Speeding driver blames lack of goats!
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Nope. It was actually $103,600. :) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1759791.stm[^]
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From the article: In Finland, traffic fines are proportionate to the latest available data on an offender's income. :wtf: Most awkward law I have ever heard. Hope Bill Gates will not be caught for breaking something in Finland. :)
Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal
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From the article: In Finland, traffic fines are proportionate to the latest available data on an offender's income. :wtf: Most awkward law I have ever heard. Hope Bill Gates will not be caught for breaking something in Finland. :)
Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal
Apurva Kaushal wrote:
Hope Bill Gates will not be caught for breaking something in Finland.
that's the point of the fine - if the fines were a flat $100 for everyone, they would be completely pointless to people with huge incomes. if you fine me $0.01 every time i break the speed limit, i'll speed all day. fine me $1000, i'll be a bit more careful. fine me 14 days salary and i'll be the safest driver on the road.
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Apurva Kaushal wrote:
Hope Bill Gates will not be caught for breaking something in Finland.
that's the point of the fine - if the fines were a flat $100 for everyone, they would be completely pointless to people with huge incomes. if you fine me $0.01 every time i break the speed limit, i'll speed all day. fine me $1000, i'll be a bit more careful. fine me 14 days salary and i'll be the safest driver on the road.
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That seems to be logical, but how can you define such a law which is different for different section of the people. Such as if you are committing any crime say murder then the punishment should be same for everyone isn't it?
Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal
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That seems to be logical, but how can you define such a law which is different for different section of the people. Such as if you are committing any crime say murder then the punishment should be same for everyone isn't it?
Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal
Apurva Kaushal wrote:
uch as if you are committing any crime say murder then the punishment should be same for everyone isn't it?
in this case, the punishment is the same : 14 days wages, regardless of who you are. it's unusual, but in a way it sounds more fair to me than taking $100 from every offender, no matter how much it hurts the offender: $100 is a lot of money to some people, not a lot to other people. i kinda like it...
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Apurva Kaushal wrote:
Such as if you are committing any crime say murder then the punishment should be same for everyone isn't it?
But you don't get fined for murder. That's the difference.
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Apurva Kaushal wrote:
uch as if you are committing any crime say murder then the punishment should be same for everyone isn't it?
in this case, the punishment is the same : 14 days wages, regardless of who you are. it's unusual, but in a way it sounds more fair to me than taking $100 from every offender, no matter how much it hurts the offender: $100 is a lot of money to some people, not a lot to other people. i kinda like it...
I don't think it makes much sense. But another way could be is if rule is for fine then it should be according to your income (It can be equal to just 10 days of your income) and if the rule says (for some big crime) some physical punishment it should be equal to all the persons. Does this make some sense. :)
Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal
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Apurva Kaushal wrote:
uch as if you are committing any crime say murder then the punishment should be same for everyone isn't it?
in this case, the punishment is the same : 14 days wages, regardless of who you are. it's unusual, but in a way it sounds more fair to me than taking $100 from every offender, no matter how much it hurts the offender: $100 is a lot of money to some people, not a lot to other people. i kinda like it...
I think it also would cause cops to look for rich people. If you're speeding in an old clunker, they may not waste the time. It can very easily be interpreted as class envy.
Logifusion[^] If not entertaining, write your Congressman.
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I think it also would cause cops to look for rich people. If you're speeding in an old clunker, they may not waste the time. It can very easily be interpreted as class envy.
Logifusion[^] If not entertaining, write your Congressman.
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Apurva Kaushal wrote:
Hope Bill Gates will not be caught for breaking something in Finland.
that's the point of the fine - if the fines were a flat $100 for everyone, they would be completely pointless to people with huge incomes. if you fine me $0.01 every time i break the speed limit, i'll speed all day. fine me $1000, i'll be a bit more careful. fine me 14 days salary and i'll be the safest driver on the road.
Besides being very communist, that wouldn't work well anyway as most wealthy people do not have income registered in a traditional way. If I lived out there and had $200 million, I would offshore my money and report income in another country so that if I were ever fined, it wouldn't cost me $770,000.
