GENEVA – European countries are increasingly pegging speeding fines to income as a way to punish wealthy scofflaws who would otherwise ignore tickets.
Advocates say a $290,000 (euro203,180.83) speeding ticket slapped on a millionaire Ferrari driver in Switzerland was a fair and well-deserved example of the trend.
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https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100110/ap_on_re_eu/eu_switzerland_huge_speeding_fineoldId.20100113141102361
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