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Europe Slapping Rich With Massive Traffic Fines - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News - FOXNews.com: "European countries are increasingly pegging speeding fines to income as a way to punish wealthy scofflaws who would otherwise ignore tickets.

Advocates say a $290,000 speeding ticket slapped on a millionaire Ferrari driver in Switzerlandwas a fair and well-deserved example of the trend."

If a rich man can get a huge fine for going twice the speed limit through a village because of the danger to people, why shouldn't everyone get a large fine for recklessly endangering everyone? Is a the value of a pedestrian's life determined by who is endangering it?

"The current law could lead to 'ridiculously low' penalties without any possibility of jail time for poor people who are caught driving drunk or speeding excessively, Stamm told the AP."

Shouldn't a poor drunk, who recklessly endangers pedestrian's lives, also get a large punishment?