These are the most expensive speeding tickets of all time, with record fine costing more than $1,000,000

Some of the most expensive speeding tickets ever issued were the result of strict traffic laws that tie speeding fines to income and luxury cars, including a record fine.

In one case, a Swedish driver was caught traveling over 180mph in Switzerland and was given a record fine of more than $1 million.

The penalty reflected both the speed and the driver’s financial status.

It remains one of the most extreme examples of how traffic laws can escalate depending on who‘s behind the wheel.

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180mph makes for some expensive speeding tickets

In 2010, Swiss police fined a 37-year-old Swedish man €650,000 after he was clocked doing over 180mph on the freeway.

He was driving a Mercedes SLS AMG that he had just picked up in Germany.

The posted speed limit on that road was… 72mph.

A newly installed radar unit captured the exact speed, which older models on the route had previously been unable to do.

At the time, the fine converted to just over $1 million.

Swiss traffic laws use a formula that multiplies a daily income rate by the severity of the violation.

Because there is no upper limit written into the law, high earners face dramatically higher penalties.

In addition to the fine, the man’s car was impounded.

Police said it took the driver more than 500 meters to bring the car to a stop.

He was eventually found at a rest area after being followed by officers.

During questioning, he claimed the speedometer may have been inaccurate.

Swiss officials later confirmed it was the highest speeding fine ever recorded in the country and stated that no driver had ever been caught traveling faster on public roads in Switzerland.

Other cases show how traffic laws penalize wealth at speed

Switzerland is not the only country using this model.

In Sweden, a man driving a Ferrari in a residential area was fined $290,000 for traveling 85mph in a 35mph zone.

His prior offenses and estimated net worth of over $20 million played a role in the calculation.

That fine still ranks among the most expensive speeding tickets outside Switzerland.

Another case in the Netherlands involved a $2.4 million Bugatti Veyron.

The owner’s 20-year-old son was pulled over for going 100mph in a 55mph zone.

The vehicle was seized by authorities, resulting in a significant financial loss. But the fine itself was never publicly disclosed.

These examples show how traffic laws that use income to scale penalties can produce eye-catching fines when luxury cars are involved.

Countries that follow this model argue that it creates fairer enforcement by making sure the consequences are meaningful, regardless of a driver’s wealth.

With luxury cars capable of reaching extreme speeds and more countries investing in updated radar technology, the chances of seeing a record fine will increase.

Where income and speed intersect, fines can quickly reach numbers that were once thought impossible.

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