What is the maximum speed at which you can be fined for driving 121,000 Euros ($129,544) per hour?

This time, the police stopped Anders Wiklof for driving 82 in a 50-kph zone (51 mph/31 mph) on Saturday. Anders Wiklof, a driver from the Aland Islands in Finland's Baltic Sea autonomous region, was driving at 82 kph in a zone of 50 kph (51 mph/31mph) when he got stopped by the police on Saturday.

The original report on Nya Aland was in Swedish because they are so close to Sweden.

Kommerseradet Anders Wiklof har akt fast for fortkorning pa Jarsovagen in mot Mariehamn pa lordagen. Hans boter beloper sig denna gang pa 121 000 euro. > - Jag beklagar verkligen saken och hoppas att pengarna i alla fall anvands till varden genom statskassan, sager han till Nyan.

Local reports often provide better information than wire services. But that is not the case here. Wiklof did speed on Jarsovagen, which I thought was a tiny island. It turns out it was actually a highway. Wiklof was caught on a speed trap, which also has umlauts. He told Nya aland that he had started to slow down, but "I guess it wasn't (slowing down] quickly enough, and that's what happened."

Finland does not do this. Speeding fines in Finland are apparently based on the income of drivers. This report, from the World Economic Forum no less, states that Finland uses a system of "day fines" calculated on an offender's "daily disposable income", which is usually their daily salary divided in half. According to this report, Finland uses a "day fine" system that is calculated on the basis of an offender's daily disposable income--generally their daily salary divided by two.

Even for the chairman of a company with businesses in the real estate, logistics, helicopter service, trade, and tourism sectors, these are large numbers. Wiklof suggested, however, that they do hurt a little. He said "I regret this matter", though you cannot tell if anyone is smirking or not. I guess he did, since he took the time to "hope" this fine would "be earmarked" towards paying for healthcare costs. I have heard they will save [cut?] "I have heard that they are going to save [cut?] It would be more sensible to fund healthcare this way than, say, to increase taxes on holding-company chairs. Let's stick with that.

The World Economic Forum claims that other countries also apply "progressive penalties" for speeding violations. The World Economic Forum reported that in 2018, a Swedish driver caught driving 180 mph in Switzerland was fined 1,080,000 Swiss Francs. This is $1,091,340.