{"id":77265,"date":"2015-04-29T10:23:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T14:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/?p=77265"},"modified":"2015-04-29T10:29:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T14:29:27","slug":"should-the-government-of-quebec-index-speeding-fines-to-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp\/2015\/04\/should-the-government-of-quebec-index-speeding-fines-to-income\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:fr-->Should The Government of Quebec Index Speeding Fines To Income?<!--:--><!--:en-->Should The Government of Quebec Index Speeding Fines To Income?<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:fr--><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">In Finaland getting a speeding ticket can costly \u2013 very costly. In fact it may even cost you more than the price of a brand new luxury vehicle if your salary is high enough. That\u2019s because Finland calculates speeding fines according to the offender\u2019s annual income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finnish businessman Reima Kuisla was recently fined 54,024 euros for traveling 105 km\/h in an 80km\/h zone. Kuisla is a millionaire so his fine was inflated in proportion to his annual income. He took to facebook to complain:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reima.kuisla\/posts\/1601806970080328\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reima.kuisla\/posts\/1601806970080328<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fine was calculated to be about eight days of income on his 6,558,742 euro salary in 2013. Someone earning 50,000 euros per year would have gotten a fine of about 345 euros<\/p>\n<p>He has threatened to leave Finland altogether over the fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinland is now an impossible country to live in for people with a large income and wealth!\u201d he posted on his page March 2.<\/p>\n<p>Finland is considering reducing the fine for low speed infractions such as this one but the commission making the recommendation won\u2019t finish its report until next year.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think if Quebec instituted such a system here?<\/p>\n<p>Discussion:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/forums\/showthread.php?885744-Should-The-Government-of-Quebec-Index-Speeding-Fines-To-Income\">http:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/forums\/showthread.php?885744-Should-The-Government-of-Quebec-Index-Speeding-Fines-To-Income<\/a><!--:--><!--:en-->In Finaland getting a speeding ticket can costly \u2013 very costly. In fact it may even cost you more than the price of a brand new luxury vehicle if your salary is high enough. That\u2019s because Finland calculates speeding fines according to the offender\u2019s annual income.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish businessman Reima Kuisla was recently fined 54,024 euros for traveling 105 km\/h in an 80km\/h zone. Kuisla is a millionaire so his fine was inflated in proportion to his annual income. He took to facebook to complain:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reima.kuisla\/posts\/1601806970080328\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reima.kuisla\/posts\/1601806970080328<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fine was calculated to be about eight days of income on his 6,558,742 euro salary in 2013. Someone earning 50,000 euros per year would have gotten a fine of about 345 euros<\/p>\n<p>He has threatened to leave Finland altogether over the fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinland is now an impossible country to live in for people with a large income and wealth!\u201d he posted on his page March 2.<\/p>\n<p>Finland is considering reducing the fine for low speed infractions such as this one but the commission making the recommendation won\u2019t finish its report until next year.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think if Quebec instituted such a system here?<\/p>\n<p>Discussion:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/forums\/showthread.php?885744-Should-The-Government-of-Quebec-Index-Speeding-Fines-To-Income\">http:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/forums\/showthread.php?885744-Should-The-Government-of-Quebec-Index-Speeding-Fines-To-Income<\/a><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Finaland getting a speeding ticket can costly \u2013 very costly. 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