Over speed in Helsinki!

[nidhal]

Hi guys !

I have a question : How much people should pay for over speed !!?? I have no idea how it works here ! i was in front of Rautatientori last Friday usually people drive around 30km/h maximum ! i think i was driving something like 35! i see that big camera blink! i wonder know how much i´m gonna pay for that!! If i would be in Germany i would not pay for just 5 km/ h extra! but i have no idea here! please any help ? and if someone has some extra information about the over speed in Finland it would be really great! Thx

I´m still waiting guys for the letter from the police i wonder know how much i´m gonna pay! lets see then my first ticket in Finland :d

[bexcolls]

hi,

I work for ITV's Tonight with Trevor McDonald. We are making a programme about driving abroad and I came across this post and the driving enforcement rules in Finland. I woudl be really interested to hear from anyone who has been fined for speeding, particularly if the police did calculate your fine based on your income. Do all foreigners have to pay the fine? -even if they have a British number plate?

please get in touch at Becky.Colls@ITV.com

best wishes

[Hank W.]

Its "Finnish residents", and as a "Finnish resident" may not drive a foreign registered car, then the person driving on foreign plates is either in the country for less than X months as a "tourist" or even if working doesn't have tax records on file, so it is slightly difficult to verify.

BTW in Finland the insurance is for the car and not the driver, so like when my sister comes from France, I can lend her my car, but her car must sit in the yard as I cannot drive it.

[Hank W.]

He had a driver's license from another EU country. Which by law, apparently, they can't confiscate.

Well, yes and no. The licence is one thing, but the person can still be put on a driving ban. Like people without a licence are put in driving bans, the licence itself is just a manifestation.

[riku2]

Here is what you can expect if the speed camera flashes

1. you drive past a camera or suspiciously parked vw transporter van.
2. you see a flash
3. about 3 days later you get a letter (well the registered owner does) telling you the location and the speed. Perhaps it was 93 on Lansivayla where the limit is 80
4. you have a week or two to reply to the letter. plead guilty/not guilty. explain your version of events and give the driver's details (if it wasn't the registered owner). You can ask for things to be dealt with at your local police station or the one in the place you were caught speeding
5. after you post that back you get another letter telling you to visit the police station you nominated in #4. You must go there in the next 2-3 weeks.
6. you visit the police station and show your driving license. they call up the picture of you driving and they print off the bill for the fine. 93 on lansivayla will get you 70e. If you disagree you can take it up with the central police station in Helsinki.
7. if you do agree with the fine, then you have 2 weeks to pay the bill.

A foreign driving license (EU) was no problem for them, they didn't even comment on it at the police station. At stage 3 the letter did have "ajokortti?" written on it, since if you have a foreign license and are also the registered owner then according to the system the registered owner does not have a driving license.

[nidhal]

Here is what you can expect if the speed camera flashes

1. you drive past a camera or suspiciously parked vw transporter van.
2. you see a flash
3. about 3 days later you get a letter (well the registered owner does) telling you the location and the speed. Perhaps it was 93 on Lansivayla where the limit is 80
4. you have a week or two to reply to the letter. plead guilty/not guilty. explain your version of events and give the driver's details (if it wasn't the registered owner). You can ask for things to be dealt with at your local police station or the one in the place you were caught speeding
5. after you post that back you get another letter telling you to visit the police station you nominated in #4. You must go there in the next 2-3 weeks.
6. you visit the police station and show your driving license. they call up the picture of you driving and they print off the bill for the fine. 93 on lansivayla will get you 70e. If you disagree you can take it up with the central police station in Helsinki.
7. if you do agree with the fine, then you have 2 weeks to pay the bill.

Well nothing happned!! i didnt receive any letters! strange

A foreign driving license (EU) was no problem for them, they didn't even comment on it at the police station. At stage 3 the letter did have "ajokortti?" written on it, since if you have a foreign license and are also the registered owner then according to the system the registered owner does not have a driving license.

[Mook]

hi,

I work for ITV's Tonight with Trevor McDonald. We are making a programme about driving abroad and I came across this post and the driving enforcement rules in Finland. I woudl be really interested to hear from anyone who has been fined for speeding, particularly if the police did calculate your fine based on your income. Do all foreigners have to pay the fine? -even if they have a British number plate?

please get in touch at Becky.Colls@ITV.com

best wishes

Well, if they're stupid enough to tell the police their real salary, they'll get a stupid-sized fine! As for paying, well of it depends if they can track you down. So if the DVLA gives your name and address, the debt collectors will come. I believe that Germans used to be lucky, in that they couldn't be tracked from the numberplate. I s'pose that it's possible to stop you leaving the country, which I guess they'd have to do for the Russians, but...

As for UK cars being ticketed, a few years the Cannonball rally came through Finland. I saw car with a British license being stopped, so that might be a place to look.

[onkko]

hi,

I work for ITV's Tonight with Trevor McDonald. We are making a programme about driving abroad and I came across this post and the driving enforcement rules in Finland. I woudl be really interested to hear from anyone who has been fined for speeding, particularly if the police did calculate your fine based on your income. Do all foreigners have to pay the fine? -even if they have a British number plate?

please get in touch at Becky.Colls@ITV.com

best wishes

What about look www.poliisi.fi all is done by law?
http://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/lp/home.n ... B5003FD54C is "Fee calculator" its only in finnish tho.

[raamv]

Well nothing happned!! i didnt receive any letters! strange

Sometimes, it takes upto 3 months or so!!

[nidhal]

Well nothing happned!! i didnt receive any letters! strange

Sometimes, it takes upto 3 months or so!!

this happened form 11.05 its almost 3 months and nothing !! maybe they forgot

[Turbomac]

I have a question : How much people should pay for over speed !!??

I wouldn't pay anything more than 7 euros for Overspeed. See here for more info

But if you can afford a bit more, it is definately worth it...

* for 14€ you can get this

* or 35€ for this

[Richard]

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