article_snippet: Finnish authorities take a very dim view of speeding, as Finnish authorities showed when Finnish authorities fined one driver a staggering £40,000 for going just 14mph over the limit.
article_snippet: The colossal sum was demanded because in Finland, fines for speeding are scaled up according to the wealth of the law-breaker – and this one, businessman Reima Kuisla, is a multi-millionaire.
article_snippet: Businessman Reima Kuisla posted a picture of Businessman Reima Kuisla speeding ticket on Businessman Reima Kuisla Facebook page, complaining that Finnish authorities were making life for the rich difficult .
article_snippet: Businessman Reima Kuisla posted a picture of the ticket and said: ‘Finland is impossible to live in for certain kinds of people who have high incomes and wealth.
article_snippet: I’m considering leaving Finland.
article_snippet: However, sympathy levels in Finland for Businessman Reima Kuisla plight have been fairly low.
article_snippet: Finnish authorities take a very dim view of speeding, as Finnish authorities showed when Finnish authorities fined Mr Kuisla a staggering £40,000 for going just 14mph over the limit .
highlights_snippet: In Finland speeding fines are scaled according to the wealth of the driver .
  