In other European countries, including Switzerland and Finland, speeders are fined a percentage of their income.
The Austrian government is cracking down on"super speeders" on its roads in an effort to boost safety.
Austria's director general of transportation, Vera Hofbauer, told Bloomberg News that the new law hasn't been on the books for long enough to measure its impact, but it's already being felt. Just hours after the law went into effect, the government confiscated the car of a super speeder, she said. In Switzerland, speeding tickets have been calculated based on both income and wealth since 2007, when voters decided to crack down on wealthy speeders. One driver was fined more than $1 million in 2010 for driving his Mercedes sports car about 180 mph in a 75 mph zone.
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