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I think it also would cause cops to look for rich people. If you're speeding in an old clunker, they may not waste the time. It can very easily be interpreted as class envy.
Logifusion[^] If not entertaining, write your Congressman.
Dustin Metzgar wrote:
I think it also would cause cops to look for rich people.
good point
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Besides being very communist, that wouldn't work well anyway as most wealthy people do not have income registered in a traditional way. If I lived out there and had $200 million, I would offshore my money and report income in another country so that if I were ever fined, it wouldn't cost me $770,000.
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espeir wrote:
Besides being very communist
i suggest you look up what "communist" means.
espeir wrote:
hat wouldn't work well anyway as most wealthy people do not have income registered in a traditional way
i don't know the specifics of Finland's taxation and income reporting laws, so i'm not comfortable commenting on how rich people manage their money in that country.
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The perp was pulled doing 100mph in a 60mph zone in Ontario, but explained that his need for speed was provoked by a simple lack of goats which in his native land regularly wander the roads acting as caprine velocity moderators.[^] Anyone from Switzerland care to comment?
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The story is clearly made up. Everyone in Ontario knows you won't get pulled over for doing 160 in a 100 zone ;)
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espeir wrote:
Besides being very communist
i suggest you look up what "communist" means.
espeir wrote:
hat wouldn't work well anyway as most wealthy people do not have income registered in a traditional way
i don't know the specifics of Finland's taxation and income reporting laws, so i'm not comfortable commenting on how rich people manage their money in that country.
Chris Losinger wrote:
i suggest you look up what "communist" means.
I know what it means and the term fits.
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Chris Losinger wrote:
i suggest you look up what "communist" means.
I know what it means and the term fits.
"I make up quotes." -Vincent Reynolds
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The story is clearly made up. Everyone in Ontario knows you won't get pulled over for doing 160 in a 100 zone ;)
cheers, Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
doing 160 in a 100 zone
You say that like it's a bad thing... ;P Warren (also in Toronto)
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The perp was pulled doing 100mph in a 60mph zone in Ontario, but explained that his need for speed was provoked by a simple lack of goats which in his native land regularly wander the roads acting as caprine velocity moderators.[^] Anyone from Switzerland care to comment?
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Think that would work for me? "I am sorry officer, but I had to speed. I was frightened by the lack of rattlesnakes, cattle, and vultures and was just trying to get back to friendly territory."
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Think that would work for me? "I am sorry officer, but I had to speed. I was frightened by the lack of rattlesnakes, cattle, and vultures and was just trying to get back to friendly territory."
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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That seems to be logical, but how can you define such a law which is different for different section of the people. Such as if you are committing any crime say murder then the punishment should be same for everyone isn't it?
Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal
Apurva Kaushal wrote:
then the punishment should be same for everyone isn't it?
I think he is pointing out that the punishment is the same, but I will provide a couple of examples. Last year a company was found to be employing illegal aliens, their average profit over the years of employing nearly slave labor was about 10 million. They were fined 150,000.00 they appologized, moved to Texas and got caught again. As long as the fine never "hurts" the fine is simply considered a "cost of doing business". Most of the people where I work make enough to cover speeding fines, though some make it a habit of fighting everything even if they were speeding, but most of the time they simply consider a $100 fine twice a year a cost of doing business and accept it. It isn't painful at all, some even keep a bit more in savings in case they get caught a few more times. It comes down to what the "fine" is supposed to do. Is it supposed to punish the offender or simply record the offense? If it is simply a record of the offense, then everyone gets the same $ fine and those who make more money simply count it as a cost of doing business and forget it. If the intent is the punish for the offense to prevent reoccurance, then the punishment must be fine must be noticeable. As long as the fine is able to be "written off" as neglegable then the offense will be repeated.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Chris Losinger wrote:
i suggest you look up what "communist" means.
I know what it means and the term fits.
"I make up quotes." -Vincent Reynolds
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