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• Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would just assumed because they are using the same Swedish company (Sensys Gatso) that does profit sharing agreements with municipalities in the US, that the agreement is the same.

  I can’t seem to find the finnish contract award details, so I can’t confirm that they are. I am thinking now, that their might be a chance that they aren’t, given how extreme finnish traffic violation costs can be (% of salary).

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  • LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    % of salary

    If you’re going to issue fines for speeding, this is the most just way to do it though.

    We’ll never do that in the US because we hate the poor.

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    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s only % of salary (day fines) for more severe offenses, in this case for really speeding. Normal speeding tickets are just a set sum.

      Here’s a pic showing the amounts. It has the speed limit, how much over the limit you were and how much you end up paying as a fine. Bottom one is “regardless of the limit” and “over 20 km/h”, so whenever you go over by over 20 km/h, you pay “day fines”.

      speeding ticket prices

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      • LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I agree it would be more just if it were all based on income, but even this:

        It’s only % of salary (day fines) for more severe offenses, in this case for really speeding

        …is far more just than here in the US where income is never considered.

        So my statement is still accurate. I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make here. Perhaps you can explain?

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    • mob@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The minimum cost of a speeding ticket in Finland is €125 which is closer to an average American speeding ticket, not the minimum.

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      • LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So what’s the point? How does this not make it more equitable to adjust it by income from there? That’s still extremely more equitable than our wildly unjust system that’s only designed to punish the poor.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It seems like a fairly risky assumption to make.

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