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just in general, the Day-Fine system (which you've probably heard of, a few countries have it) seems like a common-sense reform. its principle should probably be how we approach most fines, actually, because having them basically be flat makes... very little sense if you actually think about it:
Is there a minimum fine, or can you drive as fast as you want as long as you do not have any income? Or how do they handle this case?
Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive explanation of how the Finnish system works, although we also have a few Finnish posters on here so they'd probably know best if any of them would like to chime in on the nuances. in summary: it would appear the absolute minimum fine for anything subject to day-fines is 6 euros, and the minimum for "speeding in traffic" appears to be 115 euros because there is a fixed petty-fine amount associated with that offense.