Bill Gates once turned a business meeting with Microsoft rival Seymour Rubinstein into a trip to traffic court, where the WordStar founder coached the young co-founder on dodging jail and saving his license. From speeding Porsches and useless radar detectors to a sluggish diesel Mercedes he bought to slow himself down, here’s how Gates’s obsession with fast cars kept landing him in trouble. Bill Gates once turned a business meeting with Microsoft rival Seymour Rubinstein into a trip to traffic court, where the WordStar founder coached the young co-founder on dodging jail and saving his license. From speeding Porsches and useless radar detectors to a sluggish diesel Mercedes he bought to slow himself down, here’s how Gates’s obsession with fast cars kept landing him in trouble.
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