Reima Kuisla, a Finnish businessman, was recently caught going 65 miles per hour in a 50 zone in his home country—an offense that would typically come with a fine of a couple hundred dollars, at most, in the U.S. But after Finnish police pulled Kuisla over, they pinged a federal taxpayer database to determine his income, consulted their handbook, and arrived at the amount that he was required to pay: €54,000.
The fine was so extreme because in Finland, some traffic fines, as well as fines for shoplifting and violating securities-exchange laws, are assessed based on earnings—and Kuisla's declared income was €6.5 million per year. Exorbitant fines like this are infrequent, but not unheard of: In 2002, a Nokia executive was fined the equivalent of $103,000 for going 45 in a 30 zone on his motorcycle, and the NHL player Teemu Selanne incurred a $39,000 fine two years earlier.
“This is no constitutionally governed state,” one Finn who was fined nearly $50,000 moaned to The Wall Street Journal, “This is a land of rhinos!” Outrage among the rich—especially nonsensical, safari-invoking outrage—might be a sign that something fair is at work.
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6 comments:
No moneys would be paid here. Everyone breaking laws here is broke.
What next? Each according to his means?
Socialist policing!
Fact is, there should be extremely harsh penalties for speeding IF you cause harm or any kind of accident, not until.
NOT the mercenary policing system we have now that is designed for corrupt mercenaries that are guilty of much worse on a daily basis collecting revenue from citizens.
You blue line punks know who you are.
Hope Jimbo not's getting ideas.
So, does a fifty dollar fine for whatever get the attention of someone who spends eighty dollars for a haircut? Not likely.
Zowie. Jake Day would need 3 jobs there to cover his tickets!
Speeding ticket rules are very harsh in Us.
Fight Speeding Tickets
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