Former F1 Driver David Coulthard gets a $33,000 Speeding Ticket

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11-03-2009 @ 3:25AM

jra_2000 said...

"$33,000"

"Which has to be the biggest speeding ticket ever issued."

Ummm, no...

Wall Street Journal

January 2, 2001

Finnish Drivers Don't Mind Sliding Scale, But Instant Calculation Gets Low Marks

By Steve Stecklow

HELSINKI, Finland -- Jaako Rytsola, a 27-year-old Finnish Internet entrepreneur and newspaper columnist, was cruising in his BMW one recent evening. "The road was wide and I was feeling good," he later wrote. "It's nice to be driving when there's no one in sight."

But this road wasn't empty; a radar-equipped police car was clocking his speed. The officer pulled over Mr. Rytsola's car and issued him a speeding ticket for driving 43 miles an hour in a 25-mile-an-hour zone. The fine: $71,400.

The staggering sum was no mistake. In Finland, traffic fines generally are based on two factors: the severity of the offense and the driver's income. The concept has been embedded in Finnish law for decades: When it comes to crime, the wealthy should suffer as much as the poor.

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