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dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months agoAnd a day fine is?
So, there’s a base minimum fine for things, but the actual fine beyond that is based on the income of the person who received it. You earn more beyond a certain amount, you pay more sort of thing.
It actually makes fines useful as a deterrent for the rich instead of a price-of-entry, though I’m of the opinion that anyone who makes above a certain amount who would earn a fine should earn jail time instead.
Thanks for the response.
I agree, the fines in the UK are just an inconvenience if you’re rich.
I’m of the opinion that anyone who makes above a certain amount who would earn a fine should earn jail time instead.
That goes against the spirit of democracy and laws. Why should someone rich go to jail for speeding alone on the highway while a middle class parent could do the exact same infraction with their kids in the car and just pay a ticket?
Perhaps I want discussion.
After using Bing. A day fine is a fine based on the offenders daily personal income.
Have you tried positive intent?
You could answer any question on the internet like this. It’s super condescending. Although I admit I chuckled.
Now, others have already explained that is a fine based on a days’ earnings (usually estimated from annual income). I’d like to add that implementing this for companies is why EU legislation like the GDPR is so fearsome.
If a company violates the GDPR badly enough¹ they can be fined up to 4% of their annual revenue or 20 million euros, whichever is higher. No matter what size that company is, that kind of fine hurts enough to be a deterrent. And suddenly everyone is very interested in following the law, even the guys with bigger budgets than some countries.
¹ Less egregious violations have halved max fines. Still enough to be really painful.
based on your income
stoy@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
The court sentences a person to say 28 day fines based on the severity of the crime, the day fine’s value is determined by the income of the person sentenced.
So a rich guy will pay far more for the same infraction than a poor guy.
The system is meant to equalize the concequenses regardless of how much moneybyou have.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Thanks for the response.
I have always thought fines should be relative so this is a great way of doing it imo.