http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5929573Oh my.
lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-26-09 02:31 AM
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$103,000 fine for speeding violation. What's the country? (could help with health care reform costs
Finland.
5. The Crime: In 2004, the heir to a family sausage empire, Jussi Salonoja, (that’s his name, not the empire’s name. But doesn’t he SOUND like a type of sausage??), was busted in Helsinki for driving 50mph in a 25mph zone.
The Fine: 170,000 euros, or about $204,000! (And that, my friends, is the present record.)
1. The Crime: In 2002, Anssi Vanjoki, a big-wig at Nokia, was caught on his Harley in Helsinki doing 47mph in a 31mph zone.
The Fine: 116,000 euros, or $103,600!
In Finland, speeding tickets are based not only on how fast you’re going when you get nabbed, but on your net income.
Good for them.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26493
One looks ahead to see if Pedro Picasso's shown up here, but alas, no, he hasn't.
Pedro Picasso some months ago boasted about driving 120 mph through Massachusetts, and 130 mph through Pennsylvania. I suspect Pedro Picasso needs some road rage-anger management counseling.
Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-26-09 02:40 AM
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2. Sounds like extortion to me
116,000 euros is a ridiculous fine for going 16 miles over the limit if it were not a dangerous situation, no matter who the speeder was.
lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-26-09 02:51 AM
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4. $20 is ridiculous for someone living at the poverty level. 116,000 euros is nothing if you're worth 50 million.
realisticphish (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-26-09 02:40 AM
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3. interesting idea
It would bankrupt and put into the poorhouse the Kennedys, though.
aquart (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-26-09 05:08 AM
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5. Finland, what a practical, sensible nation.
They understand that it is not that the fines should be equal, but that all who suffer them shall feel equal pain.
RC (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-26-09 07:00 AM
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6. Damn Socialism.
The rich should not have to suffer like the others.
Didn't Pa Kettle in the White House just the other day say that he wouldn't take the medical insurance being offered by his "plan," for his own family, that the rich Pa and Ma Kettle want something better for themselves and their daughters?
How's that fit in?
Fla_Democrat (622 posts) Fri Jun-26-09 07:31 AM
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8. "Hey Kid, you got a liscense?"
"Uhm, I got a learner's permit, need someone over 18 in the car when I drive."
"Ok, you have a summer job?"
"Not yet."
"Great, how'd you like to make $20 driving me to the airport, I'm running late?"
"Sure thing, mister."
The Crime: 2012, Henry Henderson, (16) was clocked at 98 in a school zone.
Speeding fines doubled.
The Fine: 75 cent.
On the other hand, it's a great way to decrease teen age unemployment.
