Speeder Gets Record $290,000 Fine
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A millionaire motorist clocked up a record fine of $290,000 after Swiss police caught him racing through a village at 100 km per hour in his red Ferrari Testarossa, Swiss media reported on Thursday.
A court in the northeastern Swiss canton of St Gallen gave the millionaire the hefty penalty, which outstripped the previous record of $107,000 handed a Porsche driver in 2008 in Zurich, after a string of previous traffic offences.
"The accused ignored elementary traffic rules with a powerful vehicle out of a pure desire for speed," the court said in its judgment of the motorist, who clocked speeds of up to 137 km per hour [85 mph] on country roads, said daily Blick.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The St Gallen Cantonal Court ordered the man to dip into his $22.5 million fortune, which included a villa with a garage containing five luxury cars.
Court officials said they could not immediately confirm details of the case.
In October, St Gallen police pulled over another speeding motorist after he committed 15 traffic offences in 10 minutes, including driving on the hard shoulder, jumping a red light and failing to stop for police.
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