In 2010, a 37-year-old Swedish man was driving 180mph on a Swiss motorway – two and a half times the speed limit and was subsequently fined £650,000.
In Switzerland, speeding fines are worked out using a complicated formula based on the income of the person speeding and how fast they were going.
Local police spokesman Benoit Dumas said of the incident, ‘nothing can justify a speed of 290km/h, as it’s not controllable’, according to the BBC.
When the speeding motorist was apprehended he explained how the speedo on the car was faulty – probably would’ve been cheaper to replace the speedometer.
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