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A sample of Southern IL justice : Speeding ticket. Want to keep it off your mandatory insurance so your rates don't go up? We have an online school where you c

• enraged_camel 12y ago
  My understanding is that you actually SAVE a ton of money in the long run by keeping it off your driving record. So I don't see it being in the same class of predatory practices outlined in the original article.
  • swayvil 12y ago
    It's a close cousin of what we see in the article. When the system that rips me off daily offers me the option to get ripped off in a small way to avoid getting ripped off in a big way, I don't feel like I'm really SAVEing.
    • enraged_camel 12y ago
      I don't think it's a close cousin at all. Making you pay a fee to take a class that they spent resources putting together and administering is quite different than the private companies in the article who are just shafting the poor and using that as a sales tactic to implant themselves deeper into local governments. Also note that you can get away with taking the anti-speeding class only once. It's a one-time deal they offer you, mostly as a warning. It's not a continuous stream of revenue for the party administering the fee.
      • wahsd 12y ago
        If you have ever taken one of those courses, whether brick and mortar or online, you will understand that it's simply a con job that the driving school industry has pushed through. If the intent were really to penalize and disincentivize then punishment would need to be relative, e.g., your speeding ticket would need to be a percentage of your last annual income.