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In reply to the discussion: Should the rich pay more for traffic tickets based on a sliding scale? [View all]Mosby
(19,491 posts)15. Finland, Home of the $103,000 Speeding Ticket
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/
Reima Kuisla, a Finnish businessman, was recently caught going 65 miles per hour in a 50 zone in his home countryan offense that would typically come with a fine of a couple hundred dollars, at most, in the U.S. But after Finnish police pulled Kuisla over, they pinged a federal taxpayer database to determine his income, consulted their handbook, and arrived at the amount that he was required to pay: 54,000.
The fine was so extreme because in Finland, some traffic fines, as well as fines for shoplifting and violating securities-exchange laws, are assessed based on earningsand Kuisla's declared income was 6.5 million per year. Exorbitant fines like this are infrequent, but not unheard of: In 2002, a Nokia executive was fined the equivalent of $103,000 for going 45 in a 30 zone on his motorcycle, and the NHL player Teemu Selanne incurred a $39,000 fine two years earlier.
Reima Kuisla, a Finnish businessman, was recently caught going 65 miles per hour in a 50 zone in his home countryan offense that would typically come with a fine of a couple hundred dollars, at most, in the U.S. But after Finnish police pulled Kuisla over, they pinged a federal taxpayer database to determine his income, consulted their handbook, and arrived at the amount that he was required to pay: 54,000.
The fine was so extreme because in Finland, some traffic fines, as well as fines for shoplifting and violating securities-exchange laws, are assessed based on earningsand Kuisla's declared income was 6.5 million per year. Exorbitant fines like this are infrequent, but not unheard of: In 2002, a Nokia executive was fined the equivalent of $103,000 for going 45 in a 30 zone on his motorcycle, and the NHL player Teemu Selanne incurred a $39,000 fine two years earlier.
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Should the rich pay more for traffic tickets based on a sliding scale? [View all]
Trillo
Apr 2015
OP
The purpose of tickets is to raise revenue for state or local government.
former9thward
Apr 2015
#59
The reason I won't ask a cop or meter maid is that their answer is irrelevant to social policy.
merrily
Apr 2015
#62
I suspect you go with the will of the people...put up a progressive scale that's moderate
HereSince1628
Apr 2015
#25
No system is going to be perfect...what I suggested was only to answer the question about progressiv
HereSince1628
Apr 2015
#37
People getting treated special, because obviously they thimk they are .
orpupilofnature57
Apr 2015
#35
Pretty much the rich should have a sliding scale on prices on about everything they buy
madokie
Apr 2015
#18