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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul
It's one thing to impose tough penalties where everyone is subject to the same punishment, as in if you're doing 40kmph over the speed limit, regardless of whether you're in a Civic or a Ferrari, it's the same excessive speeding ticket...
But for this totally arbitrary rule to seize and force the sale of your vehicle, and keep a PERCENTAGE of the amount? That's a whole other story. Why does the person speeding in a Civic only get penalized like what may amount to $3000, but the person speeding in the Ferrari get penalized $47000? Makes absolutely zero sense. They both committed the exact same crime.
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I forgot which country it was, but it was somewhere in Europe. Their speeding tickets are based on your [family] wealth/ income.
So a high-school kid, working at McDonald...speeding 10km/h over the limit vs. Bill Gate's son speeding 10km/h would be fined differently...
I guess in a way, it makes sense. A $167 speeding ticket might be a big number to some of us. However...to some people, its just a matter of loose change.