Toll roads are spreading in America

Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by stevekemp on Sunday December 28, 2025 @09:46AM (#46411420)

Look up the concept of "day fines", which are used in Finland elsewhere:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine

Surprisingly they were experimented with in the UK, for a very brief period of time. But not taken into use.

Every now and again a particularly large fine, often for speeding, will make the news. For example this story does the rounds now and again "Finland, Home of the $103,000 Speeding Ticket":

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland...

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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by parineum on Sunday December 28, 2025 @11:17AM (#46412110)

That doesn't answer the question, do they work better than flat fines and points on licenses (that lead to suspensions)?

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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by stevekemp on Sunday December 28, 2025 @01:48PM (#46413398)

How do you decide if something like that works? Is it by stats on "repeat offenders", or something else?

All I can say is that when you've been asked to pay €50,000 for speeding I suspect you'll be hesitant to speed again, and so I believe the system works.

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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by parineum on Monday December 29, 2025 @11:10PM (#46429452)

So the answer to the original question is that your confidence was based on feels.

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