Driver Reportedly Gets $44,100 Ticket
From Times Wire Reports
A dot-com millionaire said he is fighting a huge traffic fine--reportedly $44,100--leveled against him for driving his Ferrari dangerously. On a recent spin through downtown Helsinki, the Finnish capital, Jaakko Rytsola, 27, switched lanes too often and endangered other traffic, police said. Two newspapers reported the size of the fine. Traffic fines in Finland are linked to an offender’s income, and Rytsola’s was high enough to top the previous unofficial record.
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