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In Sweden, the level of the fine for driving over the speed limit is determined by two factors: the wealth of the driver and the speed recorded. And that is just brilliant!
I know I wrote in another post that deterrents usually don’t work and often times create results opposite of their intentions, but the way this Swedish law works (probably) bypasses that. Why? Because if you’re filthy rich and you break the law, the fine is absolutely insane.
A 37-year-old Swedish driver was caught driving his Mercedes SLS AMG 170km/h over the speed limit (290km/h) and was fined $1,000,000. That’s right, one million dollars (or SFr1,080m). Even if your bank accounts have hundreds of millions in them, having to pay a $1m fine is pretty freakin’ steep.
[via: BBC]
