By Marc Menendez-Roche • Updated: 21 Sep 2024 • 10:28 • 1 minute read
BMW Driver Fined €115k for Tailgating Credit: Pexels, Ingo Joseph
A lawyer driving a BMW was fined €115,000 for a deadly 100km an-hour tailgating stunt.
Tailgating can be annoying and dangerous, but it’s now a €115,000 mistake for this Swiss lawyer.
A Swiss lawyer has learnt the hard way after getting slapped with a €115,000 fine for tailgating the car in front while he was driving his BMW at 100km an hour.
The lawyer was barreling his brand new BMW at breakneck speeds of up to 100km an hour, inches away from causing a deadly accident, and causing general distress on the road. His biggest mistake was leaving less than three metres between himself and the car in front, which was promptly pìcked up by traffic cameras for all to see.
How can a BMW driver be fined €115k for tailgating?
In Switzerland, the law doesn’t care how wealthy drivers are unless it’s time to fine them. Switzerland’s notorious income-based penalty system means that the lawyer’s high income turned a standard fine into a mind-blowing €115,000 penalty.
People are divided over the eye-watering scale of the fine, with some calling over the top, while others welcome stricter laws that punish those who put others, including children, at risk on the road.
Will the €115,000 fine teach this legal eagle to keep his distance next time?
Is this partly why the wealthy are leaving Switzerland?
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Marc is a writer, teacher, and language enthusiast with a passion for making complex topics simple and accessible. With a background in business and legal communication and an interest in educational neuroscience, Marc has spent over a decade teaching and writing. Now, as part of the team at Euro Weekly News, Marc enjoys diving into entertaining topics and stories that matter to the community. When he's not writing, Marc loves practising martial arts, playing football, cooking up a storm in the kitchen, or spending quality time with friends and family, but above all, Marc enjoys spending time with his son, Macson.
Same should happen in Spain. Tailgating is very common with Spanish drivers. Never police around to catch them and certainly no cameras.
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