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

[drplokta]

The problem with it is that it seems unjust when a poor man gets fined less for aggravated assault than a rich man gets fined for speeding.

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

Yes, this seems pretty reasonable. I can imagine that some variance from linear in both the speed and the salary might be desirable, but at least this is simple to understand and intuitively fair.

[chuma.livejournal.com]

I don't think I can contain my anger at this suggestion as being fair. I suggest you start driving and see how easy it is to keep to the speed limit. What a pile of utter fucking bollocks.

[skington.livejournal.com]

Make it as a proportion of effective pay, including bonuses and commissions, and I'd be in favour. As it is, the sort of wankers who drive BMWs (but I repeat myself) will tend to get under-fined otherwise.

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

Although what is the deterrent for those who aren't working? Is there an alternate form of fine or levy?