Speeding in Finland can cost you a fortune as the country bases speeding tickets on income. When a businessman was caught going 65 miles per hour in a 50 zone, police contacted a federal taxpayer database to determine his income, consulted their handbook, and determined that he was required to pay 54,000 (that’s Rs. 39,51,020)!
Finland’s system for calculating fines is relatively simple: It starts with an estimate of the amount of spending money a Finn has for one day, and then divides that by two—the resulting number is considered a reasonable amount of spending money to deprive the offender of. Then, based on the severity of the crime, the system has rules for how many days the offender must go without that money. Going about 15 mph over the speed limit gets you a multiplier of 12 days, and going 25 mph over carries a 22-day multiplier.
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