My first response to this was "money grab!" (and I'm normally on the bleeding-heart-liberal side of things). But, after reading the article, I'm more in favor

My first response to this was "money grab!" (and I'm normally on the bleeding-heart-liberal side of things). But, after reading the article, I'm more in favor of it. It's reacting to the very real problem in Europe that millionaires can afford to simply ignore smaller traffic fines, and tend to drive haphazardly.