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If these fees were tied to income, we might not have a problem in a few months. Yes, when a rich man gets a ticket; he laughing tells his wife over dinner. A
by marincounty 11y ago
If these fees were tied to income, we might not have a problem in a few months.
Yes, when a rich man gets a ticket; he laughing tells his wife over dinner.
A poor man gets a ticket; he could be at risk for being homeless.
Since they started to raise fees at every level of government about 15 years ago, I felt it's time to equate fees to income.
When the Rich guy comes home with a $7000 speeding ticket; the laws/fees will change--fast. I think they tie income to fee in Switzerland? Unless the rich are effected nothing will change, or at least that's been my experience.
(To all you think the poor never learn their lesson, there could be a quota system. For example, if the poor Speeder abuses the system, they would go back to paying these currently rediculious amounts.)
- Devthrowaway80 11y agoI believe this is the case in Switzerland. There are multipliers for certain cars as well - sports cars pay an additional penalty. Everyone was driving EXACTLY the speed limit. I was warned not to go more than a few km/h over the limit. A doctor friend happened to be a driving his new Porsche through there and got dinged something like 5000 Euros. Oops!
- kwhitefoot 11y agoThere's an aritcle in the Atlantic on exactly this: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-...