Finnish businessman hit with €121,000 speeding fine

Anders Wiklof fell foul of system based on severity of offence and offender's income

A multimillionaire businessman has been hit with one of the world's highest speeding fines - 121,000 (104,000) - for driving 30km/h (18.6mph) over the limit in Finland, where tickets are calculated as a percentage of the offender's income.

I really regret the matter," Anders Wiklof, 76, told Nya Aland, the main newspaper for the Aland Islands, an autonomous Finnish region in the Baltic Sea. I had just started slowing down, but I guess that didn't happen fast enough. It's how it goes."