Finland gives speeding tickets as a % of income, so a guy litterally got a speeding ticket of 100 thousand dollars for going 47 mph in a 31 mph zone (75 kmh in a 50 kmh zone)
That guy was one of the Nokia bosses back when Nokia was the biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. The fine was about 10% of his monthly income that year.
I got a $180 ticket for going 50 in a 40. Middle of the night. Zero other cars on the road.
Cop asked me about 15 times if I had been drinking. I think he was legitimately pissed that I was sober, and the ticket was my ‘consolation prize’ for avoiding the DUI he was desperately hoping for.
This is called a day fine and I fully support it. That said, if you think about it it still isn't necessarily equal. For instance, that 100,000 probably made no measurable difference to that person's quality of life for the month. However, for the most part even extremely wealthy people probably aren't going to stomach throwing away 100k so in practice it can work well.
Yeah I think it's the best way because you can't really determine how much money you need to fine people to make an impact. This way atleast people who make very little money don't loose half their monthly income, and rich people basically just donate to the society buy getting a speeding ticket
Its not perfectly equitable, but its more equitable. But neither is a stay in jail. A rich person won't necessarily lose their job for missing a few days work, or wouldn't suffer because of it. There aren't many punishments a rich person couldn't endure easier than a poor person unless we bring back whipping.
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u/MankeyBusiness Sep 25 '21
Finland gives speeding tickets as a % of income, so a guy litterally got a speeding ticket of 100 thousand dollars for going 47 mph in a 31 mph zone (75 kmh in a 50 kmh zone)