Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists

Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by jacobush on Saturday November 09, 2019 @07:41AM (#21491164)

Ok, so here is the diplomatic Swede interfering in the affairs of others: why not combine the two? Pay a progressive fine or wait by the roadside.

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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by kranner on Saturday November 09, 2019 @07:55AM (#21491220)

I have a feeling that a certain class of rich person would be much more bothered by being made to wait than just paying a large fine.

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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by filoeleven on Saturday November 09, 2019 @08:45AM (#21491488)

They’re probably correlated with the highest incomes, so the result of them choosing to pay is a lot of extra revenue for the police (or whoever the fines go to). This could be seen as an advantage.

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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by rapind on Saturday November 09, 2019 @10:27AM (#21492034)

It's ridiculousness to me that fine revenue ends up in city / police coffers. Talk about a conflict of interest.

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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by Hamuko on Saturday November 09, 2019 @08:00AM (#21491252)

Does that matter? There's also a certain class of rich person that would not want to pay 50,000 euros for speeding.

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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by kranner on Saturday November 09, 2019 @08:03AM (#21491266)

So BOTH a progressive fine and an imposed wait should work for everyone then.

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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by jacobush on Saturday November 09, 2019 @09:47AM (#21491806)

I like it!

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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by Semiapies on Saturday November 09, 2019 @11:24AM (#21492385)

That's literally what's described in the article.

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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by mortehu on Saturday November 09, 2019 @12:39PM (#21492859)

Are you sure? This is a quote from the article: "monetary fines are not adjusted according to income, as in neighbouring Finland"

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