100 Mind-Blowing Fined Facts

In Russia, you can get fined for driving a car that’s too dirty. If the dirt on your car completely obscures your license plate, you might just get fined.

Arizona fines drivers under their unique “Stupid Motorist Law.” This law addresses something which Arizona is all too familiar with – flash floods and stupid drivers. When a section of an Arizona road is flooded, barriers are put up to prevent drivers from attempting to go any further. If you cross these barriers and need to get rescued, you will be fined under the Stupid Motorist Law to reimburse the cost of your rescue.

Slow down! On 28 January 1896, Walter Arnold drove his ‘horseless carriage’ through Paddock Wood, Kent, at a reckless 8mph – four times the 2mph speed limit. He also had no man with a red flag preceding him, as required by law. Arnold was chased down by a police officer on a bicycle, and later fined £4 7s, of which 10 shillings was for speeding – the world’s first recorded speeding ticket.

Adtech giant Criteo was fined over $42 million in fines for GDPR-related violations. (Tech Crunch)

Meta was fined $1.3 billion for GDPR violations in 2023. (NYTimes)

In 2023 TikTok was fined for breaching several GDPR rules, including failure to keep children’s data safe. (Tech Crunch)

Spotify was fined over $5 million for breaching GDPR in 2023. (Medium)