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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That depends on if it is a dayfine or not.

  A fine of €500 for speeding will only really affect poor people, 30 dayfines which value is dictated by the wealth of the individual is a better system.

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  • azertyfun@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    This can be hard to implement and avoidable through “creative accounting” (e.g. living off daddy money with no declared income) so as a hybrid/additional solution fines should turn into penalties over repeat offences.

    Some countries use points licensing where your driver’s license will simply be taken away if you have too many recent infractions on record.

    Companies should also be prevented from doing certain kinds of business if they repeatedly break the law. We have legal frameworks for this, we are just refusing to apply them due to politics and corruption.

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