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Speeding millionaire fined £16,457 (...approx. $25,000 US Dollars....)....
A millionaire will have to pay £16,457 for driving at 18 miles per hour over
the limit because fines are means tested in Finland.
The 54-year-old has admitted breaking the speed limit.
But he says he had no idea the fine would be so big.
Anders Wiklof was driving home from his summerhouse near Mariehamn
when he was stopped for doing 79kmph (49mph) in his new Mercedes.
That was 29kmph (18mph) over the 50kmph (31mph) limit.
He told Swedish newspaper Expressen: "I knew it was going to be a big
fine, but not this big.
"When the police showed me the figure they had worked out on their
calculator, I thought they had done something wrong."
According to Finnish law, fines are based on income and can therefore be
steep for someone like Mr Wiklof, who is one of Finland's wealthiest men.
Mr Winklof says he will pay the fine of 155,000 Finnish marks ( £16,457)
but wants the authorities to see the absurdity of the situation.
"The rest of the world must be laughing at us Finns and it's really not going
to promote tourism, is it?" he says.
"I must hold the world record. Maybe I'll be in the Guinness Book of
Records next year."
Speeding millionaire fined £16,457 (...approx. $25,000 US Dollars....)....
A millionaire will have to pay £16,457 for driving at 18 miles per hour over
the limit because fines are means tested in Finland.
The 54-year-old has admitted breaking the speed limit.
But he says he had no idea the fine would be so big.
Anders Wiklof was driving home from his summerhouse near Mariehamn
when he was stopped for doing 79kmph (49mph) in his new Mercedes.
That was 29kmph (18mph) over the 50kmph (31mph) limit.
He told Swedish newspaper Expressen: "I knew it was going to be a big
fine, but not this big.
"When the police showed me the figure they had worked out on their
calculator, I thought they had done something wrong."
According to Finnish law, fines are based on income and can therefore be
steep for someone like Mr Wiklof, who is one of Finland's wealthiest men.
Mr Winklof says he will pay the fine of 155,000 Finnish marks ( £16,457)
but wants the authorities to see the absurdity of the situation.
"The rest of the world must be laughing at us Finns and it's really not going
to promote tourism, is it?" he says.
"I must hold the world record. Maybe I'll be in the Guinness Book of
Records next year."
