Speeding Fines

[andrewducker]

octopoid_horror let me know about the Finnish system of administering speeding fines:
KPH over the speed limit x daily salary.

So if you're 10KPH over the speed limit and earn hundreds of thousands of pounds a year, then you're in for quite a large fine.

Apparently this is how all reasonable sized fines work in Finland - they're expressed in days of pay.

I'm in favour.

Comments

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Sorry, what country are we working in, again?

(Regardless: Someone who can't pay the "pay or lose it" fee will lose their license. Somone who can will pay, then get another pay-or-lose-it, then another, and another, and then finally lose their license. And still be able to pay the fines for driving without a license.)

[johncoxon.livejournal.com]

Britain. Once you get twelve points on your license, your license is taken away, regardless of how promptly you pay your fine. And I don't believe failure to pay the fine gets you more points, either, so actually, in this country, the likelihood of losing your license doesn't depend on financial status in any way. I'm assuming you aren't from round here.

[andrewducker]

4 points + a fine. Rich person can pay fine without thinking, poor person can't. Poor person loses license for not paying the fine. Therefore the penalty affects the rich and poor differently.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I'm in Canada.

Around here, you can lose your license for failing to pay fines, and for some offenses, your license is suspended until you pay the fine. Don't pay, license suspended on the first offense.