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By what right should the officer be able to learn my net worth the moment he or she thinks I made a moving violation? Do you want possibly unscrupulous officers

• perpetualpatzer 9y ago
  Moreover, do we as a society want to spend money on discovery procedures to accurately identify speeders' net worth? What do you do if a corporate executive tells the officer he has no assets or income? Personally, if we think speeding is a problem worth spending on, I'd rather hire two more traffic officers than one lawyer and one accountant to adjudicate fine amounts. This may be one of those good ideas that falls apart on implementation.
  • mrguyorama 9y ago
    As far as I understand, Germany implements this system, and it seems to work pretty well
    • perpetualpatzer 9y ago
      Do you know how they validate income? I suppose you could take historical tax filings, which it looks like is what Finland does. Even with that, though, you create the potential to significantly over-burden people with irregular income streams. It looks like the UK tried day fines in the early 90s and dropped it (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4173913.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4173913.stm).
• beagle3 9y ago
  In most of the world, the officer looks at your id and puts your details in the system; They do not collect any money on the spot, and you have the right to appeal said ticket before paying. You get a copy of all the details (including how to appeal, how much to pay, etc.), and while there would be a need to cross this against the income tax database (the way it is done in Finland), it doesn't usually go through a person.