A speeding motorist driving at 199 mph on Germany’s Autobahn is fined more than $1,000
German police say a motorist has been clocked driving at more than 199 mph on the Autobahn west of Berlin. He was traveling at more than 124 mph above the speed limit.
The Swiss have the right idea to scale fines according to income.
I have not heard about Switzerland, but this is true in Finland and Denmark at least.
We definitely do this. Not sure though if we only do it for repeat offenders. But there's a story of a rich woman that constantly sped because she could afford the ticket so they just fined her I think 1.4 Million CHF. She took it to court and lost.
In Italy this wouldn't work: all the assholes with cars speeding along highways are formally indigent, not paying any taxes.
The fine should be proportional to the value of the car, or to a formula that includes weight an power of the vehicle
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They went 321 km/h on a 120 km/h section with their Porsche. They were fined 900€, three months suspended and got two points added
You could do literally anything and not get your driving license revoked in Germany, it’s ridiculous
Yeah our city has introduced 30 km / h zones and everyone treats them like 50 km / k zones and goes 55 - 60 km / h. If you actually stick to the speed limit it’s common for people not to keep their distance and even honk at you. During the weekend people sometimes drive 80 - 90 km / h in these areas.
It really sucks that nobody cares about enforcing the speed limit. They should just put some speed bumps there so that people cannot go that fast in these areas first place.
I live in Germany and know someone who got banned from driving for being caught with weed when he didn't even have a license yet (so he was banned from being allowed to even obtain a license) and this motherfucker drives over 200km/h over the limit and gets to keep his?
Had that been Denmark, the car would have been confiscated. Like, it’s not yours anymore and it will be sold in an auction.
Germany is the one country where you legally can drive 320+km/h
Why would you do in in a section with a speed limit?
The fastest I ever drove on the Autobahn was 200 kph (in a diesel Ford Fokus), which was an absolute blast.
After a bit, I saw headlights flash in my rearview mirror. I pulled into the right lane, and a Mercedes passed me like I was standing still. All the windows were tinted, and it seemed lower than usual.
Feelings of entitlement?
It may have been a 120kmh stretch of road which, at his speed, just wooshed past him.
Besudes, there's not that many autobahns left that are without speed restrictions, which is fair I suppose because going 300kmh on a public road is fucking terrifying.
He could have just run the Autobahn to the north of Berlin and go towards the baltic sea the Autobahn there is without limit, literally less than half an hour
1000$??!? That is in no way proportionate to the danger this person poses. He should be fined 20% of his yearly income, have his car seized without recourse and not be allowed to drive for several years at least. What in the actual fuck, sanctions for driving related crimes are extremely low in Germany.
If you kill someone you go to jail. Unless sou were driving a car to do it.....
Not a big enough fine. Also why not give an article using actual measuring units? He was going km/h and was most likely fined in €.
Edit: nevermind it does say 320km/h and 900€. Why does the blurb not say it?
Why does the blurb not say it?
The article lists both, and has the imperial and US dollar figures secondary in parentheses.
Why that was the source chosen, and those numbers picked out of the article to be posted in the Europe community is a good question.
Why that was the source chosen, and those numbers picked out of the article to be posted in the Europe community is a good question.
OP joined Lemmy 2 months ago and has made 3,600 posts containing an insane amount of links to other articles, and apparently has been banned from some communities. Claims not to be a bot. Take from that what you will.
Yeah I checked the article but it really does not say much more than the blurb. So the question of the blurb remains perplexing.
for the lazy one: 320km/h on 120 km/h limited road (also mph works but kph is missing the actual unit no?)
BERLIN (AP) — A motorist was clocked driving at more than 320 kph (199 mph) on the Autobahn west of Berlin, a record high at more than 124 mph above the speed limit, German police said.
The driver was handed a fine of 900 euros ($1,043), stripped of two points from his driver’s license and banned from driving for three months, the Magdeburg police office said Tuesday.
Not that crazy, I don't remember how much point is the maximum before you lose your driving licence in Germany ?
I don’t remember how much point is the maximum before you lose your driving licence in Germany?
8 points and you lose your license. You can then get it back after a minimum of 6 months.
Do note, that points drop after a set time, depending on
I like that in Denmark they confiscate your car even if it's lot yours. If you do something extremely dangerous they just keep it and sell it (after a judge deems it so)
way too lenient