Finland has come up with an ingenious way of fighting speeding drivers. They have enacted a law that determines one’s speeding fine based on the offender’s salary. This “day fine” system determines their financial punishment by calculating how much disposable income they have in the day. The standard is half of one’s daily salary. So, in other words, the more you earn, the higher the fine will be.

Sounds like an effective measure that proposes a weighted method of calculation. But wait—there’s more. There is another factor in play here, which is the severity of the offense. The fine may become gradually higher depending on how much the offender exceeds the speed limit. This means that a person who exceeds the speed limit by 10mph would get a smaller fine than someone who drives 20mph more.

This idea gave rise to a rather short-lived—but still very meaningful regardless—debate among internauts. Tumblr user alternian-neverland put the progressive speeding fine system perfectly into perspective: