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title: ""Reima Kuisla, a Finnish businessman, was recently caught going 65…"
date: 2021-07-14
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# "Reima Kuisla, a Finnish businessman, was recently caught going 65…

*July 14, 2021 · Facebook*

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[https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/){target="_blank"}
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\"Reima Kuisla, a Finnish businessman, was recently caught going 65 miles per hour in a 50 zone in his home country---an offense that would typically come with a fine of a couple hundred dollars, at most, in the U.S. But after Finnish police pulled Kuisla over, they pinged a federal taxpayer database to determine his income, consulted their handbook, and arrived at the amount that he was required to pay: €54,000.\
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The fine was so extreme because in Finland, some traffic fines, as well as fines for shoplifting and violating securities-exchange laws, are assessed based on earnings---and Kuisla\'s declared income was €6.5 million per year. Exorbitant fines like this are infrequent, but not unheard of: In 2002, a Nokia executive was fined the equivalent of \$103,000 for going 45 in a 30 zone on his motorcycle, and the NHL player Teemu Selanne incurred a \$39,000 fine two years earlier.\"\
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[https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/){target="_blank"}
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