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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by pkulak on Saturday November 09, 2019 @05:07PM (#21494738)
Except that you're not repaying the cost to society. At the very least, you owe for the time the police had to spend to catch you. At most, for the endangerment of those around you. A "time out" is just a waste.

Just make fines progressive.

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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by Daishiman on Saturday November 09, 2019 @05:31PM (#21494908)
I doubt that small speeding fines do more than pay for themselves. You need a bureaucracy in place for fine payment, fines can end up getting contested in court at a huge cost, etc.
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Re:Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists by pkulak on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:39PM (#21528538)
Entire cities fund themselves with speeding tickets:

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/18/771371881/episode-945-the-lib...

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