South Africa has at least one 06 Viper breaking the law.........

viper spray · March 20th, 2007, 04:38 AM

And other exotics , check out their reasons for speeding that would never fly here in the states..........

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Claimed speedo was faulty

A 43-year-old man driving a new Dodge Viper was arrested for driving at 126km/h.

“He claimed his speedometer was defective. But we are talking about a 2006 model here.”

“We gave all the men the option of bail. They paid R1 000 , which is about $100 USD ,and were released,” said Maboko.

They also were due to appear in Germiston magistrate’s court on Monday.

From —> Ferrari driver up on speed rap: South Africa: News: News24

**Joelcool** · March 20th, 2007, 09:25 AM

Fucking cops are assholes world wide!

126/h in a 120km/h zone. Thats what, 3 or 4 mile per hour over the limit. Yeah, he was a real danger to the general public!

Kai SRT10 · March 20th, 2007, 11:05 AM

126 kph is what, 75mph?

And he was arrested?!?!?

Yet another reason South Africa sucks.

The Great One · March 20th, 2007, 02:58 PM

That sucks.

bigmike32172 · March 20th, 2007, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joelcool

Fucking cops are assholes world wide!

126/h in a 120km/h zone. Thats what, 3 or 4 mile per hour over the limit. Yeah, he was a real danger to the general public!

HAH!
We agree on something all the time!

**Joelcool** · March 20th, 2007, 06:21 PM

Germany has an interesting system for punishing speeders. The cost of the ticket is contingent on your annual income. I am not sure of the actual break down but say you make 20K per year and you are caught going 20k?ph over the limit, the fine would be..say..$100. If you made 500K per year and got tagged for the same 20k/ph...the ticket would be say $2000. I saw a show where a guy reportedly got a 25K dollar fine (ouch). My ass would consider slowing down if we had that system here.

PS, I know they use D/M and not dollars.

bigmike32172 · March 20th, 2007, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joelcool

Germany has an interesting system for punishing speeders. The cost of the ticket is contingent on your annual income. I am not sure of the actual break down but say you make 20K per year and you are caught going 20k?ph over the limit, the fine would be..say..$100. If you made 500K per year and got tagged for the same 20k/ph...the ticket would be say $2000. I saw a show where a guy reportedly got a 25K dollar fine (ouch). My ass would consider slowing down if we had that system here.

PS, I know they use D/M and not dollars.

Screw that!
I'd be broke by now!

**Richie-SRT10** · March 20th, 2007, 06:49 PM

I saw that also Joel. No matter where you are in the world it is all about revenue.

bigmike32172 · March 20th, 2007, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick-SRT10

I saw that also Joel. No matter where you are in the world it is all about revenue.

Funny how the cop puts on the tough guy act when he pulls you over, but a little money makes it all better!

The Great One · March 20th, 2007, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick-SRT10

I saw that also Joel. No matter where you are in the world it is all about revenue.

Sad but true.

mikedolan · March 22nd, 2007, 02:19 AM

I saw another article about one of the high mucky-mucks of Nokia getting a ticket for 45 in a 25 zone on his motorcycle. Same concept as Germany, but much steeper escalation. His fine was in the vicinity of $65,000.

At that point one would be tempted to make a run for it, what the hell, how much worse could it get? You might get away, and if you didn't, at least it would be more fun.