[keithd]

bit harsh!

[Nick_69]

Wow what a knob. The offence alone proves you don't need to be smart to be rich, but then he comes out with "I think the speedometer is faulty" :rolleyes:

Thats the old favourite excuse

[Razor]

c'mon he's a legend, he drove faster than the old generation radars could track him... he's frikkin' clint eastwood in the stolen Russki firefox fighter!!

sadly the new tech got him bang to rights :(

[maxinc]

What about jail time / license?

[CheGuevara]

I wonder how many track days he could have done for £650k

[Viney]

"I think the speedo on the car, which is new, is faulty," he told police by way of an explanation.That'll work. i tried that once, and it didnt work then :lol:

[beabert]

Thats perfectly fair way to fine people, based on there income and offense.

[maxinc]

Thats perfectly fair way to fine people, based on there income and offense.

+1

[andreis]

Yep, would like to see income based fines in my country too
Just doesn't seem to be a fine, a way of enforcing social order, if the receiver does not feel it... Wouldn't you break laws that don't suit you at a given time if the penalty would be 1pound?

[maxinc]

I guess minimal penalty fees would still apply for the average Joe.

[andreis]

Depends on what Joe is earning on average...

[maxinc]

We would still have to pay a minimum £70 for speeding. But if you are speeding in a Bugatti because you don't care about the £70, then maybe a £70,000 fine would be more appropriate.

[yorkie_chris]

I don't agree with it TBH, as you'd end up with the dolites on £50 a week or whatever it is getting a 45p fine for running over your gran while uninsured driving a deathtrap.