Now That Is A Fine!!
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:34 pm
Speeding millionaire fined $290,000
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (AP)  A Swiss court has slapped a wealthy speeder with a chalet-sized fine  a full $290,000.
Judges at the cantonal court in St. Gallen, in eastern Switzerland, based the record-breaking fine on the speeders estimated wealth of over $20 million.
A statement on the courts Web site says the driver  a repeat offender  drove up to 35 miles an hour (57 kilometers an hour) an hour faster than the 50-mile-an-hour (80-kilometer-an-hour) limit.
The Blick daily newspaper in Zurich reported the fine was more than twice the previous Swiss record of about $107,000.
