The system of fines in Finland means that the amount is determined on the basis of the offender’s income
More than 100,000 euros fine for driving at 75 km/h on a 50 km/h road. A traffic violation that cost a Nokia manager in Finland very dear, as the speed limit was only 25 km/h. It is a figure that is remembered today as an anecdote, since the system by which sanctions are carried out is equally curious.
The amount of the fine is due to the fact that there are so-called proportional fines in that country. According to the regulation, when quantifying the penalty
is divided by two what a citizen earns on average in a day. For every 25 km/h above the speed limit, the government adds a fine of twelve days.
Most reckless drivers pay between 30-50 euros per day and 400-500.
The maximum multiplier In Finland it is 120 days, but the fines have no maximum: the fine is considered a constant part of the income, so the final amount will be different if you earn 80,000 per year or 800,000 per year.
In the case of Nokia’s CEO Anssi Vanjoki, he was fined a few years ago, in 2002, but because of the high amount of the fine, he continues to use it as an example: whoever earns more pays more . The person concerned was driving at a speed of approximately 75 km/h on a city road in Helsinki, where the legal speed limit was 50 km/h. Through
the highest of his salary He had to pay a stratospheric fine of 116,000 euros.
In Finland, decades ago, each individual’s income was linked to the amount to be paid for each crime. The system is only applied in specific cases, for example when a court order is not required. It’s generally about
minor violations which, by their very nature, require small amounts of money for the common citizen. At the time of the police tracking down the offender, check a database in which the results of the previous year’s income appear and return the proportional fine.
Speed limits are similar throughout Europe. A) Yes,
in Spain, on conventional roads the limit is 90 km/h (cars, motorcycles and buses) and 80 km/h (other vehicles); Meanwhile, three limits will be introduced on the dual carriageway and motorway: for cars and motorcycles (120 km/h), trucks and vans (90 km/h) and all other vehicles, including buses (100 km/h).
Spain thus joins most European countries, where the maximum speed is on conventional roads
is it 80 or 90 km/h. Only Germany, Poland, Romania, Austria and the Netherlands maintain the speed limit of 100. Recently, Hungary and Sweden temporarily lowered their speed limits on motorways. In the Scandinavian country, the reduction from 90 to 80 km/h on its roads reduced the number of deaths by 41%.
In Germany and Austria, on highways and two-lane roads you are not allowed to go faster than 130 km/h. On the other hand, non-urban roads do not tolerate more than 100 km/h. The same is happening with the Netherlands and Denmark, although the limit has been set at 80 km/h on non-urban roads. In Germany, there is no speed limit on certain motorway sections and depending on weather and traffic conditions and you can drive faster than 300 km/h without this being illegal.
Meanwhile in Italy, Croatia, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary and Greece
You can drive 130 km/h on highways and dual carriageways and at 90 km/h on non-urban roads.
In Estonia, you are not allowed to exceed 90 km/h on non-urban roads and motorways or dual carriageways, although driving at 110 km/h is permitted on dual carriageways and in summer.
In countries like
Belgium and Portugal the maximum speed on non-urban roads is 90 km/h and on motorways and dual carriageways 120 km/h. The same limits apply in Ireland, except on non-urban roads (80 km/h).
For those who circulate
Cyprusthe maximum speed on highways is 100 km/h, on secondary roads 80 km/h and in pedestrian areas 30 km/h.
In France, the speed limit in the neighboring country is 130 km/h on motorways.
On these 130 km/h lanes in rain or wet road conditions, it is reduced to 110 km/h. Secondary roads have a speed limit of 90 km/h, which is reduced to 50 km/h if the road surface is wet, raining or visibility is poor.
United Kingdom The maximum speed allowed on highways is 112 km/h (on signs, 70 mph), although it drops to 96 km/h (60 mph) on two-lane roads. In the city, the conversion of 30 mph is about 48 km/h.
In
Norway the maximum speed on the highway is 100 km/h and 80 km/h on intercity roads, and in Sweden you can drive up to 110 km/h on highways and expressways and 70 km/h on intercity roads.
Source: La Verdad
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