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Know any strange international speeding-ticket laws?
For a short article I'm doing for Popular Science, does anybody have any examples of unusual foreign traffic laws under which Porsche drivers might get very expensive tickets?
For example, in Finland, the cost of a speeding ticket is a function of one's gross income, as in the famous case of the CEO of Nokia getting a ticket a couple of years ago that cost him tens of thousands of dollars. And in France, I believe that over a certain speed, they simply take your car away, whether it's a 2CV or a 911 Turbo. God only knows what they do in Singapore, but I'd be happy to hear from posters who know of any scary overseas traffic laws. Stephan
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Panama laws
Regardless of speed
 IF they stand in front of you on the 2 lane highway and get caught, you will be fined $50  Now, you can always suggest a $10 bill and be done with it right away  Happens all of the time  
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The only one I know is if you go five miles over the limit in Shrewsbury, you're gonna get a ticket.
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Well is Costa Rica any vehicle with surfbords on the roof means the locals stop yaa. They make up the rules and as they go along and it takes about 20 bucks US to make them go away. How fast could our Suzuki Gran Vitara be going with three of us on it climbing a mountain and 9 surf boards on the roof?
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I recall in a program about building the autobahn on the History Channel there was a segment about how the system operates today. Similar to Finland the fines are based on income and in an interview, one of the policemen said that he had stopped someone the previous week for tailgating and the fine amounted to $ 25,000. US
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The only one I know of if the Finnish thing -- I believe they later reduced the fine for that guy.
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On the jungle roads in some Central or South American country (can't recall which) one must stop at checkpoints where you get a time stamped pass. If you arrive at the next checkpoint before a certain time you get a ticket for speeding. Jim
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Australia doubles the fines and the number of license points you lose whenever there is a long weekend (ie Easter, Xmas)
Ask me how I know (picked up my new to me 930 then drove 1100kms home Melbourne-Sydney on a long weekend) Arrived in Sydney and had no license for the next 3 months... ps: Our top speed limit is 110kmh, the 930 does 160 kmh in 2nd gear - you do the math...
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Before the big fall of the USSR, don't have current info
if you killed someone in Bulgaria in a car accident and were drunk you get the firing squad
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When driving in Baja California with "Alto" California plates (That's _US_ folks), one has to make regular donations to the Scenic Highway Patrol's Charity Fund...
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Some years ago there was an article in the NYT or WSJ about driving in Lagos, Nigeria. The police apparently carry whips, and if you break a traffic law, they can drag you out of your car and give you a whipping. If you are driving an expensive car you can be stopped even if you do not break a traffic law, and be invited to pay a large on the spot fine for some imaginary infringement. If you are a foreigner you will not get whipped, but its better to pay anyway. An acquaintance who has been to Sierra Leone says its the same there. Third world traffic laws are whatever will maximise the short term income of the arresting officer.
Article in recent R&T about a town in Ohio that lowers the speed limit on through traffic and collects enough revenue to support the town's extended family of city officials. Remember the Georgian diplomat who got into a drunk driving accident in DC some years back, and killed a few people around Dupont Circle? The US threatened to stop foreign aid to Georgia until they pulled his diplomatic immunity and he was convicted and went to prison in the US. A while later the Georgians arrested an American for a fatal traffic accident ... and I can't remeber what happened. Tit-for-tat.
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Stephan,
In Victoria, Australia, the state government recently abolished the 10% speed leeway; now, Victorian motorists are only allowed to do 3km/h over the posted limit. So, when we had the 10% leeway, you could do 110km/h in a 100km/h zone without getting a ticket. But, now, if you're caught doing 104km/h in a 100km/h zone, you're toast. When you consider how many speedometers are off, and the fact that a lot of people have weird wheel and tire combinations, it's actually a fairly transparent revision. But the thing that makes it odd, to me, is this: the Australian (not Victorian) Design Rules still allow speedometers a speed leeway of 10%. A lot of things can be read into this little discrepancy .... Matt Holcomb MFIWDP 1974 911 Carrera 2.7 (RoW) Dedicated Homepage Engine Rebuild Homepage Pelican Gallery Profile Last edited by Matt Holcomb; 10-09-2003 at 05:57 PM.. |
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Matt - has anyone appealed against a ticket on the basis of the ADRs and won? Even reading that rule makes me angry!
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