A fine from 120,000 euros, more precisely 121. What did the victim ever do? The fine is imposed for excessive speed. OK, but by how much? He exceeded the limit of 30 kilometers per hour. This happens in Finland, where the fines are progressive: depending on the severity and also as a percentage of the income.
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€120,000 fine for speeding: The more you earn in Finland, the more you pay if you do something wrong
In fact, the person who received the fine is a multi-millionaire. We’re talking about one of the highest speeding tickets in the world. It is 121,000 euros and was reported because the man drove 30 km/h over the limit.
“I’m really sorry,” Anders Wiklöf, 76, told Nya Åland, the leading newspaper of the Åland Islands, an autonomous Finnish region in the Baltic Sea. “I was just starting to slow down, but I guess it wasn’t fast enough. That’s how it goes.”
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Wiklöf, chairman and founder of a holding company with annual sales of 350 million euros, said the speed limit “suddenly” changed from 70 km/h to 50 while he was traveling at 82 km/h.
AHVENANMAALAINEN liikemies and miljonääri Anders Wiklöf on saanut 121 000 euron sakot ajettuaan Maarianhaminan alueella 82 milestriä tunnissa viidenkympin alueella viime lauantaina.
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The fines for traffic offenses in Finland depend on the seriousness of the offense and the offender’s income, which is determined by the police You can check this immediately by connecting to a central taxpayer database with your smartphone. In the Finnish system, the ‘daily penalty’ is calculated on the basis of the offender’s daily disposable income, which is generally considered to be half of his daily net income.
Traffic police recorded 222,000 offenses over the summer, including three U-turns on the Autobahn. 33,000 rescues performed
The more a driver exceeds the limit, the more daily fines they will receive.