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Yes, because it's really fair for both a billionaire and someone living on 40k a year to pay the same price (let's say 2k) for a speeding ticket. Both of those

Yes, because it's really fair for both a billionaire and someone living on 40k a year to pay the same price (let's say 2k) for a speeding ticket. Both of those people will be impacted accordingly I'm sure.

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leetcrew 7y ago
there are less than three thousand billionaires in the whole world. they could all drive like it was a formula 1 grand prix 24/7 and it would create a barely measurable blip in traffic fatalities. somewhere between ten and fifteen percent of americans are driving without insurance. I'm a lot more worried about them than the one lambo I see every couple months.
- input_sh 7y ago
  Where did I claim you're more likely to get in a car accident with a billionaire? There should be a punishment for traffic violations big enough to discourage the offender from repeating it. Since a couple of thousands will not cause such an effect on an ultra rich person, the punishment should be calculated in such a way that it actually does. Calculating it based off of income achieves just that.
  - leetcrew 7y ago
    what I'm saying is that it just doesn't matter how billionaires drive (on the rare occasion they even drive their own vehicle). billionaires speeding does not meaningfully affect your safety on the road. hitting them with a huge fine just indulges your jealousy.
    - dzamie 7y ago
      Y'know, you're right that billionaires speeding doesn't affect people who aren't near those billionaires. To wit, here's an idea for a change: Billionaires should be allowed to speed wherever they are not, because then their speeding won't affect the people there. However, if a billionaire is found to be in the area they're speeding, they get hit with a scaling ticket, because their speeding does affect people around them.
- guptaneil 7y ago
  There's only one driver with the HN username guptaneil in the whole world. I could drive like a maniac and I would barely create a measurable blip in traffic fatalities. Where do I sign up to be exempted from traffic fines, since my driving doesn't have any impact anyway?
  - leetcrew 7y ago
    sure, and if there were a bug in the ticket processing system that made it impossible to actually charge a fine to somebody named "guptaneil" specifically, I would say it's probably not worth the trouble of fixing.

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leetcrew 7y ago

there are less than three thousand billionaires in the whole world. they could all drive like it was a formula 1 grand prix 24/7 and it would create a barely measurable blip in traffic fatalities. somewhere between ten and fifteen percent of americans are driving without insurance. I'm a lot more worried about them than the one lambo I see every couple months.

input_sh 7y ago
Where did I claim you're more likely to get in a car accident with a billionaire? There should be a punishment for traffic violations big enough to discourage the offender from repeating it. Since a couple of thousands will not cause such an effect on an ultra rich person, the punishment should be calculated in such a way that it actually does. Calculating it based off of income achieves just that.
- leetcrew 7y ago
  what I'm saying is that it just doesn't matter how billionaires drive (on the rare occasion they even drive their own vehicle). billionaires speeding does not meaningfully affect your safety on the road. hitting them with a huge fine just indulges your jealousy.
  - dzamie 7y ago
    Y'know, you're right that billionaires speeding doesn't affect people who aren't near those billionaires. To wit, here's an idea for a change: Billionaires should be allowed to speed wherever they are not, because then their speeding won't affect the people there. However, if a billionaire is found to be in the area they're speeding, they get hit with a scaling ticket, because their speeding does affect people around them.
guptaneil 7y ago
There's only one driver with the HN username guptaneil in the whole world. I could drive like a maniac and I would barely create a measurable blip in traffic fatalities. Where do I sign up to be exempted from traffic fines, since my driving doesn't have any impact anyway?
- leetcrew 7y ago
  sure, and if there were a bug in the ticket processing system that made it impossible to actually charge a fine to somebody named "guptaneil" specifically, I would say it's probably not worth the trouble of fixing.