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Posted at: 3/13/09 01:04 AM
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A Finnish millionaire Jari Bär, the former owner of the Iisalmi's company Finnritilä was handed a fine of 111,888 euros (141,661 dollars) for doing 82 km/h (51 mph) in a 60 km/h (37 mph) zone on January in Siilijärvi, Finland.
According to Savon Sanomat if the speed had been 80 km/h the fine would have been only 115 Euros.
Looks like these extra 2 km were critical and cost him more than a brand new Porsche 911 GT3. In his case 20 km more would have been a standard fine, but these 2 extra kilometers made the difference.
Why such a huge speeding ticket? In Finland fines are issued according to ones salary per day. As Mr. Bär was 2 km over the standard fine range he had to pay his 12 days income. If his income in 2007 had been 50 euros a day, then the ticket would have been 600 euros.
It turns out that in 2007 he sold a majority stake in his company and in average made an impressive 9300 euros a day, which translates to a 111,888 euros speeding ticket. Of course Mr. Bär is not happy as his real income today is not that big.
In Finland tax records are public and there is no such thing as maximum fines. The more you make the more you pay!
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Posted at: 3/13/09 01:06 AM
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I can see how laws like that could work, but I think this is just BS.
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lol poor guy
Posted at: 3/13/09 01:07 AM
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Finland, you guys sure have some batshit-crazy laws.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 01:13 AM
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Somehow, I don't feel sorry for him.
Could it be that he did it in a Porsche, and the car that I've had since Junior year of high school died a few weeks ago? Maybe.
Could it be that he made more in a roughly month than I made all last year? Possibly, I didn't pay too much attention to the numbers on his end.
Could it be that I look for things to bitch about? I wouldn't put it past me.
Serves him right.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 01:14 AM
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Talk about bullshit laws. I'm glad I'm in Canada.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 01:16 AM
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a fucking 51 in a 37???
$140,000?????
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Posted at: 3/13/09 01:21 AM
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Did i have to be one big link? I mean thats just stupid. Next time can't you just put individual words as links!??!
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Posted at: 3/13/09 01:30 AM
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thats a bunch of malarkey...i hate the police.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 01:41 AM
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Posted at: 3/13/09 02:40 AM
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Those laws need to make their way over to North America post-haste.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 02:55 AM
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That is the greatest system i have ever seen. fines based on income instead of flat rates. i actually approve of this.
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thats funny... and utterly expensive
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Posted at: 3/13/09 02:58 AM
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Completely out of my budget. I would have to say that is completely ridiculous.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 03:34 AM
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At 3/13/09 01:07 AM, STEM wrote: Finland, you sure are batshit-crazy.
Fuck laws, they're crazy all together. Huge-ass fine, though... sucks to be him.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 03:36 AM
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At 3/13/09 01:07 AM, STEM wrote: Finland, you guys sure have some batshit-crazy laws.
What? If we fined him like 150 or something, he'd just shrug it off. That's the whole point of the day-fine law. Make it feel.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 03:38 AM
At 3/13/09 01:21 AM, Lizzardis wrote: "The more you make the more you pay!" - Finnish taxing bastards.
Well, that's kinda the point of taxes, everyone pays their share, but you can't expect the poor to be able to pay as much as the rich.
Posted at: 3/13/09 04:00 AM
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Haha. Its funny because its his own fault..
Posted at: 3/13/09 04:45 AM
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That law only makes sense to me. The really rich fucks can do whatever they like because the fine isn't gonna do jack shit to them.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 05:03 AM
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Yeah, I'm from Sweden, and I gotta say, the speeding tickets up here are a disaster. Even if you go 2 km/h too fast, you could get a 500 Euro fine.
Posted at: 3/13/09 05:06 AM
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woah!! that fine can buy me lots of stuff,maybe two blonduy's neck..es..lol juz joking. but then that is way too large a sum of money to be as a fine...they want to break that guy's neck..
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Posted at: 3/13/09 05:08 AM
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Suffice to say, Mr. Bär won't be speeding again any time soon...
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Posted at: 3/13/09 06:19 AM
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Normally, I would side with Bar, but I'm not going to be rich anytime soon so ha.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 06:23 AM
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Wow. Sucks to be him. I'm glad I'm Australian.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 06:38 AM
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At 3/13/09 05:03 AM, Rayfram3 wrote: Yeah, I'm from Sweden, and I gotta say, the speeding tickets up here are a disaster. Even if you go 2 km/h too fast, you could get a 500 Euro fine.
you should be able to go 5-10 over without fines, as radar and speedometers can be inaccurate.
Posted at: 3/13/09 08:18 AM
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i'm from finland and even i agree with u guys we have some fucking crazy laws
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Posted at: 3/13/09 08:30 AM
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Wow that ridiculous.
Wayy too much money.
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Posted at: 3/13/09 08:33 AM
Consider this, you make just enought to make by a month from a minimum wage job, and get a fine for, say 100 Euro. You're gonna go hungry for the rest of the month. How is that fair?
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At 3/13/09 01:06 AM, RedDreadSky wrote: I can see how laws like that could work, but I think this is just BS.
Unemployment - no fine? Yeah, that works ; )
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Posted at: 3/13/09 09:08 AM
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Good. That'll teach him not to speed again or face another big fine.
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