• superkret@feddit.orgOP
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    28 days ago

    I hope the city seized the truck, auctioned it off, and fined the owner for littering.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      In Estonia, at your second speeding violation they confiscate your vehicle - and if it’s an SUV they send it to Ukraine.

      For backstory, see latest episode of the podcast The Urbanist Agenda.

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        28 days ago

        I heard this was if you get caught for drunk driving the second time, they stepped up their game damn.

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          28 days ago

          You’re right, I meant drunk driving, not speeding.

          But some countries take speeding pretty seriously too (as they should). In Norway you get a short jail spell for something like a 30kmh excess. In Switzerland the fines are adjusted for income so that rich speeders pay more - one guy paid over €1 million! Same system in Finland too, I believe.

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            28 days ago

            Speeding and drink driving play a big part in traffic deaths and also the cost of fixing all the people who do survive is totally preventable so I am all for it. Progressive fines sound very fair too, misbehaving companies in some cases also pay a percentage of their profit so why not citizens as well.

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              27 days ago

              My wealthy ex’s family would just pay the tickets, so he never learned.

              I’d beg him not to go 40 in school zones.

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                27 days ago

                Don’t you get deducted points for speeding? Like after a while wouldn’t he lose his license, regardless of how much he pays?

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                27 days ago

                Could be that their wealth caused them not to care about fines, if they had to pay 5% of that wealth every time they would definity take it easy in school zones.