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 5 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.
mob@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 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.
mob@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Weirsly confrontational?
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Average ticket is 150 in America, which is pretty close to 135.
So a speeding ticket in Finland likely wouldn’t benefit poor people, but it would hurt rich people more.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I’m in the lower income bracket, and I haven’t had one that low since the 90s. That figure must be skewed by places like Nowhereville where the police are so corrupt that they issue $10 tickets to family members or something, because $150 is not a realistic figure for most people. I bet if we looked into that, we’d find some really creative methodology.
$150? Ain’t no way…
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 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
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I agree it would be more just if it were all based on income, but even this:
…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?
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Friend, I’m just trying to be helpful and note that it’s not all speeding tickets.
What’s up with people online thinking everything is an argument lol
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
The real problem is that people want to argue technicalities that deflect from the main point. For people who aren’t paying attention, they might come across this and think, “Oh, well I guess the US system isn’t so unjust after all.”
The Finnish system is probably inequitable, too! But it’s objectively not as inequitable as the US system, at least not where traffic fines are concerned. There’s nuance.