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I'm so glad in the usa we do not pay fines based upon income. Thats simply insane:

In Finland, fines for traffic violations are assessed based on the drivers earnings and calculated as day fines. Having pulled the offender, police ping a federal taxpayer database with their details to uncover their income. It then starts with an estimate of the amount of spending money a Finn has for one day, and then divides that by two to get a number considered to a reasonable fine. Then, based on the severity of the crime, the system has rules for how many days the offender must go without that money. For instance, exceeding the speed limit by 15 mph earns you a multiplier of 12 days, and going 25 mph over carries a 22-day multiplier.

The average driver would see themselves paying around 30 per day, for a total fine of around 300 or 400. Finlands maximum multiplier is 120 days, but theres no cap on the fines themselves which proved unfortunate for the Nokia executive caught speeding on his Harley Davidson in 2002. With a salary of 14 million euros, he was handed a day fine of 116,000 euros for his recklessness roughly 14 days of income.
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