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To: ClearCase_guy
I believe that one of the Scandinavian countries tied ticket amounts to annual income. There was a businessman who was caught speeding and assessed a $200,000 fine.

It was Finland. This is what living next to the bear will do to you...
"Tue Feb 10, 8:54 AM ET HELSINKI (Reuters) - One of Finland's richest men has been fined a record 170,000 euros ($217,000) for speeding through the center of the capital, police said on Tuesday. Jussi Salonoja, 27, heir to his family's sausage business, was caught driving 50 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone last Thursday, the police said. "

"At'sa some-a spicy sausage" (Said in a bad TV Italian accent)

54 posted on 12/23/2004 9:33:57 AM PST by Peter vE (Ceterum censeo: delenda est Carthago.)
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To: Peter vE

Mental note made never to immigrate to Finland.


88 posted on 12/23/2004 11:11:34 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace (Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
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