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Just looked what it would cost if you get caught doing that here in the Netherlands, answer: 159 euros. Good, but should be higher.
As all fines, it should be income adjusted. I wanna see a 5000€ fine when some rich asshole does this.
It should be income adjusted up to a certain income amount where it becomes net worth adjusted. This way stocks, land, properties and possessions can be calculated in to make the fines more impactful for the ultra wealthy.
Along with adjustments for not changing behaviors after previous fines.
Yeah. It’s kind of ignorant to expect the same fine for say a disabled person unable to work who scrapes by on 900 euros a month vs a super wealthy person on 500k euros a year.
Fines shouldn’t really exist anyways. When for one person they’re a random expense that doesn’t even bat an eye vs for another person it means no food for a week.
Even progressive fines are unfair. In that for someone who barely affords food every week losing 2% of your monthly income is devastating. While for a rich person they won’t even notice losing 2% of their income.
The rich stay rich by not spending money. They’ll be devastated losing 2% of their income on a fine.
What would be the alternative though? Jail would be a bit harsh for a parking violation, and all other punishments I can think of would also be unfair to some people.
- Community work discriminates against the single parent, favoring the childless unemployed.
- Losing the drivers license for a month discriminates against the rural population while city folks can use the bus to get to work. Or even a cab if they’re rich enough.
- Even in jail you would be better off if you are rich, as you can bribe the guards or buy some level of comfort.
Until we get rid of the rich, any punishment will be somewhat biased. But not punishing misdemeanors at all would not really be an option either.
Multiple time offenders should see harsher penalties regardless of what their income is.
Take away their license. If they drive without a license, then they should go to jail.
Being a parent or being disabled is no excuse for multiple parking violations. If you don’t know the law or aren’t patient enough to follow them, then don’t drive. Driving is a privileged, not a right.
Adjusted to the initial sale value of the car - Less easy to cheat by not declaring income, and bigger cars (likely more expensive) that take up more space, pay more.
This fails to scale into the millionaire level of wealth. Someone worth 10 or 100 million should be fined 10-100 times the amount of someone that has “just” 1 Million.
I agree with that, but can immediately see a loophole in it - that some rich folks are not reporting actual income.
What if we had a tax agency that could investigate that and make sure they did?
Reminds me that just recently I heard they equipped busses with automatic “AI assisted” detection in their lanes. In very little time they’ve issued 10k tickets, though.
https://laist.com/news/transportation/la-metro-bus-ai-cameras-transportation
Oh look, a use of AI and surveillance I can actually get being.
We used to just call these “Automated”, nowadays we called everything with slightly automation an “AI”.
petition: give buses mad max like front bumper,
a car park in the bus lane gets bulldozed and reported for pickup.
Car owner has to pay for the fee+any damages caused to the bus and its bumper.
See also: bike lanes. See also: rideshare/delivery drivers.
They solve this near me by not having any buses or bike lanes.
Hey look same solution here!
;-;
I just broke my arm in 4 pieces because I had to dodge a moron who decided to suddenly park on the bus/bike lane IN A FUCKING TUNNEL
Break my arm in 4 pieces This is my last resort
Are you asking me to?
If not park, why park shaped?
Is there a version of that Casey Neistat video but with buses? Sounds like a fun watch.
Which one? I only recently decided to watch his vids after a decade of hearing that name, it’s interesting.
