A Georgia man was handed a speeding ticket for a whopping $1.4 million for going 90 mph in a 55 mph zone. Connor Cato of Chatham County was shocked to see the amount so he double-checked with the officials. However, he was told that it wasn’t a mistake and he needed to appear in court in the next couple of months.
A $1.4 million fine!
In the incident from last year, Cato told WSAV-TV in Savannah that he received the citation in September after getting pulled over by the Georgia State Patrol for speeding. He said he knew he was going to get a super speeding ticket, but could never imagine that it would be over a million dollars.
Cato called the court hoping that it would be a typo or an error. However, a woman on the phone told him that it wasn’t a mistake and he would need to appear in court two months later in December.
Cato then contacted criminal defense attorney Sneh Patel, who told the news outlet that he had never seen anything like this before.
Patel claimed that in the state of Georgia, the maximum fine for traffic violations and misdemeanors was $1,000. In cases of aggravated misdemeanor, the fine could be $5,000 and the bond could go up to $10,000, but never $1.4 million.