Swiss Man Fined $290,000 for Speeding

Have you ever got fined and thought the amount was too much? This might make you completely change your mind, as a Swiss driver just got the biggest fine in the world from a court in the northern Swiss canton of St Gallen: 299,000 Swiss francs, which is about $290,000, Reuters reported.

Considering the value of the fine, you might imagine that the man was driving with 200 km/h, but you couldn’t be more wrong. The Swiss police caught him driving with 100 km/h through a village in h… (read more)