# Should a Rich Speeder Pay More?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 21, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-rich-speeder-pay-more/600311 "2011-10-21T00:28:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-rich-speeder-pay-more/600311/1 "2011-10-21T00:28:47Z")

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From [this article:](http://money.msn.com/auto-insurance/should-a-rich-speeder-pay-more-carinsurance.aspx)

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> Law enforcement in Europe goes right for the wallet.
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> Consider the 2009 penalty for a villa owner whose personal wealth exceeded $20 million: $300,000 for driving his Ferrari Testarossa 85 mph through a Swiss village, at the time the largest speeding ticket in the world.
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> But the man held the record only briefly. The next year, a Swedish multimillionaire clocked at 180 mph in his new Mercedes-Benz on a Swiss highway was expected to take home a $1 million fine.
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> Maximum fines are permitted to go even higher in Germany, to $16 million.  
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> A $300 fine represents a little over three minutes of earnings for LeBron James, who took home $45.7 million in 2010. But someone earning the minimum wage would have to work a week.

I am against this system, and I rather suspect there will be at least some support for this scheme here.

Why?

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