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CDA
June 23, 2023
Andres Wiklöf has just received a new and large speeding ticket: 121,000 euros for exceeding the limit by 32 km/h… things from Finland
Andres Wiklöf is one of the richest men in Finland and, without meaning to, he is becoming quite popular in the rest of Europe for the traffic fines it receivesespecially for the economic amount that is disbursing to pay them.
A few days ago, our protagonist was driving on a Finnish road in the capital of the Åland Islands, when the police surprised him. driving at about 82 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. In principle, an excess of speed that in our country would have been resolved with a penalty of 400 euros and that with prompt payment would have been reduced to 200.
121,000 euros fine a few days ago
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However, according to the Finnish offense system, a person’s income is a determining factor in the amount of the fine imposed by law enforcement. Finland was the first Nordic country to introduce this income-based system in 1921, and several European countries have followed suit ever since.
The conclusion is that your speeding of 32 km/h over the set limit has been penalized with a fine of 121,000 euros and the withdrawal of the driving license for 10 days.
Wiklöf already has apologized for his action and has noted that he was aware that he was exceeding the speed limit, which changed “suddenly”, and tried to slow down, but could not do it fast enough.
Despite this, the fine has been taken (that for him it will be small change taking into account the volume of his fortune) with sportsmanship. “I have heard that they are going to cut 1.5 billion in health care in Finland, so I hope that this money will go towards it,” he said.
Should the fines be tied to income?
This is not the first speeding ticket Wiklöf has received. Previously, he had already received a penalty of 63,000 euros in 2018 and 95,000 euros in 2013, all of them for speeding. So, adding up, we get that the Finnish millionaire has left the state coffers a total of 279,000 euros in the last decade.
Other massive fines in Finland are those of former Nokia boss Anssi Vanjokki, who was paid €116,000 for speeding on his motorbikeand Remia Kuisla, a Finnish businessman who was fined 54,000 euros for a similar act.
However, the world record for speeding fines is held by Switzerland, which has a fine system similar to the Finnish one. Here was imposed a total fine of one million euros (just over 3,600 euros a day for 300 days) to a Swedish motorist who was caught driving 170 kilometers per hour over the limit of speed.
