Jaakko wrote:Err. Actually the ticket is most probably because he hasn't done that too much before, of 35 km/h speeding some people lose their license and have to go back to driving school. The cop must've been Strato fan

The worst would be if he had more than 1g/l alcohol in his blood. Then they would ask him to play the guitar for some finnish popstar band. That would be the worst thing ever !
Seriously, I think this rule with the prices of tickets depending on the incoming is a great thing. If the price is fix, "rich" people would not give a shit about driving fast (cause this ticket price would represents nothing to them) and it would be a bad thing for "poor" people because the price would represent a lot to them. So if you say for ex that the price for the ticket is 1/10 of the frauder's incoming, then rich and poor people will be equally "punished".
Still, without blaming Timo in his mistake (we all do mistakes, asshole or not!

), but I think people who drives extremely fast are criminals (just like people who commit murders). And also people who uses their phone while driving. People just think it's "normal" to hold a phone while driving, that they can handle it, but this is totally wrong.
Recently, I heard a lot about some "friends" of mine, who had car accidents (few of them even passed away). They were driving normally, no high-speed, no alcohol, they respected road signs and so on, but the accidents were always caused by some silly people who drave too fast, or used their phone, or didn't stop at the red light, or were totally drunk and drave on the highway in the wrong way...
People who drive too fast or who respect the rules, should be aware that they don't only risk their own life, but they also risk the life or other people. Thus they should be aware that car accident is the first death cause, way far before cancer or drug abuse. Anyway.