Speeding motorists in Switzerland face mandatory jail sentences, heavy fines and car confiscation as part of drastic road safety measures in force in the picturesque Alpine state.
Foreign tourists speeding through the country from Germany and Austria are now feeling the full force of the country's revised Via Sicura road regulations, German media reports said.
Drivers who travel at more than 50km/h over the speed limit are treated as having committed a serious crime. They face a jail term of up to 24 months although this is usually suspended at court.
Beyond the motorway Swiss speed limits on main roads are 80km/h outside and 30km/h or 50km/h inside build-up areas. On expressways the limit is 100km/h.
Police recently impounded the elderly Mercedes-Benz car of a 59-year-old unnamed German motorist who was flashed at 215km/h on the A1 motorway in the northern Aargau canton.
The speed limit on the stretch where he was stopped is the blanket 120km/h which has been in force for environmental reasons on all the country's motorways since 1985.
The German offender faces a large fine and substantial costs when the case is heard.
"This man's car has been confiscated and the proceeds of its sale will go to the Swiss state in line with traffic legislation," said a spokeswoman for Aargau canton.
"If the owner wants to keep the car he can buy it back."
German football star Raul Bobadilla, who plays for Augsburg, was recently on the receiving end of Swiss road justice for dashing through a 50km/h zone at 111km/h.
His Maserati sports car was confiscated and he was fined a total of 43,000 Swiss francs (SA50,888) after a catalogue of previous offences in Switzerland and Germany was taken into account.
Swiss motorways are among the safest in the world and the country's pro-rail citizens are noted for their green stance.
Tough traffic laws came into force last year after the federal government took up a popular public initiative entitled "Save us from the speed merchants". By contrast, high-speed car travel is generally legal on the German autobahn.
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