{"id":753,"date":"2015-04-02T11:41:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T10:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/?p=753"},"modified":"2019-05-27T08:08:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T07:08:06","slug":"beware-speeding-can-cost-you-84057-for-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/beware-speeding-can-cost-you-84057-for-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware! Speeding Can Cost You \u00a384,057 For Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Over speeding in Finland can cost you \u00a384,057 even if you are cruising 10 miles over the limit.\u00a0\u00a339,250 isn&#8217;t the thing of past<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may agree that going 10mph over the speed limit in a 50 mile zone can cost you about \u00a3100 and three points on your licence. Depending on circumstances, there is a possibility that you could be disqualified from driving for a certain period.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in the UK, a driver was reported over speeding on the motorway near Surrey as he was doing 66mph in a 50mph zone. He was a 23-year-old and was fined \u00a3100 along with three points on the 25<sup>th<\/sup> of February 2015. He was just testing the power of his <a title=\"New car engines\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>new car engine<\/strong><\/a> but caught over speeding.<\/p>\n<p>But if you are in Finland the story is totally different as you can face a huge amount of fine; \u00a339250 to be precise on over speeding even if you are doing 14mph over the limit. Yes! It happened with a Finish motorist, where a similar violation of speed limit cost him \u20ac54,024.<\/p>\n<p>ReimaKuisla was on his way to the airport when the incident happened as he was actually doing 64mph in a 50mph speed zone. This certainly is a massive fine, but you need to know how Finland calculates the charge.<\/p>\n<p>Finland calculates fines on the basis of your daily income, where a daily wager with \u20ac70 cannot be equal to the businessman earning \u20ac70,000 daily. They get this data from the previous year\u2019s tax return.<\/p>\n<p>ReimaKuisla earned over \u20ac6.5 million (\u00a3 4.7 million) in 2013. He had a penalty equivalent to \u00a339250. Here is a list of luxury cars you can get with this much amount of money:-<\/p>\n<p><em>For \u00a337,840, you can have a <a title=\"Megan Fox Crashes Land Rover Discovery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/megan-fox-involved-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Land Rover Discovery<\/strong><\/a> 3.0 SDV6<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For \u00a336,654, you can have an Audi Q5 2.0 TDI Quattro S Tronic<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For \u00a339,532, you can have a Mercedes Benz E Class E250 CDI AMG 7G-Tronic<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For \u00a339,627, you can have a Mercedes-Benz V Class V220 BlueTEC SE Auto<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For \u00a339,860, you can have Mercedes Benz CLS 220 BlueTEC AMG 7G-Tronic diesel Coupe<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to data from buyacar.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The reason behind this theory of fine calculation is justice for everyone. He said, \u201cTen years ago I wouldn\u2019t have believed that I would seriously consider moving abroad. Finland is impossible to live in for certain kinds of people who have high incomes and wealth.\u201d This isn\u2019t the first time when anyone has paid a massive fine on over speeding; a Nokia executive paid \u20ac116,000 (\u00a384,057) in 2002 for the same offence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over speeding in Finland can cost you \u00a384,057 even if you are cruising 10 miles over the limit.\u00a0\u00a339,250 isn&#8217;t the thing of past &nbsp; You may agree that going 10mph over the speed limit in a 50 mile zone can cost you about \u00a3100 and three points on your licence. 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