In most countries, speeding fines are flat fees. Whether you’re a billionaire or broke, the punishment is the same. But in Switzerland and Finland, it’s different. There, fines are tied directly to your income.
Authorities call it the “day-fine” system — a radical idea that says justice should hurt equally for everyone. A millionaire pays what feels like a sting. A worker pays what they can manage.
To some, it’s genius. To others, it’s madness. But for one man, it was a seven-hundred-thousand-euro reality check he couldn’t ignore.
And when news of his fine went public, the entire country had something to say — but not everyone agreed.
