[N8 v2.0]

In Finland fines are given according to one's salary.


Finnish bank director gets 15,000-euro speeding ticket
Yahoo! News | 10/5/04 | Staff Writer

A senior executive at Finland's third largest bank Sampo was handed a fine of 14,624 euros (17,951 dollars) for speeding by the Helsinki appeals court, Finnish media reported...

The bank's deputy director Mika Ihamuotila was caught last year driving 111 kilometers per hour (69 miles per hour) in a 80-kilometer per hour (50-mile per hour) zone, according to Finnish news agency FNB.

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[stosh]

I think that makes sense. Problem in the US is all the Have's and the Have Mores don't pay enough taxes this is a great way of doing it.

 

[Echo]

Word. Your fine should be a percentage of your yearly income.

 

[laura]

he shouldnt have been speeding.

 

[BurlyShirley]

**** that! You should not be penalized for success IMO.

 

[Echo]

**** that! You should not be penalized for success IMO.

I wasn't serious...

 

[spookydave]

And living in the US sucks because of?? Kinda makes me wanna go for a 205mph sport bike ride. lol

I'm with Burly on this one.

 

[Broken_Spoke]

You aren't being penalized for being successful just penalized for not setting a good example becase you are successful.

 

[laura]

you are only penalized for being successful if you break the law. its not like it was some secret law that they just dumped on him when he was caught speeding. he knew what would happen.

 

[stosh]

you are only penalized for being successful if you break the law. its not like it was some secret law that they just dumped on him when he was caught speeding. he knew what would happen.

I would tend to agree with you.... odd.....

 

[Crashby]

you are only penalized for being successful if you break the law. its not like it was some secret law that they just dumped on him when he was caught speeding. he knew what would happen.

I've never been 'penalized', and I hope I never will be...

 

[laura]

odd.....

not really, commie bastard. pink is my favorite color.

 

[stosh]

not really, commie bastard. pink is my favorite color.

ha!

well I wouldn't go that far...

 

[narlus]

in ireland, car insurance costs are directly linked to engine displacement, which does make sense to me.

 

[Tenchiro]

That's pretty funny. Personally I don't see a problem w/ fines based on income. It's really just another tax.

 

[LordOpie]

y'all are forgetting one very important point...

penalties/fines are supposed to encourage people to follow the law. How does a $200 speeding ticket encourage a millionaire to drive the speed limit?

 

[stosh]

in ireland, car insurance costs are directly linked to engine displacement, which does make sense to me.

in the US car insurance is directly related to driving record which makes sense to me.

 

[Tenchiro]

in the US car insurance is directly related to driving record which makes sense to me.

...and how good your credit is and what sex you are.

 

[stosh]

...and how good your credit is and what sex you are.

true....

 

[Batman]

...and how good your credit is and what sex you are.

...and your age, how many doors the car has, what colour the car is...

 

[Broken_Spoke]

...and your age, how many doors the car has, what colour the car is...

...and if it is a 4x4, if you have an air freshener hanging off the mirror, if you have an accent, if your hair is a different color than normal....

 

[drago52]

Back to the subject though, I agree that the speeding fine should be directly related to your household income. It's a fine right? not a formality.

-Ryan

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

**** that! You should not be penalized for success IMO.

how is that a penalty for success????????????

its fair, because that means that a violation of law will have the same value to everyone.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

funny thing here in Peru car insurance is not as discriminatory as in the US, where they discrimanate based on age, sex and stuff.

here is a flat fee, only raised when you fvck up.
and btw, its 50 bucks a year for the legal minimum, no matter what car, what year, and who drives it as long as the driver has a clean record!, take that!

 

[Skookum]

i'd like to know what the fascination is defending the rich. Like they could give a flyin f to us poor people who actually have to change our lives to varying degrees to accomodate the expense and consequences of a ticket....

but yah we shouldn't have broke the law then huh.......

 

[spookydave]

in the US car insurance is directly related to driving record which makes sense to me.

and zip code,
Move 2 miles from Manhattan Beach, CA over to Hawthorne and watch your car insurance go up 500-600 bucks.

 

[ibismojo]

that's messed up.

 

[N8 v2.0]

funny thing here in Peru llama insurance is not as discriminatory as in the US, where they discrimanate based on age, sex and stuff.

here is a flat fee, only raised when you fvck up.
and btw, at 50 bucks (half of a year's salary) a year for the legal minimum, no matter what breed of llama you own, what year it was born, and who rides it as long as the jockey has a clean record!, take that!

Llamas...???

 

[Funky Monk]

I think the current system pretty much treats everyone the same. The state always wins anyway...

We pay helluva lot in taxes as well...which of course makes our relatively highly developed medical and social service system possible in the first place.

Just for the record, that's a small fine compared to the 170,000 euro (approx. $200,000) all-time-record speeding ticket, given to millionare Jussi Salonoja...

 

[LordOpie]

 

[narlus]

hahaha....look at morrissey's happy face.

 

[Skookum]

Some turkeys are bigger than others
Some turkeys mothers are bigger than other turkeys mothers......

 

[Skookum]

Turkey in a coma
i know i know
it's serious......

 

[Skookum]

And you go out on your own
and you go home
stroke a turkey
and you want to die....

 

[BurlyShirley]

how is that a penalty for success????????????

its fair, because that means that a violation of law will have the same value to everyone.

It is a direct penalty for success. IMO, $200 is worth $200 whether or not Im a millionaire. Sure, I can pay it off easily, but that is the point of working hard to create wealth, is it not? To give yourself a more comfortable standard of living. Bunch of communists around this place, I swear.

 

[spookydave]

It is a direct penalty for success. IMO, $200 is worth $200 whether or not Im a millionaire. Sure, I can pay it off easily, but that is the point of working hard to create wealth, is it not? To give yourself a more comfortable standard of living. Bunch of communists around this place, I swear.

lol, yes this thread is a hard one to read without exploding.

I guess they would think that if you or I go out and kill someone we should get more time then a lazy a$$ poor guy should hu?

 

[Skookum]

working hard to create wealth

Hahaha. Keep working hard when you become wealthy remember and hook me up with a good job would ya?

 

[LordOpie]

lol, yes this thread is a hard one to read without exploding.

I guess they would think that if you or I go out and kill someone we should get more time then a lazy a$$ poor guy should hu?

w00t! Apples vs Oranges alert!

But let's not forget, the rich will buy their way out of problems.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Hahaha. Keep working hard when you become wealthy remember and hook me up with a good job would ya?

We'll see what your resume has to say about that

 

[Tenchiro]

w00t! Apples vs Oranges alert!

But let's not forget, the rich will buy their way out of problems.

It worked for OJ, and by god America was happy that way.