Fine as much as the price of a house paid by a driver who drove at the speed of 59 km/h. How the penalty was calculated
A driver was fined and paid a fine of 120,000 euros for driving at a speed of 59 km/h. He exceeded the speed limit in the area by 29 km/h. The incident occurred in Finland, where the fine is calculated according to the driver's income.
The speed limit was 30 km/h PHOTO: Shutterstock
A Finnish millionaire received a huge fine for exceeding the legal speed limit by 29 km/h, according to Le Figaro. Anders Wiklöf, a 79-year-old businessman and one of the richest Finns, did not contest the fine.
“If I've made a mistake, I've made it, I accept it and there's nothing more to say”he told the local media
According to Finnish publication Nya Åland, he was fined 120,000 euros after he was caught driving 59 km/h in a 30 km/h zone. The millionaire was driving a Bentley in Mariehamn, in the autonomous Åland Islands, writes Mediafax.
It is not the first time Anders Wiklöf has been fined for speeding. In 2013 and 2018, he received two fines of 64,000 euros and 95,000 euros, in 2018 and 2013. Finnish journalists estimate that over ten years, the millionaire would have paid almost 400,000 euros for repeated violations of speed rules.
How to calculate the fine in Finland
In Finland, speeding is considered a serious crime. In addition, the system of sanctions is based on an original principle: the amount of the fine is indexed according to the offender's income. Basically, the more money a driver earns, the higher the fine, and for the very rich, the bill can reach a huge level.
In 2022, Anssi Vanjoki, the former vice president of Nokia Mobile Solutions, was fined more than €100,000 after he was caught driving a motorcycle at 75 km/h in a 50 km/h zone while on the motorcycle.
A similar system exists in Switzerland. The largest fine in the world was registered there. In 2010, a Swedish driver was ordered to pay nearly 800,000 euros for driving at 290 km/h between Bern and Lausanne.
