Remind me NOT to drive in Finland!

[Karaya One]

One of Finland’s richest men has been fined a record 170,000 euros
($217,000) for speeding through the centre of the capital, police said on
Tuesday.


Jussi Salonoja, 27, heir to his family’s sausage business, was caught
driving 80 km per hour (50 miles per hour) in a 40 kph (25 mph) zone last
Thursday, the police said.

Finnish traffic fines vary according to the offender’s income and, according
to tax office data, Salonoja’s 2002 earnings were close to seven million
euros.

The final penalty could still change when the case is eventually heard by a
Helsinki court, as was the case with Nokia executive Anssi Vanjoki, whose
116,000-euro speeding fine was slashed by 95 percent in 2002 due to a drop
in income.

If Salonoja’s penalty stands, it will beat a speeding fine of more than
80,000 euros paid by Internet millionaire Jaakko Rytsola in 2000, and the
35,000-euro fine imposed on Nokia President Pekka Ala-Pietila in 2001 for
running a red light.

[twrayinma]

you make several million euro per year?

lucky bastard.

i guess i could go ahead and speed all i want there... most they could fine me would be, like, $3.50