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That was one thing that the article didn't explain that I was curious about. What does days mean in this context and how does the court determine the number of them? Why days combined with a variable fee vs just a variable fee?

Very likely some table. Tail gating is one amount, running red light is an other, going over 20 km/h(Finland) is one and then you get more as the speed increases 40, 60, 80, 100 over limit...

It's easy, many lawyers are already charging by hour/day. Otherwise take annual income and divide by number of days worked.

My question wasn't about the day rate it was about the number of days, ie is it variable or fixed for each type of offense.