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Look up the concept of "day fines", which are used in Finland elsewhere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine Surpris
by stevekemp 10mo ago
Look up the concept of "day fines", which are used in Finland elsewhere:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine
Surprisingly they were experimented with in the UK, for a very brief period of time. But not taken into use.
Every now and again a particularly large fine, often for speeding, will make the news. For example this story does the rounds now and again "Finland, Home of the $103,000 Speeding Ticket":
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...
- parineum 10mo agoThat doesn't answer the question, do they work better than flat fines and points on licenses (that lead to suspensions)?
- stevekemp 10mo agoHow do you decide if something like that works? Is it by stats on "repeat offenders", or something else? All I can say is that when you've been asked to pay €50,000 for speeding I suspect you'll be hesitant to speed again, and so I believe the system works.
- parineum 10mo agoSo the answer to the original question is that your confidence was based on feels.