Jari Bär, the Finnish millionaire and former proprietor of the Iisalmi’s company Finnritilä was given a penalty of 111,888 Euros ($143,196) for driving at 82 km/h (51mph) in a 60 km/h (37 mph) zone last January in Siilijärvi, Finland. The fine would have only been 115 Euros if the speed was 80km/h.
The enormous penalty for just a speeding ticket was explained this way. In Finland, traffic fines are dependent on the daily income of the violator. Since Mr. Bär was 2 km/h over the speed limit he had to pay an equivalent of his income in 12 days. As it turned out, Mr. Bär’s daily income in 2007 was computed at 9,300 Euros since he sold a majority stocks in his company that year.
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