by Alice Scarsi
Finnish businessman fined in accordance to income
A man in Finland has been fined 54,000-euro for speeding.
According to Finnish newspaper, Iltalehti, businessman Reima Kuisla was caught doing 103km/h (64mph) in 80km/h (50mph) zone.
Finnish law states that speeding fines are linked to an individual’s income and, following authorities looking into Kuisla’s 2013 filed tax return, which saw he had earned 6.5m euros (approximately £4.72m) that year, the speeding millionaire was subsequently fined accordingly.
Kuisla has failed to take the fine very well, expressing his disdain on his Facebook page in true capslock fashion and is contemplating leaving Finland for good: “Ten years ago I wouldn’t have believed that I would seriously consider moving abroad,” he wrote.
“Finland is impossible to live in for certain kinds of people who have high incomes and wealth,” the furious Finn continued.
Reima can seek some solace in the fact that his fine hasn’t broken any records; in 2012 an executive at Nokia received a whopping 116,000-euro fine for speeding on his Harley-Davidson.
Do you think the Finnish fine is fine, or in your opinion this is an unfair system that punishes rich people? Let us know in the comments section below.
