32 km/h too fast
In Finland, a man has received a very tough ticket. Anders Wiklof, 76, was fined no less than €121,000 for speeding. Not that he committed such an outrageous offense, but Wiklof ‘deserves’ such a high fine according to Finnish law.
Anders Wiklof has received a fine of €121,000 on his doormat, the Finnish newspaper reports Nya Alan. He drove 82 km/h in a place where the speed limit is 50 km/h. His driver’s license is also not valid for ten days. Wiklof gets such a high fine because he has a very high income. The businessman is one of the richest people in Finland. In Finland, the amount of a speeding fine is determined by the income of the driver. The fine for this violation was equivalent to fourteen days’ income, in Wiklof’s case €121,000.
It was not the first speeding fine for Wiklof, who made his fortune in the logistics, transport, real estate and tourism sectors, among others. In 2013 he already had to cough up €95,000, five years later he received a receipt for €63,680. After his latest ticket he said against Nya Alan that “”perhaps an upper limit should be set for the fine” for speeding. In his own words, he was surprised when the maximum allowed speed suddenly went from 70 km/h to 50 km/h. That does not alter the fact that he previously Wiklof says he regrets the incident and hopes that the money will end up with the health care system via the government’s treasury.
Finland is not the only country where fines are determined according to the offender’s income. This also happens in Switzerland. In 2010, a 37-year-old Swede was fined €679,000 there. He had driven 290 km/h where the limit was 120 km/h. His Mercedes SLS AMG was confiscated.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl