Shoud you be able to buy your way out of jail time?

[Huckleberry Finn]

A previous poster mentioned the Finnish system of traffic fines.  It's an interesting attempt to equalize the impact of monetary punishments by pegging it to income.  It makes sense in principle.  I remember when I was younger and had little money; it hurt when I got fined for speeding or something like that.  Today, it's a rounding error in my checking account.  In Finland, they fined a guy something like $100,000 for speeding because his income was so high.  Maybe Huckleberry Finn can comment on how effective this has been.  It would be very difficult to implement, and will never happen here, but it's an interesting concept.

The system is used for all kind of crimes which you can get fine punishment, not only for speeding.  I can't say much about its effectiveness because it has been used a long time.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Dude, have you ever gotten fined under this system?  If so, were you considered high income, resulting in your getting whacked pretty hard, or did you get off relatively light because you were low or moderate income?  Have any of your friends or family come away hurting from a massive fine for a pretty minor offense, like speeding?

I was fined for speeding when I was about 21 years old student. I paid something like 300 marks or 50 euros in current currency. It was the lowest fine what you could get in those days. I usually drive very carefully so it's only fine what I have got. I don't remember that I'd know someone who was got a big fine ticket. You should earn millions, probably dozens millions if you got a 100 000 euros/bucks fine. The guy who has the record is some top leader of Nokia.