World's Tallest fines for speeding

Particularly acute can feel for yourself the difference in monetary penalties for speeding drivers on the road of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. To get from here to neighboring Finland is not difficult, and St. Petersburg people often go there for a variety of cases. But crossing the border, the main thing - do not forget to reset the usual for Russian drivers speed of 60 kilometers per hour high resolution. In Finland (as well as in Denmark) capacity maximum fine for speeding is not provided.

The penalty is taken as a percentage of annual income of the offender. Several years ago, 27-year-old Jussi Salonoya, heir to the empire of northern European meat producers, received a fine of about $ 200,000 just for the fact that in the area of ​​the sign 40 km / h was moving at a speed of 80 km / h. The fact is that the annual salary of the offender was 11, 5 million dollars. Finnish courts, of course, have a hard time to produce the figures of the annual earnings of a Russian citizen, and yet they can find a way to harsh punishment and for visiting drivers.

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Record fine in Canada, was appointed in Alberta - it is $ 25, 000. Typically, the perpetrators get off in Canada with fines at $ 1,000, but once one rider had put in the ill-fated Alberta $ 12 000. The police caught the motorcyclist as he was driving at a speed of 260 km / h .

In Britain, as in many other countries, the penalties, the higher the longer exceeded permitted at a particular site speed. The establishment of violations carried cameras and calm if the British and speeding, they usually get off with a fine of $ 100. But if speeding significant, then the penalty can be enormous. In 2007, the Porsche 911 caught the driver when his car was moving at a speed of 275 km / h on a rural road, which led the British government to just infuriating, and they doubled the fine for speeding, and even a fine for careless driving. As a result, Porsche drivers had to shell out $ 8,000.



A motorcyclist traveling at a speed of 260 km / h, left the Canadian Police

In most US states speeding is punishable by an amount not exceeding $ 1,000. But crossing the border purely contingent of some states, the driver can immediately get under penalty significantly greater than the classic one thousand dollars. A total of 15 km / h over the speed status is punishable by a fine in Virginia $ 2,500. It is also useful to know that for a substantial speeding in many states, you can easily put behind bars.

The worst offenders do not like speeding in France, Switzerland, Italy, about the same. You can fly on the order of $ 2,100 fines. In Portugal, the traffic police are equipped with mobile ATMs and ready to collect fines from violators without delay the process. Fines are zealously and for any violations from talking on a cell phone while driving, and not fastened passengers back row and ending with speeding. Drivers who can not pay on the spot, it is forbidden to go further. Fines for speeding can reach $ 1,800. But who on earth is to have a $ 1,800 cash or bank card to pay the fines?



In Australia, a huge break the rules are much cheaper than in Europe, and keep track of all motorists on the straight and long Australian roads is difficult. But in the cities of the driver of the following cameras and speeding can cost the equivalent of 850 US dollars. Violators tourists should not hide from the Australian fines in their own countries - a receipt will find them everywhere. If Australians do not pay, then the next time travel to Australia at the offender will not work.

For speeding in the Netherlands can pay 800 dollars. And the police will have the money in place. If speeding is twofold, the offender will be taken to the local jail, and his car was confiscated. Maybe that's why so many Dutch cyclists - just all the machines citizens languishing in warehouses of confiscated goods.

Germany - the only country in the world, luxury motorways which
sometimes not set the speed limit at all

No wonder Schumacher hails from Germany - there simply is encouraged to fast driving. Not only is it the only country in the world, luxury motorways which are temporarily set the speed limit at all, so even where the limit is still there, the penalties for exceeding the not so impressive. When converted to dollars in the worst case would have to pay $ 623 and lose their driver's license.

In Russia, everything is much easier - the worst thing that threatens here drivers for speeding in monetary terms is 2,500 rubles, or about $ 85 dollars. For most Russians, a lot of money, but for the well-earning residents of cities it's not the money that would make "daredevils" to comply with the SDA. For them, in Article 12.9 of the Administrative Code, Part 4, provided separate punishment: for exceeding the set speed value of the vehicle to more than 60 kilometers per hour penalty - from 2000 to 2500 rubles. or deprivation of the right to drive the vehicle for a period of four to six months, plus withdrawal of the driving license.



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