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290 km/h driver faces $1M speeding ticket
Agence France-Presse August 15, 2010
Swedish police stand next to a 570-horsepower black Mercedes SLS AMG, which was seized after the driver was allegedly caught driving 290 kilometres an hour on a Swiss motorway.
Swedish police stand next to a 570-horsepower black Mercedes SLS AMG, which was seized after the driver was allegedly caught driving 290 kilometres an hour on a Swiss motorway.
Photograph by: AFP, Getty Images
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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290 km/h driver faces $1M speeding ticket
Agence France-Presse August 15, 2010
Swedish police stand next to a 570-horsepower black Mercedes SLS AMG, which was seized after the driver was allegedly caught driving 290 kilometres an hour on a Swiss motorway.
Swedish police stand next to a 570-horsepower black Mercedes SLS AMG, which was seized after the driver was allegedly caught driving 290 kilometres an hour on a Swiss motorway.
Photograph by: AFP, Getty Images
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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