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Originally Posted by ksceric
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.
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Yeah, I know about system where your fine is proportional to your income... but even that makes more sense than what occurred here.
In this case, it is strictly based on what vehicle was used, which is dumb.
What if the Civic driver is a billionaire, but the Ferrrari driver spent all his money on the car? Billionaire gets fined $3000, but Ferrari guy loses $47000?
Oh, here's a good one. What if the Ferrari wasn't even owned, but leased? Whats the government going to do then?
It's such a ridiculous rule.
Someone wrote "The moral of the story is... if you're going to go 200kmph, make sure it's in a stolen vehicle."