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>criminal issues are not open to market forces That part irks me the most. He's driving drunk, injured 3 people. After running away paid some compensation, wh

>criminal issues are not open to market forces That part irks me the most. He's driving drunk, injured 3 people. After running away paid some compensation, which in Cambodia is likely to be small change. No further action required as far as police are concerned. It's disgusting. Compensation should be part of criminal proceedings rather than void them It's a sad state of affairs. Cambodians are wonderful people, but the corruption and inequality is all pervasive.

maerF0x0 10y ago
Thats why some states will scale the punitive measures to the wealth of the individual. $5000 might be terrible for you and I, but maybe that scales to $50M for a billionaire?
jpatokal 10y ago
Small change by Western (or "Huawei boss") standards, but potentially a large amount of money by local standards -- this is a country where the average income per year is under $1000. But the issue is that, even if this compensation is judged fair (and there's not a whole lot of incentive for the perp to be fair...), without the criminal charge there's effectively no deterrent against this happening again. Incidentally, in Finland most fines (including speeding fines) are computed as units of income. So a millionaire is still incentivized not to speed, because they might get hit with a $100k fine: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1759791.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1759791.stm
- ceejay 10y ago
  I've always been intrigued by how Finland handles this. I always had the impression there were probably "clever" ways to avoid this, by for example simply reducing income and increasing equity in the company they work for, etc. How precisely does Finland avoid the loop holes, if they do?
- Elhana 10y ago
  There is another issue with this. When potential compensation is high, people start faking accidents to extort the compensation from drivers/insurance companies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaig0nVcDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaig0nVcDs

maerF0x0 10y ago

Thats why some states will scale the punitive measures to the wealth of the individual. $5000 might be terrible for you and I, but maybe that scales to $50M for a billionaire?

jpatokal 10y ago

Small change by Western (or "Huawei boss") standards, but potentially a large amount of money by local standards -- this is a country where the average income per year is under $1000. But the issue is that, even if this compensation is judged fair (and there's not a whole lot of incentive for the perp to be fair...), without the criminal charge there's effectively no deterrent against this happening again. Incidentally, in Finland most fines (including speeding fines) are computed as units of income. So a millionaire is still incentivized not to speed, because they might get hit with a $100k fine: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1759791.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1759791.stm

ceejay 10y ago
I've always been intrigued by how Finland handles this. I always had the impression there were probably "clever" ways to avoid this, by for example simply reducing income and increasing equity in the company they work for, etc. How precisely does Finland avoid the loop holes, if they do?
Elhana 10y ago
There is another issue with this. When potential compensation is high, people start faking accidents to extort the compensation from drivers/insurance companies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaig0nVcDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaig0nVcDs