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Other countries have $10k speeding tickets for the rich who ignore traffic rules. It’s not such a fantasy, it’s a real world way to reduce emissions and automob
by elil17 6y ago
Other countries have $10k speeding tickets for the rich who ignore traffic rules. It’s not such a fantasy, it’s a real world way to reduce emissions and automobile deaths.
- monocasa 6y agoEven $100k tickets. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland...
- gambiting 6y agoThe problem is that above a certain level even that doesn't work. Like, answer me this - if you catch Jeff Bezos speeding, what possible fine can we impose on him to "hurt"? Compared to his wealth, we'd probably need to fine him like $1B for it to have any effect, right? And someone would still argue that it doesn't hurt him like a $500 ticket hurts a poor person. But then literally no court anywhere in the world would agree that a $1BN fine for speeding is "punishment fitting the crime". It's just not. Like, I like idea in general, but there will ways be people immune to it. Like others have said - the only real punishment is time. And not even necessarily prison - just make a CEO do 300 hours of community service, see how that works out.