When receiving the notice and initial verdict, this driver immediately filed an appeal because the fine was too large. However, the judge ruled in favor that the fine was completely correct and not the crime of playing with a camera as some people suspected.
In fact, Switzerland is one of the few countries in the world that regulates income-based traffic fines, along with Finland. Instead of fixed fines like most other places in the world, these two countries apply a day fine system.
According to Motorist, the driver received a 50-day penalty, with about 2,200 USD per day (about 56 million), meaning the total fine is nearly 110,000 USD (about 2 billion 800 million). In addition to the large fine, the Swiss court also ordered the driver to pay $14,500 (VND370 million) in court fees. Thus, the total amount of money that drivers have to spend for their mistakes is 124,000 USD (about 3 billion 164 million), equivalent to nearly 7% of their annual taxable income. Therefore, the annual taxable income of this driver will be about 1.8 million USD/year (about 46 billion VND).
According to 20Min, in 2010, a Swiss man was also fined $290,000 (about 7 billion 400 million) for speeding on a Ferrari. More recently, in 2023, a Finnish driver was fined $127,000 (about 3 billion 241 VND) for speeding.
