T Brokenjaw
02-12-2004, 12:01 AM
Millionaire gets record speeding fine
Tue 10 February, 2004 14:15
HELSINKI (Reuters) - One of Finland's richest men has been fined a record 170,000 euros (115,000 pounds) for speeding through the centre of the capital.
Jussi Salonoja, 27, heir to his family's sausage business, was caught driving 50 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone last Thursday, the police said on Tuesday.
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 (4.7 million pounds).
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 (79,000 pounds) 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 (23,000 pounds) fine imposed on Nokia President Pekka Ala-Pietila in 2001 for running a red light.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml (http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=4325119§ion=news)
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Tue 10 February, 2004 14:15
HELSINKI (Reuters) - One of Finland's richest men has been fined a record 170,000 euros (115,000 pounds) for speeding through the centre of the capital.
Jussi Salonoja, 27, heir to his family's sausage business, was caught driving 50 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone last Thursday, the police said on Tuesday.
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 (4.7 million pounds).
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 (79,000 pounds) 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 (23,000 pounds) fine imposed on Nokia President Pekka Ala-Pietila in 2001 for running a red light.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml (http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=4325119§ion=news)
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You believe that. they fine you by how much you make......