Got a fast car? You might want to show down...
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Death causes in France: 0-Cancer 150,000/year 1-Heart disease 140,000/year, among which 35,000 for eating too salty 2-Smoking 73,000/year (not included in above) 3-Drinking 50,000/year (not included in above) ... 23-Car crash 3,000/year, among which 1,000 for speeding So I think they might think twice about priorities before trying to slow down everybody, especially by fining them.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
0/2) Stop the French smoking? Now there is a task! :laugh: 1) Get salt and cream out of food? That means changing recipes. In France! That's a capital offence, isn't it? 3) No chance! 23) Ah! Easy - couple of cameras plus few envelopes equals loads of money rolling in...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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0/2) Stop the French smoking? Now there is a task! :laugh: 1) Get salt and cream out of food? That means changing recipes. In France! That's a capital offence, isn't it? 3) No chance! 23) Ah! Easy - couple of cameras plus few envelopes equals loads of money rolling in...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Stop the French smoking from putting something in their mouth? Now there is a task!
FTFY! :-D
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Thats nothing, as we have some fines that is related to the yearly income, so it could get really high, IIRC.
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No, we are talking about speeding tickets, no? They can be given relative to the income IIRC, so not just taxes then ;) Although I think you'll have to drive really fast or kill someone: Norwegian law §27[^] Roughly translated: When the fine imposed, it should, in addition to the offense, taken into account of the condemned property and what he by his living conditions can be expected to pay. The fine accrues to the Treasury.
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UK speeding fines to rise: up to £10,000 for speeding[^] Ouch! :omg:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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UK speeding fines to rise: up to £10,000 for speeding[^] Ouch! :omg:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
Holy crap! Fines that large should be against the law.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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Death causes in France: 0-Cancer 150,000/year 1-Heart disease 140,000/year, among which 35,000 for eating too salty 2-Smoking 73,000/year (not included in above) 3-Drinking 50,000/year (not included in above) ... 23-Car crash 3,000/year, among which 1,000 for speeding So I think they might think twice about priorities before trying to slow down everybody, especially by fining them.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
100,000 just give up, and die as a result.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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Holy crap! Fines that large should be against the law.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013In your country I think it is :laugh:
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No, we are talking about speeding tickets, no? They can be given relative to the income IIRC, so not just taxes then ;) Although I think you'll have to drive really fast or kill someone: Norwegian law §27[^] Roughly translated: When the fine imposed, it should, in addition to the offense, taken into account of the condemned property and what he by his living conditions can be expected to pay. The fine accrues to the Treasury.
Speeding fines are being increasingly linked to income across Europe. There was a story a year or two ago about some fella in Switzerland I think who was caught going very fast in a very expensive car and was looking at a record breaking fine.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Speeding fines are being increasingly linked to income across Europe. There was a story a year or two ago about some fella in Switzerland I think who was caught going very fast in a very expensive car and was looking at a record breaking fine.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Was it Jeremy Clarkson? :Laugh: It sounds reasonable, if you had lots of money you could in essence just pay to drive faster.
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Was it Jeremy Clarkson? :Laugh: It sounds reasonable, if you had lots of money you could in essence just pay to drive faster.
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In your country I think it is :laugh:
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In the US, fines so high are reserved for truly heinous crimes. Such as downloading a couple of songs off the internet.
Yeah, and in one of the cases the record company demanded more money than the industry had made since Edison invented the gramophone. :omg:
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100,000 just give up, and die as a result.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013OK, for the sake of stereotypes I could imagine agreeing that we "often" give up, but not that we give up living. :rolleyes:
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
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UK speeding fines to rise: up to £10,000 for speeding[^] Ouch! :omg:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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UK speeding fines to rise: up to £10,000 for speeding[^] Ouch! :omg:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
Quotas are so passe!
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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UK speeding fines to rise: up to £10,000 for speeding[^] Ouch! :omg:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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UK speeding fines to rise: up to £10,000 for speeding[^] Ouch! :omg:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
Always wanted this question answering in the UK. We use the national speedway sign on a road because the speed is different for different types of vehicle. So for example. Dual Carriage way is 70MPH for a car...60 MPH for a transit VAN. So I am in a Car... and get camera'd at 69...But a transit VAN is doing 59...We are both technically speeding by as much. (In fact the VAN as a percentage is worse). But he doesn't get a ticket. Does this mean that as a Car driver I am being personally targeted...Isn't this unfair discrimination. Also just to make this really complicated some MPVs actually have a transit chassis, and as such should be doing 60 in this zone. I would love this argument to be brought up in court one day. You can imagine the police officer looking a bit dumbfounded ;)
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Always wanted this question answering in the UK. We use the national speedway sign on a road because the speed is different for different types of vehicle. So for example. Dual Carriage way is 70MPH for a car...60 MPH for a transit VAN. So I am in a Car... and get camera'd at 69...But a transit VAN is doing 59...We are both technically speeding by as much. (In fact the VAN as a percentage is worse). But he doesn't get a ticket. Does this mean that as a Car driver I am being personally targeted...Isn't this unfair discrimination. Also just to make this really complicated some MPVs actually have a transit chassis, and as such should be doing 60 in this zone. I would love this argument to be brought up in court one day. You can imagine the police officer looking a bit dumbfounded ;)
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You are going to be pushing to beat 186,000 miles per second... :laugh:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
I remember when they were testing the original speed cameras here in Qld... turns out if you were going 247km/hr or faster, you were out of the frame before the picture had been captured. I also remember seeing a speed camera pic of a guy caught doing 236km/hr and thought "man, if you had just gone that smidge faster!!"
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